You probably noticed in Chapter 3, Creating an InteriorScene with Lumion, we mentioned that there are three options to work with materials in Lumion:
Using Lumion's materials
Using the imported materials that you can create on your favorite modeling application
Creating materials using Lumion's Standard material
Let's have a look at each one of these options and see how they can help you and when they best suit your project.
The first option is obvious; you are using Lumion and it makes sense using Lumion's materials, but you may feel constrained by what is available at Lumion's material library. However, instead of thinking, "I only have 600 materials and I cannot find what I need!", you need to look at the materials library also as a template to create other materials.
For example, if none of the brick materials is similar to what you need, nothing stops you from using a brick material, changing the Gloss and Reflection...