Publication Materials

 

Publication Materials are first-class ByMe citizens, which strongly differ from Products with a Material representation.

 

	Product with a Material representation	Publication Material
API	GET /products/	GET /materials/
Main usage	Commercial Product	Material configuration option
Example	Oak hardwood flooring, sold by square meter.	Black leather, Tan leather, used as configuration options on a Product
Representation format	BM3Mat	BM3Mat
Representation content	A pure texture, for shapeless products such as floors, walls, worktops: their shape is actually determined by the application and needs not be provided by the Range Manager	A pure texture, which will be applied on the chosen shape (usually a mesh publication within a BM3 3D asset)
Main attributes	Full set of: Descriptive info, Commercial info, Representation info, Experience info	Reduced attribute set: Name, description, brand, tags.