# Forged Carbon – Inventor setup (Generic appearance)
Dark finish, shallow surface detail (matches body panel preview v3).

1. Appearance browser → Document Appearances → **Create New Appearance** → Generic, name `Forged Carbon`.

| Section | File / Value |
|---|---|
| Generic > Color | Image: forged_carbon_basecolor.png, Image Fade 22 over color RGB 10,10,10 (near-black) |
| Generic > Glossiness | 90 (or Image: forged_carbon_glossiness.png) |
| Generic > Highlights | Non-metallic |
| Reflectivity | Direct 10 / Oblique 50 (lower = fewer studio reflections) |
| Bump | forged_carbon_normal_gl.png, Normal map, Amount 0.12 |
| Bump (older versions) | forged_carbon_height.png, Amount 0.04 |

2. Each image → Transforms → Sample Size **100 mm**, Tile, **Link texture transforms** on.
3. Right-click → **Add to** → your user library (.adsklib) to reuse.