MatricX Lite — Documentation

MatricX Lite is a free Blender material toolkit designed for fast look development, hard-surface blockouts, and simplified material workflows.

Built as an introduction to the MatricX ecosystem, Lite provides curated smart materials, simplified imperfections, viewport color workflows, and material mapping tools directly inside Blender’s N-Panel.

Compatible with Blender 4.0 – 5.1+

Features

Curated Material Library

Quickly apply clean hard-surface materials without building node setups manually.

Included material categories:

• Metal

• Plastic

• Wood

• Glass

• Rubber & Leather

• Emission

• Floor

• Special Materials

Includes curated presets such as:

• Steel

• Dark Steel

• Painted Worn Metal

• Default Plastic

• Default Wood

• Glass

• Car Paint

• Procedural Gold

• Standard Copper

• Camo materials

• Concrete

• Diamond Metal

Smart Material Workflow

Designed for fast iteration and modeling workflows.

Features:

• Real-time material editing

• Material browser

• Search system

• Favorite presets

• Recent materials

• Thumbnail previews

• Material synchronization

• Make Unique workflow

Lite Imperfection System

Add simple surface breakup directly inside Blender.

Supported imperfection types:

• Dirt

• Edge Wear

Features:

• Adjustable roughness

• Edge wear controls

• Dirt controls

• Procedural wear workflow

• Non-destructive editing

Lite supports one imperfection at a time.

Fix Material Mapping

Repair stretched procedural materials caused by unapplied transforms.

Features:

• Scale compensation

• Rotation correction

• Edge-wear correction

• Object-specific mapping repair

Useful for:

• Hard-surface modeling

• Active scaling workflows

• Blockout workflows

Viewport Workflow Tools

Fast viewport color assignment for modeling and scene organization.

Included viewport presets:

• Clay

• Dark

• Light

• Rubber Black

• Metal Gray

• Accent Red

• Accent Blue

Features:

• One-click Material Preview

• Multi-object assignment

• Fast blockout workflows

• Consistent viewport materials

Installation

1. Download the MatricX Lite ZIP

2. Do NOT extract the ZIP

3. Open Blender

4. Go to:
   Edit → Preferences → Add-ons

5. Click:
   Install from Disk

6. Select the MatricX Lite ZIP

7. Enable the addon

8. Press N in the 3D Viewport

9. Open the MatricX Lite tab

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Basic Workflow

Materials

1. Select a mesh object

2. Open Materials workspace

3. Choose a category

4. Select a preset

5. Adjust settings

6. Click Apply Material

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Imperfections

1. Apply a supported material

2. Choose:

   • Dirt

   • Edge Wear

3. Adjust settings

4. Fine-tune roughness and intensity

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Viewport Colors

1. Select objects

2. Open Viewport workspace

3. Click Use Material View

4. Select a viewport preset

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Material Features

Editable controls may include:

• Base Color

• Roughness

• Metallic appearance

• Paint Color

• Texture Scale

• Glow Strength

• Glass controls

• Floor scale

Controls vary depending on the selected material.

Material Linking

Shared Materials

When multiple objects use the same Blender material:

• edits remain shared

• changes update all linked objects

Useful for:

• product variants

• grouped assets

• repeated objects

Make Unique

Create an independent copy of the active material.

Useful when:

• changing one object only

• testing variations

• separating linked materials

Lite vs PRO

Included in Lite

• Curated material presets

• Material browser

• Simplified imperfections

• Manual mapping repair

• Viewport presets

• Material Preview shortcut

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Available in MatricX PRO

• Full material library

• Layered imperfections

• Rust, scratches, fingerprints, smudges

• External PBR materials

• Decal workflow system

• Surface projection

• Material matching

• Live scale compensation

• Custom RGB viewport materials

• Random viewport colors

• Collection helpers

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Recommended Workflows

Fast Hard-Surface Material

1. Apply Default Metal

2. Adjust roughness

3. Add Edge Wear

4. Fine-tune Spread and Level

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Blockout Workflow

1. Use viewport presets

2. Assign accent colors

3. Separate object groups visually

4. Use Material Preview mode

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Product Variants

1. Share materials across objects

2. Use Make Unique on variants

3. Modify colors independently

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Troubleshooting

Material Looks Stretched

Use:

• Fix Material Mapping

after scaling the object.

Edge Wear Looks Incorrect

Use:

• Fix Material Mapping

after rotating the object.

Apply Material Is Disabled

Confirm:

• a mesh object is selected

Viewport Colors Are Not Visible

Click:

• Use Material View

or switch Blender viewport shading to Material Preview.

Included Assets

MatricX Lite includes:

• Material presets

• Thumbnail previews

• Required textures

• Procedural assets

No additional download required.

Compatibility

Supported Blender Versions:

• Blender 4.0+

• Blender 4.1+

• Blender 4.2+

• Blender 5.0+

• Blender 5.1+

Supported Platforms:

• Windows

• macOS

• Linux

Support

Official Links

YouTube:
https://youtube.com/@EidosEdge

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/eidosedgeofficial

ArtStation:
https://www.artstation.com/prasantheidos

MatricX PRO:
https://eidosedge.gumroad.com/l/MatricX-Pro

MatricX Bake:
https://eidosedge.gumroad.com/l/MatricXBake

License

MatricX Lite is provided as a free Blender addon.

Redistribution or reselling of addon files and bundled assets is prohibited.

Thank you for using MatricX Lite.

Created by Prasanth / Eidos Edge