# 5.950 - Material Search, Shader Selection, and Surface Analysis

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-950-material-search-shader-selection-and-surface-analysis/39344>\
**Category:** Release notes\
**Created:** [September 16, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-950-material-search-shader-selection-and-surface-analysis/39344 "2025-09-16T14:01:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeriz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@Jeriz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jeriz)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-950-material-search-shader-selection-and-surface-analysis/39344/1 "2025-09-16T14:01:16Z")

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Find materials faster, inspect surfaces with new options, and control lighting in your scenes.

- **New** : Now you can search for materials in Visualization by name, type, or finish to quickly locate the right one.  

- **New** : Choose between Shaded (Alt+S / Option+S) and Visualized (Alt+V / Option+V) shader options to control how your model’s surfaces are displayed for inspection.

- **New** : Use the Curvature Map option to analyze surface continuity and Gaussian curvature directly on your model.

- **New** : The light in Visualization Environments can now be adjusted by altitude, giving you more control over scene lighting.

Try these features and share your feedback in the comments below.

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**Author:** ![Jeriz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@Jeriz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jeriz)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-950-material-search-shader-selection-and-surface-analysis/39344/2 "2025-09-16T14:01:23Z")

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-950-material-search-shader-selection-and-surface-analysis/39344/3 "2025-09-16T15:43:51Z")

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If it’s not possible to shine light onto objects at least let us turn the shadow off from light.

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**Author:** ![GroMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@GroMark](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GroMark)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-950-material-search-shader-selection-and-surface-analysis/39344/4 "2025-09-16T16:24:32Z")

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For us noobs, what information does us the Gaussian Surface analysis give? I see the dolors, the relation of them, but what do I know based on it?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jtee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@jtee](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jtee)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-950-material-search-shader-selection-and-surface-analysis/39344/5 "2025-09-29T14:01:09Z")

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Kind of disappointing that there is no official response to your question. Seems to be a pattern here.