In article <38F0AA84.7AD39BF2@uncc.edu>, Andy <adw### [at] unccedu> 
wrote:

> I need to present a model to some folks this week and all my attempts at
> a brushed aluminum texture have been less than appealing. Does anyone
> have something whipped up already to donate to the cause? I'll post the
> finished model in p.b.i when I get it finished.

There is one such texture in textures.inc...it is called 
Brushed_Aluminum. :-)
It basically uses an unevenly scaled bumps normal to simulate the 
scratches. Check out the other textures, there are some techniques in 
there which you might find useful.

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