The materials themselves are contained in a user-extensible database that includes descriptions in terms of wavelength-dependent reflectance, heat-transfer, and radar properties.

Both Vega Prime IR Scene and Vega Prime Radar use these material-classified textures to determine the material properties of the visual database.

TMM can classify individual texels with composite materials comprised of up to three individual materials at user-defined ratios to generate accurate classifications.  The Smart Create feature can be used for the automated classification of a texture when provided with a set of user-specified training texels. Create texel radiance calculations specified to time of day.

TMM was built specifically for the stringent requirements for the development and deployment of cross-platform real-time 3D applications.  With a comprehensive extendable sample materials database included, TMM can classify such materials as

• soils,
• vegetation,
• construction,
• composites,
• paints.