Composite Material
Composite materials are engineered materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct on a macroscopic level within the finished structure.
The most primitive composite materials were straw and mud combined to form bricks for building construction; the Biblical book of Exodus speaks of [...]

3ds Max is Map Chanels
What are map channels?. Map channels in 3ds max are simply a means of having two or more completely different sets of uvw coordinates on one model. For example you could use the uvw map modifier to create some simple planar (or box, cylinder, shrink wrap, etc. ) mapping on map [...]