Appearances.item Method

Parent Object: Appearances
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Materials/Appearances.h>

Description

Returns the specified Appearance using an index into the collection.

Syntax

Python
C++

"appearances_var" is a variable referencing an Appearances object.returnValue = appearances_var.item(index)

"appearances_var" is a variable referencing an Appearances object.

#include <Core/Materials/Appearances.h>

returnValue = appearances_var->item(index);

Return Value

Type	Description
Appearance	Returns the specified appearance or null if an invalid index is specified.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
index	integer	The index of the appearance to return where the first item in the collection is 0.

Samples

Material API Sample

Demonstrates using materials and appearance using the API.

To use the sample, create a new Python or C++ script and copy and paste this code, replacing the default code. The sample also used an external appearance library which you can get here. Copy that to any location on your computer and edit the path in the script. When running the script, have a design open that contains a body in the root component.

Version

Introduced in version August 2014