MaterialLibrary.appearances Property

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

Description

Returns the appearances defined within this library.

Syntax

Python
C++

"materialLibrary_var" is a variable referencing a MaterialLibrary object.

# Get the value of the property.
propertyValue = materialLibrary_var.appearances

"materialLibrary_var" is a variable referencing a MaterialLibrary object.

#include <Core/Materials/MaterialLibrary.h>

// Get the value of the property.
Ptr<Appearances> propertyValue = materialLibrary_var->appearances();

Property Value

This is a read only property whose value is an Appearances.

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