Materials.itemByName Method
Parent Object:
MaterialsDefined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Materials/Materials.h>
Description
Returns the specified Material using the name as seen in the user interface. This often isn't a reliable way of accessing a specific material because materials are not required to be unique.
Syntax
"materials_var" is a variable referencing a Materials object.returnValue = materials_var.itemByName(name) |
"materials_var" is a variable referencing a Materials object.
#include <Core/Materials/Materials.h>
returnValue = materials_var->itemByName(name);
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Return Value
| Material |
Returns the specified material or null if there isn't a matching name. |
Parameters
| name |
string |
The name of the material to return,. |
Version
Introduced in version August 2014
