API - SetMaterialPropertyName2

Oct 12, 2005 2 Replies
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I am using SetMaterialPropertyName2 to set the material name in a part, but I don't want to use the colors and textures that are defined in the material. I want the part to visually stay like it is, but this function will change both the color and texture as if I had both the "Use Advanced Graphics" and "Use Material Color" options in the "Edit Material" PM page checked even though they are not. That would be acceptable if I could at least turn them off, but I can't find a way to do that. I tried to remember teh current appearance by using Get and SetMaterialPropertyValues, but it appears to ignore this once the material is set.



I am using the 2005 API in my program, but have looked at the 2006 API help and there does not appear to be anything new there. When I run my program in 2006, it has the same behavior as well.



Has anyone used the SetMaterialPropertyName2 while retaining the appearance of the original part?



Thanks



--Mark



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I put the function in a macro and created it and ran it in 2005 and

2006 but I can't get the original appearance of the part back once the material propery name is changed. It looks to me like an enhancement request will be needed here to add the option of applying visual properties or not in the SetMaterialPropertyName2 method, or perhaps it is a bug in the program that will not allow visual properties to be changed once they are set. Anyway, here is the macro if anyone is interested.

Sub main() Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim ModelDoc As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Dim PartDoc As SldWorks.PartDoc Dim vMatProp As Variant

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks Set ModelDoc = swApp.ActiveDoc Set PartDoc = ModelDoc

'Save current material settings vMatProp = ModelDoc.Extension.GetMaterialPropertyValues(swAllConfiguration, "")

'Apply material from Material database PartDoc.SetMaterialPropertyName2 "", "solidworks materials.sldmat", "Ductile Iron"

'Attempts to restore original state ModelDoc.Extension.RemoveTexture2 "" ModelDoc.Extension.SetTexture "", Nothing ModelDoc.Extension.RemoveMaterialProperty swAllConfiguration, "" ModelDoc.Extension.SetMaterialPropertyValues vMatProp, swAllConfiguration, ""

'Rebuild because some restored values go away after a rebuild ModelDoc.ForceRebuild3 False End Sub

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I combed through the API help, including SetUserPreferenceToggle/...Double/...String calls.

Nothing.

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