assigning material with appearance to part from assembly

[NachoShaw]

Hey

from assembly level, i am trying to assign a material with its associated appearance. I am first clearing the part level appearance override as its been set in a file conversion. 

Dim asmDoc As AssemblyDocument = FrmModelLoader._invApp.ActiveDocument
   Dim doc As Document
      For Each doc In asmDoc.AllReferencedDocuments
         If doc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject Then
            Dim Part As PartDocument = doc
            Dim p As PartComponentDefinition = Part.ComponentDefinition
            p.ClearAppearanceOverrides()

            asmDoc.Rebuild2()
         End If
     Next
    End Sub

While i doing this, i need to assign a material from a library (it should already be accessible from the part). I can assign the material but it doesnt assign the associated appearance. When i do it manually, it does.

Do i need to assign the appearance separately if assigning by code? If so, what is the best way to do that? All of the posts i found were either too old (predating Assets) or showing me how to get the materials into a text file...

Summary

From assembly level, i need to

loop assembly

for each part, clear appearance

assign a material

assign an appearance

Thanks

[NachoShaw · Accepted solution]

I managed to resolve this