material editor in inv 2013

[Anonymous]

hi,

what are the uses of the properties in material editor in inventor2013?

ive attached an image of the window here.

can i extract those info?

[philippe.leefsma]

Hi Akosi,

An API to access the new material library is available in Inventor 2014 but for 2013, I'm afraid it's not doable.

Materials are represented by Appearance Assets and each appearance contains a variable collection of assets. Here is a sample that iterates through appearance of the current document:

Public Sub DumpDocumentAppearances()
    ' Check that a part or assembly document is active.
    If ThisApplication.ActiveDocumentType <> kAssemblyDocumentObject And _
       ThisApplication.ActiveDocumentType <> kPartDocumentObject Then
        MsgBox "A part or assembly must be active."
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    Dim doc As Document
    Set doc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
    
    ' Open a file to write the results.
    Open "C:\Temp\DocumentAppearanceDump.txt" For Output As #1
    
    Dim appearance As Asset
    For Each appearance In doc.AppearanceAssets
        Print #1, "    Appearance"
        Print #1, "      DisplayName: " & appearance.DisplayName
        Print #1, "      HasTexture: " & appearance.HasTexture
        Print #1, "      IsReadOnly: " & appearance.IsReadOnly
        Print #1, "      Name: " & appearance.Name
        
        Dim value As AssetValue
        For Each value In appearance
            Call PrintAssetValue(value, 8)
        Next
    Next
    
    Close #1
    
    MsgBox "Finished writing output to ""C:\Temp\DocumentAppearanceDump.txt"""
    
End Sub

Regards,

Philippe.