Accessing appearance keywords

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I'm trying to access the description and keywords attached to an appearance in Inventor. Unfortunately, the asset object doesn't seem to have any ability to access these. I've enumerated through all of the AssetValues attached to appearances in the document, and they do not appear:

(0, 0, '203,210,239', 'AssetLibID')
(0, 1, '203,210,239', 'ExchangeGUID')
(0, 2, '203,210,239', 'Color By Object')
(0, 3, '203,210,239', 'Sharing')
(0, 4, '203,210,239', 'Tint Color')
(0, 5, '203,210,239', 'Tint')
(0, 6, '203,210,239', 'Use Color From Other Materials')
(0, 7, '203,210,239', 'Max Distance')
(0, 8, '203,210,239', 'Ambient Occlusion')
(0, 9, '203,210,239', 'Samples')
(0, 10, '203,210,239', 'Backface Cull')
(0, 11, '203,210,239', 'Amount')
(0, 12, '203,210,239', 'Bump')
(0, 13, '203,210,239', 'Cutouts')
(0, 14, '203,210,239', 'Color')
(0, 15, '203,210,239', 'Image Fade')
(0, 16, '203,210,239', 'Glossiness')
(0, 17, '203,210,239', 'Highlights')
(0, 18, '203,210,239', 'Reflection Max Trace Depth')
(0, 19, '203,210,239', 'Reflection Glossy Samples')
(0, 20, '203,210,239', 'Reflectivity')
(0, 21, '203,210,239', 'Reflectivity')
(0, 22, '203,210,239', 'Override Refraction Depth')
(0, 23, '203,210,239', 'Refraction Glossy Samples')
(0, 24, '203,210,239', 'Refraction')
(0, 25, '203,210,239', 'Translucency')
(0, 26, '203,210,239', 'Blend with Other Materials')
(0, 27, '203,210,239', 'Round Corners')
(0, 28, '203,210,239', 'Color Temperature')
(0, 29, '203,210,239', 'Filter Color')
(0, 30, '203,210,239', 'Self Illumination')
(0, 31, '203,210,239', 'Transparency')
(0, 32, '203,210,239', 'Image Fade')
(0, 33, '203,210,239', 'Mode')
(1, 0, 'Default', 'AssetLibID')
(1, 1, 'Default', 'ExchangeGUID')
(1, 2, 'Default', 'Color By Object')
(1, 3, 'Default', 'Sharing')
(1, 4, 'Default', 'Tint Color')
(1, 5, 'Default', 'Tint')
(1, 6, 'Default', 'Use Color From Other Materials')
(1, 7, 'Default', 'Max Distance')
(1, 8, 'Default', 'Ambient Occlusion')
(1, 9, 'Default', 'Samples')
(1, 10, 'Default', 'Backface Cull')
(1, 11, 'Default', 'Amount')
(1, 12, 'Default', 'Bump')
(1, 13, 'Default', 'Cutouts')
(1, 14, 'Default', 'Color')
(1, 15, 'Default', 'Image Fade')
(1, 16, 'Default', 'Glossiness')
(1, 17, 'Default', 'Highlights')
(1, 18, 'Default', 'Reflection Max Trace Depth')
(1, 19, 'Default', 'Reflection Glossy Samples')
(1, 20, 'Default', 'Reflectivity')
(1, 21, 'Default', 'Reflectivity')
(1, 22, 'Default', 'Override Refraction Depth')
(1, 23, 'Default', 'Refraction Glossy Samples')
(1, 24, 'Default', 'Refraction')
(1, 25, 'Default', 'Translucency')
(1, 26, 'Default', 'Blend with Other Materials')
(1, 27, 'Default', 'Round Corners')
(1, 28, 'Default', 'Color Temperature')
(1, 29, 'Default', 'Filter Color')
(1, 30, 'Default', 'Self Illumination')
(1, 31, 'Default', 'Transparency')
(1, 32, 'Default', 'Image Fade')
(1, 33, 'Default', 'Mode')
(2, 0, 'gloop', 'AssetLibID')
(2, 1, 'gloop', 'ExchangeGUID')
(2, 2, 'gloop', 'Color By Object')
(2, 3, 'gloop', 'Sharing')
(2, 4, 'gloop', 'Tint Color')
(2, 5, 'gloop', 'Tint')
(2, 6, 'gloop', 'Use Color From Other Materials')
(2, 7, 'gloop', 'Max Distance')
(2, 8, 'gloop', 'Ambient Occlusion')
(2, 9, 'gloop', 'Samples')
(2, 10, 'gloop', 'Backface Cull')
(2, 11, 'gloop', 'Amount')
(2, 12, 'gloop', 'Bump')
(2, 13, 'gloop', 'Cutouts')
(2, 14, 'gloop', 'Color')
(2, 15, 'gloop', 'Image Fade')
(2, 16, 'gloop', 'Glossiness')
(2, 17, 'gloop', 'Highlights')
(2, 18, 'gloop', 'Reflection Max Trace Depth')
(2, 19, 'gloop', 'Reflection Glossy Samples')
(2, 20, 'gloop', 'Reflectivity')
(2, 21, 'gloop', 'Reflectivity')
(2, 22, 'gloop', 'Override Refraction Depth')
(2, 23, 'gloop', 'Refraction Glossy Samples')
(2, 24, 'gloop', 'Refraction')
(2, 25, 'gloop', 'Translucency')
(2, 26, 'gloop', 'Blend with Other Materials')
(2, 27, 'gloop', 'Round Corners')
(2, 28, 'gloop', 'Color Temperature')
(2, 29, 'gloop', 'Filter Color')
(2, 30, 'gloop', 'Self Illumination')
(2, 31, 'gloop', 'Transparency')
(2, 32, 'gloop', 'Image Fade')
(2, 33, 'gloop', 'Mode')
(3, 0, 'Iron Gray', 'AssetLibID')
(3, 1, 'Iron Gray', 'ExchangeGUID')
(3, 2, 'Iron Gray', 'Color By Object')
(3, 3, 'Iron Gray', 'Sharing')
(3, 4, 'Iron Gray', 'Tint Color')
(3, 5, 'Iron Gray', 'Tint')
(3, 6, 'Iron Gray', 'Use Color From Other Materials')
(3, 7, 'Iron Gray', 'Max Distance')
(3, 8, 'Iron Gray', 'Ambient Occlusion')
(3, 9, 'Iron Gray', 'Samples')
(3, 10, 'Iron Gray', 'Backface Cull')
(3, 11, 'Iron Gray', 'Amount')
(3, 12, 'Iron Gray', 'Bump')
(3, 13, 'Iron Gray', 'Cutouts')
(3, 14, 'Iron Gray', 'Color')
(3, 15, 'Iron Gray', 'Image Fade')
(3, 16, 'Iron Gray', 'Glossiness')
(3, 17, 'Iron Gray', 'Highlights')
(3, 18, 'Iron Gray', 'Reflection Max Trace Depth')
(3, 19, 'Iron Gray', 'Reflection Glossy Samples')
(3, 20, 'Iron Gray', 'Reflectivity')
(3, 21, 'Iron Gray', 'Reflectivity')
(3, 22, 'Iron Gray', 'Override Refraction Depth')
(3, 23, 'Iron Gray', 'Refraction Glossy Samples')
(3, 24, 'Iron Gray', 'Refraction')
(3, 25, 'Iron Gray', 'Translucency')
(3, 26, 'Iron Gray', 'Blend with Other Materials')
(3, 27, 'Iron Gray', 'Round Corners')
(3, 28, 'Iron Gray', 'Color Temperature')
(3, 29, 'Iron Gray', 'Filter Color')
(3, 30, 'Iron Gray', 'Self Illumination')
(3, 31, 'Iron Gray', 'Transparency')
(3, 32, 'Iron Gray', 'Image Fade')
(3, 33, 'Iron Gray', 'Mode')
(4, 0, 'Smooth - Black', 'AssetLibID')
(4, 1, 'Smooth - Black', 'ExchangeGUID')
(4, 2, 'Smooth - Black', 'Sharing')
(4, 3, 'Smooth - Black', 'Tint Color')
(4, 4, 'Smooth - Black', 'Tint')
(4, 5, 'Smooth - Black', 'Mode')
(4, 6, 'Smooth - Black', 'Use Color From Other Materials')
(4, 7, 'Smooth - Black', 'Max Distance')
(4, 8, 'Smooth - Black', 'Ambient Occlusion')
(4, 9, 'Smooth - Black', 'Samples')
(4, 10, 'Smooth - Black', 'Finish')
(4, 11, 'Smooth - Black', 'Finish Bumps')
(4, 12, 'Smooth - Black', 'Amount')
(4, 13, 'Smooth - Black', 'Image')
(4, 14, 'Smooth - Black', 'Color')
(4, 15, 'Smooth - Black', 'Color By Object')
(4, 16, 'Smooth - Black', 'Relief Pattern')
(4, 17, 'Smooth - Black', 'Amount')
(4, 18, 'Smooth - Black', 'Image')
(4, 19, 'Smooth - Black', 'Reflection Max Trace Depth')
(4, 20, 'Smooth - Black', 'Override Refraction Depth')
(4, 21, 'Smooth - Black', 'Blend with Other Materials')
(4, 22, 'Smooth - Black', 'Round Corners')
(4, 23, 'Smooth - Black', 'Round Corners')
(4, 24, 'Smooth - Black', 'Type')
(4, 25, 'Smooth - Black', 'Reflection Glossy Samples')
(4, 26, 'Smooth - Black', 'Refraction Glossy Samples')

I know for a fact that the "gloop" appearance has keywords, because I added them myself.

Can anyone tell me where this information is hiding?

Thanks,

Jeremy

[Anonymous]

Well after finding this: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/inventor-2014-asset-description/m-p/4600095/hig...

I'm not exactly hopeful... And I'm not sure how to see if the bug has been fixed. It's not fixed in 2015, I'm going to try 2016 soon.

[Anonymous]

I can confirm that this is still broken in Inventor 2016 Pro.