Changing Part material and appearance inside Assembly with iLogic

[Daan_M]

Hi,

I am trying to change the material and appearance (color) of all parts inside my assembly, so they all have the same color and it looks tidy.

Right now i am trying to check all referenced part documents and change their material/appearance. It seems like the material part is working, but im not sure how to adjust the appearance/color. I'm accessing the appearance the wrong way, i tried looking in the API object model but haven't managed to find it.

Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisDoc.Document
Dim pDoc As Document

Dim oMaterialName As String = "Generic"
Dim oAppearanceName As String = "Default"

Dim oMaterial As Material = oDoc.Materials.item(oMaterialName)
Dim oRenderStyle As RenderStyle = oDoc.RenderStyles.Item(oAppearanceName)

For Each pDoc In oDoc.AllReferencedDocuments

	If pDoc.DocumentType = kPartDocumentObject

		Dim oPartDoc As PartDocument = pDoc

		oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition.Material = oMaterial
		oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition.ActiveRenderStyles = oRenderStyle

	End If
Next

Maybe i can do something with the Assets? API object models sais this has to do with the appearance and color, but i'm also not sure how to use this any further;

Dim oAsset As Asset = oDoc.Assets 'not sure how to complete the code here

Any tips how i can get all parts in my document the same color and material? Thanks

[JelteDeJong · Accepted solution]

This will not colour the documents themselves but the components in the assembly.

Dim doc As AssemblyDocument = ThisDoc.Document

Dim asset As Asset = doc.Assets.Item("Default")
For Each occ As ComponentOccurrence In doc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences

    occ.Appearance = asset

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