Re: [scripting] n00b

["Bernard Lebel" <3dbernard(at)gmail.com>]

There is only *one* local material on an object. You can access it at
any time through its the LocalProperties attribute. However, if you
read the Material attribute or get it via the Properties attribute,
then you will get the inherited material. This happens when you
branch-apply a material on a parent or apply the material through a
group, layer, partition, etc.

If you mean cluster materials, run through the polygon clusters of the
object and then loop through their LocalProperties.


Cheers
Bernard



On 4/25/07, Alexander Hemery <vortex(at)fhw.gr> wrote:
> Hi Stephen, thanks for replying
>
> So how do I get get all the local materials from an object ?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Blair
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:22 PM
> Subject: RE: [scripting] n00b
>
>
>
> In the Script Editor, right-click, point to Syntax Help, and click Loop on
> Selected Objects.
> That will give you the corresponding VBScript for looping through a
> collection of objects.
>
> EnumElements gives you a collection of objects that are nested under
> oObject.Material in the XSI data hierarchy.
>
>
>  ________________________________
>  From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of
> Alexander Hemery
> Sent: Wed 25 April 2007 4:03 AM
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: [scripting] n00b
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm in need of a way to change the diffuse/ambient/spec values of all
> materials (local/global) in a scene.
> There's two types, Lambert and Phong and they all have textures connected.
>
> Ideally I would like to change the Phongs to Lambert but that seems more
> headacke right now. Changing the specular to black will do for now.
>
> My scripting is very limited, I though of using two for each loops to go
> through each object and through each object's materials, but I'm having a
> hard time translating a JScript example I found in VBscript to get all the
> local materials.
>
> --
> // Loop through the collection of materials
> var e = new Enumerator(oObject.Materials);
> for ( ; !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext() ) {
>    var oMat = e.item();
>    Application.LogMessage( "Found " + oMat );
> --
> And in VBscript I tried:
>
> set e = EnumElements(oObject.Material)
>
> which must be wrong cause I'm getting different results...
> Any help would be greatly appreciated folks.
>
> Overall, am I on the right track ? Is there an easier way of doing this ?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Alex.
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