C4D Material Builder

Helper

On 19/11/2017 at 19:33, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hey!

I'm writing a simple script that creates and sets up a C4D Material based on a folder of .jpgs with appropriate "*_diffuse.jpg", "*_specular.jpg" etc. names.

I've figured out how to create a material, but I'm stuck on how to add the filepath to a ".jpg" to the [c4d.MATERIAL_COLOR_SHADER].

Create new C4D Material

c4d.CallCommand(13015, 13015) # New Material


# Get First Material, the one we just created
material = doc.GetFirstMaterial()


# rename: cdmat-"name"
material[c4d.ID_BASELIST_NAME] = "name"


# Enable Color Mat[c4d.MATERIAL_USE_COLOR]
material.SetChannelState(c4d.CHANNEL_COLOR, True)


# Set Mat[c4d.MATERIAL_COLOR_SHADER] to name_diffuse.jpg
material[c4d.MATERIAL_COLOR_SHADER] = "D:\CD-Scenes\008-BedroomDemo\008-Bedroom-01.jpg"
print(material[c4d.MATERIAL_COLOR_SHADER])

Thanks!

Matt

Helper

On 19/11/2017 at 20:27, xxxxxxxx wrote:

you need to do like this

    material = c4d.BaseMaterial(c4d.Mmaterial)
    material.SetName("Name")
    # Set the state of a channel
    material[c4d.MATERIAL_USE_COLOR] = True
    # Create Bitmap Shader
    shader = c4d.BaseShader(c4d.Xbitmap)
    shader[c4d.BITMAPSHADER_FILENAME]= r"D:\CD-Scenes\008-BedroomDemo\008-Bedroom-01.jpg"
    # Inserts a shader in the objects shader list
    material.InsertShader(shader)
    material[c4d.MATERIAL_COLOR_SHADER] = shader
    # Inserts Material in Project
    doc.InsertMaterial(material)

Helper

On 20/11/2017 at 06:14, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Matt,

if you are interested in a bit more background, what anion did in his code and why, you may want to visit the C++ Docs (no worries!) :
BaseShader Manual
Material Manual