# Edit Material

WARNING

GSA-Grasshopper plugin is pre-release and under active development, including further testing to be undertaken. It is provided "as-is" and you bear the risk of using it. Future versions may contain breaking changes. Any files, results, or other types of output information created using the plugin should not be relied upon without thorough and independent checking.

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Edit Material

# Description

Modify a GSA Material

# Input parameters

Icon Type Name Description
MaterialParam Material Material Material to get or set information for. Leave blank to create a new Material
IntegerParam Integer Material ID (Optional) Set Material ID corrosponding to the desired ID in the material type's table (Steel, Concrete, etc).
TextParam Text Material Name (Optional) Set Material Name
MaterialParam Material Analysis Material Material(Optional) Input another Material to overwrite the analysis material properties.Material
GenericParam Generic Material Type (Optional) Set Material Type for a Custom Material (only).
Input either text string or integer:
Generic : 0
Steel : 1
Concrete : 2
Aluminium : 3
Glass : 4
FRP : 5
Timber : 7
Fabric : 8

# Output parameters

Icon Type Name Description
MaterialParam Material Material GSA Material with applied changes.
IntegerParam Integer Material ID the Material's ID in its respective table (Steel, Concrete, etc)
TextParam Text Material Name the Material's Name
MaterialParam Material Custom Material A copy of this material as a Custom material.
TextParam Text Material Type Material Type