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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
MaterialParamMaterialMaterialMaterial to get or set information for. Leave blank to create a new Material
IntegerParamIntegerMaterial ID(Optional) Set Material ID corrosponding to the desired ID in the material type's table (Steel, Concrete, etc).
TextParamTextMaterial Name(Optional) Set Material Name
MaterialParamMaterialAnalysis MaterialMaterial(Optional) Input another Material to overwrite the analysis material properties.Material
GenericParamGenericMaterial 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
MaterialParamMaterialMaterialGSA Material with applied changes.
IntegerParamIntegerMaterial IDthe Material's ID in its respective table (Steel, Concrete, etc)
TextParamTextMaterial Namethe Material's Name
MaterialParamMaterialCustom MaterialA copy of this material as a Custom material.
TextParamTextMaterial TypeMaterial Type