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Working on a project that sets a material to a 3d imported object (basically a school color) based on teams Code "WYO, USU" I have the set shader working great. Now I am having trouble describing the shader, in the material, on the base object so that I delete that shader for the next time the scene goes on line. 

Shoutout to Jeff Reitman who really helped me out with the scripting to set materials. 

Thanks in advance.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD
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What do you mean by describing the shader?

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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:27
From: Malcolm Thorpe
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

Working on a project that sets a material to a 3d imported object (basically a school color) based on teams Code "WYO, USU" I have the set shader working great. Now I am having trouble describing the shader, in the material, on the base object so that I delete that shader for the next time the scene goes on line. 

Shoutout to Jeff Reitman who really helped me out with the scripting to set materials. 

Thanks in advance.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD
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I was adding a shader to an existing material so that I could set a file to that shader. It worked great. But each time I ran the script it would add another shader. So I was trying to figure out the syntax of deleting a shader from a material applied to an object in the scene using an OnOffline script. I decided to go a different route. I just added a shader to my material and then in the script I just got that shader and changed the file attached to it. So now I don't have to delete it.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:44
From: Simon Redmile
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

What do you mean by describing the shader?

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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:27
From: Malcolm Thorpe
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

Working on a project that sets a material to a 3d imported object (basically a school color) based on teams Code "WYO, USU" I have the set shader working great. Now I am having trouble describing the shader, in the material, on the base object so that I delete that shader for the next time the scene goes on line. 

Shoutout to Jeff Reitman who really helped me out with the scripting to set materials. 

Thanks in advance.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD
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Ah very good, I assume you're wrote something like this (which I am putting here incase people come reading the thread). 

engine.GetMaterialByName("Material1", mat)

mat.GetShader(1, shad)

shad.SetFileName("D:\_Xpression Projects\mProject\Images\myImage.png")

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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:51
From: Malcolm Thorpe
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

I was adding a shader to an existing material so that I could set a file to that shader. It worked great. But each time I ran the script it would add another shader. So I was trying to figure out the syntax of deleting a shader from a material applied to an object in the scene using an OnOffline script. I decided to go a different route. I just added a shader to my material and then in the script I just got that shader and changed the file attached to it. So now I don't have to delete it.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:44
From: Simon Redmile
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

What do you mean by describing the shader?

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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:27
From: Malcolm Thorpe
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

Working on a project that sets a material to a 3d imported object (basically a school color) based on teams Code "WYO, USU" I have the set shader working great. Now I am having trouble describing the shader, in the material, on the base object so that I delete that shader for the next time the scene goes on line. 

Shoutout to Jeff Reitman who really helped me out with the scripting to set materials. 

Thanks in advance.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD
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You can also delete shaders by index number for example.

dim mat as xpMaterial

engine.GetMaterialByName("Material8", mat)

mat.DeleteShaderByIndex(0)

Would remove the first shader. 

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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:51
From: Malcolm Thorpe
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

I was adding a shader to an existing material so that I could set a file to that shader. It worked great. But each time I ran the script it would add another shader. So I was trying to figure out the syntax of deleting a shader from a material applied to an object in the scene using an OnOffline script. I decided to go a different route. I just added a shader to my material and then in the script I just got that shader and changed the file attached to it. So now I don't have to delete it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:44
From: Simon Redmile
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

What do you mean by describing the shader?

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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 08-10-2022 16:27
From: Malcolm Thorpe
Subject: OnOffLine How to describe material shader so I can delete

Working on a project that sets a material to a 3d imported object (basically a school color) based on teams Code "WYO, USU" I have the set shader working great. Now I am having trouble describing the shader, in the material, on the base object so that I delete that shader for the next time the scene goes on line. 

Shoutout to Jeff Reitman who really helped me out with the scripting to set materials. 

Thanks in advance.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD
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