blender-archive/source/blender/python/api2_2x/doc/Material.py

# Blender.Material module and the Material PyObject

"""
The Blender.Material submodule.

Material 
========

This module provides access to B{Material} objects in Blender.

Example::
  import Blender
  from Blender import Material
  mat = Material.New('newMat')          # create a new Material called 'newMat'
  print mat.rgbCol                      # print its rgb color triplet
  mat.rgbCol = [0.8, 0.2, 0.2]          # change its color
  mat.setAlpha(0.2)                     # mat.alpha = 0.2 -- almost transparent
  mat.emit = 0.7                        # equivalent to mat.setEmit(0.8)
  mat.mode |= Material.Modes.ZTRANSP    # turn on Z-Buffer transparency
  mat.setName('RedBansheeSkin')         # change its name
  mat.setAdd(0.8)                       # make it glow
  mat.setMode('Halo')                   # turn 'Halo' "on" and all others "off"

@type Modes: readonly dictionary
@var Modes: The available Material Modes.
    - TRACEABLE    - Make Material visible for shadow lamps.
    - SHADOW       - Enable Material for shadows.
    - SHADELESS    - Make Material insensitive to light or shadow.
    - WIRE         - Render only the edges of faces.
    - VCOL_LIGHT   - Add vertex colors as extra light.
    - VCOL_PAINT   - Replace basic colors with vertex colors.
    - HALO         - Render as a halo.
    - ZTRANSP      - Z-buffer transparent faces.
    - ZINVERT      - Render with inverted Z-buffer.
    - - HALORINGS  - Render rings over the basic halo.
    - ENV          - Do not render Material.
    - - HALOLINES  - Render star shaped lines over the basic halo.
    - ONLYSHADOW   - Let alpha be determined on the degree of shadow.
    - - HALOXALPHA - Use extreme alpha.
    - TEXFACE      - UV-Editor assigned texture gives color and texture info
        for faces.
    - - HALOSTAR   - Render halo as a star.
    - NOMIST       - Set the Material insensitive to mist.
    - - HALOSHADED - Let halo receive light.
    - HALOTEX      - Give halo a texture.
    - HALOPUNO     - Use the vertex normal to specify the dimension of the halo.
    - HALOFLARE    - Render halo as a lens flare.

@warn: Some Modes are only available when the 'Halo' mode is I{off} and
    others only when it is I{on}.  But these two subsets of modes share the same
    numerical values in their Blender C #defines. So, for example, if 'Halo' is
    on, then 'NoMist' is actually interpreted as 'HaloShaded'.  We marked all
    such possibilities in the Modes dict below: each halo-related mode that
    uses an already taken value is preceded by "-" and appear below the normal
    mode which also uses that value.
"""

def New (name = 'Mat'):
  """
  Create a new Material object.
  @type name: string
  @param name: The Material name.
  @rtype: Blender Material
  @return: The created Material object.
  """

def Get (name = None):
  """
  Get the Material object(s) from Blender.
  @type name: string
  @param name: The name of the Material.
  @rtype: Blender Material or a list of Blender Materials
  @return: It depends on the 'name' parameter:
    - (name): The Material object with the given name;
    - ():   A list with all Material objects in the current scene.
  """

class Material:
  """
  The Material object
  ===================
   This object gives access to Materials in Blender.
  @cvar name: Material's name.
  @type mode: int
  @cvar mode: Mode flags as an or'ed int value.  See the Modes dictionary keys
      and descriptions in L{Modes}.
  @cvar rgbCol: Material's RGB color triplet.
  @cvar specCol: Specular color rgb triplet.
  @cvar mirCol: Mirror color rgb triplet.
  @cvar R: Red component of L{rgbCol} - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar G: Green component of L{rgbCol} - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar B: Blue component of L{rgbCol} - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar alpha: Alpha (translucency) component of the Material - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar amb: Ambient factor - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar emit: Emitting light intensity - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar ref:  Reflectivity - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar spec: Specularity - [0.0, 2.0].
  @cvar specTransp: Specular transparency - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar add: Glow factor - [0.0, 1.0].
  @cvar zOffset: Artificial Z offset for faces - [0.0, 10.0].
  @cvar haloSize: Dimension of the halo - [0.0, 100.0].
  @cvar flareSize: Factor the flare is larger than the halo - [0.1, 25.0].
  @cvar flareBoost: Flare's extra strength - [0.1, 10.0].
  @cvar haloSeed: To use random values for ring dimension and line location -
     [0, 255].
  @cvar flareSeed: Offset in the seed table - [0, 255].
  @cvar subSize:  Dimension of subflares, dots and circles - [0.1, 25.0].
  @cvar hard: Hardness of the specularity - [1, 255].
  @cvar nFlares: Number of halo subflares - [1, 32].
  @cvar nStars: Number of points on the halo stars - [3, 50].
  @cvar nLines: Number of star shaped lines on each halo - [0, 250].
  @cvar nRings: Number of halo rings - [0, 24].
  @type ipo: Blender Ipo
  @cvar ipo: This Material's ipo.
  @warning: Most member variables assume values in some [Min, Max] interval.
   When trying to set them, the given parameter will be clamped to lie in
   that range: if val < Min, then val = Min, if val > Max, then val = Max.
  """

  def getName():
    """
    Get the name of this Material object.
    @rtype: string
    """

  def setName(name):
    """
    Set the name of this Material object.
    @type name: string
    @param name: The new name.
    """

  def getIpo():
    """
    Get the Ipo associated with this material, if any.
    @rtype: Ipo
    @return: the wrapped ipo or None.
    """

  def setIpo(ipo):
    """
    Link an ipo to this material.
    @type ipo: Blender Ipo
    @param ipo: a material type ipo.
    """

  def clearIpo():
    """
    Unlink the ipo from this material.
    @return: True if there was an ipo linked or False otherwise.
    """

  def getMode():
    """
    Get this Material's mode flags.
    @rtype: int
    @return: B{OR'ed value}. Use the Modes dictionary to check which flags
        are 'on'.

        Example::
          import Blender
          from Blender import Material
          flags = mymat.getMode()
          if flags & Material.Modes['HALO']:
            print "This material is rendered as a halo"
          else:
            print "Not a halo"
    """

  def setMode(m = None, m2 = None, m3 = None, and_so_on = None,
              up_to_21 = None):
    """
    Set this Material's mode flags. Mode strings given are turned 'on'.
    Those not provided are turned 'off', so mat.setMode() -- without 
    arguments -- turns off all mode flags for Material mat.
    @type m: string
    @param m: A mode flag. From 1 to 21 can be set at the same time.
    """

  def getRGBCol():
    """
    Get the rgb color triplet.
    @rtype: list of 3 floats
    @return: [r, g, b]
    """

  def setRGBCol(rgb = None):
    """
    Set the rgb color triplet.  If B{rgb} is None, set the color to black.
    @type rgb: three floats or a list of three floats
    @param rgb: The rgb color values in [0.0, 1.0] as:
        - a list of three floats: setRGBCol ([r, g, b]) B{or}
        - three floats as separate parameters: setRGBCol (r,g,b).
    """
 
  def getSpecCol():
    """
    Get the specular color triplet.
    @rtype: list of 3 floats
    @return: [specR, specG, specB]
    """

  def setSpecCol(rgb = None):
    """
    Set the specular color triplet.  If B{rgb} is None, set the color to black.
    @type rgb: three floats or a list of three floats
    @param rgb: The rgb color values in [0.0, 1.0] as:
        - a list of three floats: setSpecCol ([r, g, b]) B{or}
        - three floats as separate parameters: setSpecCol (r,g,b).
    """

  def getMirCol():
    """
    Get the mirror color triplet.
    @rtype: list of 3 floats
    @return: [mirR, mirG, mirb]
    """

  def setMirCol(rgb = None):
    """
    Set the mirror color triplet.  If B{rgb} is None, set the color to black.
    @type rgb: three floats or a list of three floats
    @param rgb: The rgb color values in [0.0, 1.0] as:
        - a list of three floats: setMirCol ([r, g, b]) B{or}
        - three floats as separate parameters: setMirCol (r,g,b).
    """

  def getAlpha():
    """
    Get the alpha (transparency) value.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setAlpha(alpha):
    """
    Set the alpha (transparency) value.
    @type alpha: float
    @param alpha: The new value in [0.0, 1.0].
    """

  def getAmb():
    """
    Get the ambient color blend factor.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setAmb(amb):
    """
    Set the ambient color blend factor.
    @type amb: float
    @param amb:  The new value in [0.0, 1.0].
    """

  def getEmit():
    """
    Get the emitting light intensity.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setEmit(emit):
    """
    Set the emitting light intensity.
    @type emit: float
    @param emit: The new value in [0.0, 1.0].
    """

  def getRef():
    """
    Get the reflectivity value.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setRef(ref):
    """
    Set the reflectivity value.
    @type ref: float
    @param ref: The new value in [0.0, 1.0].
    """

  def getSpec():
    """
    Get the specularity value.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setSpec(spec):
    """
    Set the specularity value.
    @type spec: float
    @param spec: The new value in [0.0, 2.0].
    """

  def getSpecTransp():
    """
    Get the specular transparency.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setSpecTransp(spectransp):
    """
    Set the specular transparency.
    @type spectransp: float
    @param spectransp: The new value in [0.0, 1.0].
    """

  def getAdd():
    """
    Get the glow factor.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setAdd(add):
    """
    Set the glow factor.
    @type add: float
    @param add: The new value in [0.0, 1.0].
    """

  def getZOffset():
    """
    Get the artificial offset for faces with this Material.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setZOffset(zoffset):
    """
    Set the artificial offset for faces with this Material.
    @type zoffset: float
    @param zoffset: The new value in [0.0, 10.0].
    """

  def getHaloSize():
    """
    Get the halo size.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setHaloSize(halosize):
    """
    Set the halo size.
    @type halosize: float
    @param halosize: The new value in [0.0, 100.0].
    """

  def getHaloSeed():
    """
    Get the seed for random ring dimension and line location in halos.
    @rtype: int
    """

  def setHaloSeed(haloseed):
    """
    Set the seed for random ring dimension and line location in halos.
    @type haloseed: int
    @param haloseed: The new value in [0, 255].
    """

  def getFlareSize():
    """
    Get the ratio: flareSize / haloSize.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setFlareSize(flaresize):
    """
    Set the ratio: flareSize / haloSize.
    @type flaresize: float
    @param flaresize: The new value in [0.1, 25.0].
    """

  def getFlareSeed():
    """
    Get flare's offset in the seed table.
    @rtype: int
    """

  def setFlareSeed(flareseed):
    """
    Set flare's offset in the seed table.
    @type flareseed: int
    @param flareseed: The new value in [0, 255].
    """

  def getFlareBoost():
    """
    Get the flare's extra strength.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setFlareBoost(flareboost):
    """
    Set the flare's extra strength.
    @type flareboost: float
    @param flareboost: The new value in [0.1, 10.0].
    """

  def getSubSize():
    """
    Get the dimension of subflare, dots and circles.
    @rtype: float
    """

  def setSubSize(subsize):
    """
    Set the dimension of subflare, dots and circles.
    @type subsize: float
    @param subsize: The new value in [0.1, 25.0].
    """

  def getHardness():
    """
    Get the hardness of the specularity.
    @rtype: int
    """

  def setHardness(hardness):
    """
    Set the hardness of the specularity.
    @type hardness: int
    @param hardness: The new value in [1, 255].
    """

  def getNFlares():
    """
    Get the number of halo subflares.
    @rtype: int
    """

  def setNFlares(nflares):
    """
    Set the number of halo subflares.
    @type nflares: int
    @param nflares: The new value in [1, 32].
    """

  def getNStars():
    """
    Get the number of points in the halo stars.
    @rtype: int
    """

  def setNStars(nstars):
    """
    Set the number of points in the halo stars.
    @type nstars: int
    @param nstars: The new value in [3, 50].
    """

  def getNLines():
    """
    Get the number of star shaped lines on each halo.
    @rtype: int
    """

  def setNLines(nlines):
    """
    Set the number of star shaped lines on each halo.
    @type nlines: int
    @param nlines: The new value in [0, 250].
    """

  def getNRings():
    """
    Get the number of rings on each halo.
    @rtype: int
    """

  def setNRings(nrings):
    """
    Set the number of rings on each halo.
    @type nrings: int
    @param nrings: The new value in [0, 24].
    """

  def setTexture(index, texture, texco, mapto):
    """
    Assign a Blender Texture object to slot number 'number'.
    @type index: int
    @param index: material's texture index in [0, 7].
    @type texture: Blender Texture
    @param texture: a Blender Texture object.
    @type texco: int
    @param texco: optional or'ed bitflag -- defaults to TexCo.ORCO.  See TexCo var in L{Texture}.
    @type mapto: int
    @param mapto: optional or'ed bitflag -- defaults to MapTo.COL.  See MapTo var in L{Texture}.
    """

  def clearTexture(index):
    """
    Clear the ith (given by 'index') texture channel of this material.
    @type index: int
    @param index: material's texture channel index in [0, 7].
    """

  def getTextures ():
    """
    Get this Material's Texture list.
    @rtype: list of MTex
    @return: a list of Blender MTex objects.  None is returned for each empty texture slot.
    """