LayerMaterialIndex

Returns or changes the material index of a layer.  A material index of -1 indicates that no material has been assigned to the layer.  Thus, the layer will use Rhino's default layer material.

Syntax

rhinoscriptsyntax.LayerMaterialIndex (layer, index=None)

rhinoscript.layer.LayerMaterialIndex (layer, index=None)

Parameters

layer

Required.  String.  The name of an existing layer.

index

Optional. Integer. The new material index

Returns

Number

 A zero-based material index if successful.

Example

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs

index = rs.LayerMaterialIndex("Default")

if index is not None:

    if index==-1:

        print "The default layer does not have a material assigned."

    else:

        print "The default layer has a material assigned."

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