Material(ID)
base classes — bpy_struct
, ID
- class bpy.types.Material(ID)
Material data-block to define the appearance of geometric objects for rendering
- alpha_threshold
A pixel is rendered only if its alpha value is above this threshold
- Type
float in [0, 1], default 0.5
- blend_method
Blend Mode for Transparent Faces
OPAQUE
Opaque – Render surface without transparency.CLIP
Alpha Clip – Use the alpha threshold to clip the visibility (binary visibility).HASHED
Alpha Hashed – Use noise to dither the binary visibility (works well with multi-samples).BLEND
Alpha Blend – Render polygon transparent, depending on alpha channel of the texture.
- Type
enum in [‘OPAQUE’, ‘CLIP’, ‘HASHED’, ‘BLEND’], default ‘OPAQUE’
- cycles
Cycles material settings
- Type
CyclesMaterialSettings
, (readonly)
- diffuse_color
Diffuse color of the material
- Type
float array of 4 items in [0, inf], default (0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 0.8)
- grease_pencil
Grease pencil color settings for material
- Type
MaterialGPencilStyle
, (readonly)
- is_grease_pencil
True if this material has grease pencil data
- Type
boolean, default False, (readonly)
- line_color
Line color used for Freestyle line rendering
- Type
float array of 4 items in [0, inf], default (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
- line_priority
The line color of a higher priority is used at material boundaries
- Type
int in [0, 32767], default 0
- lineart
Line art settings for material
- Type
MaterialLineArt
, (readonly)
- metallic
Amount of mirror reflection for raytrace
- Type
float in [0, 1], default 0.0
- paint_active_slot
Index of active texture paint slot
- Type
int in [0, 32767], default 0
- paint_clone_slot
Index of clone texture paint slot
- Type
int in [0, 32767], default 0
- pass_index
Index number for the “Material Index” render pass
- Type
int in [0, 32767], default 0
- preview_render_type
Type of preview render
FLAT
Flat – Flat XY plane.SPHERE
Sphere – Sphere.CUBE
Cube – Cube.HAIR
Hair – Hair strands.SHADERBALL
Shader Ball – Shader ball.CLOTH
Cloth – Cloth.FLUID
Fluid – Fluid.
- Type
enum in [‘FLAT’, ‘SPHERE’, ‘CUBE’, ‘HAIR’, ‘SHADERBALL’, ‘CLOTH’, ‘FLUID’], default ‘SPHERE’
- refraction_depth
Approximate the thickness of the object to compute two refraction events (0 is disabled)
- Type
float in [0, inf], default 0.0
- roughness
Roughness of the material
- Type
float in [0, 1], default 0.4
- shadow_method
Shadow mapping method
NONE
None – Material will cast no shadow.OPAQUE
Opaque – Material will cast shadows without transparency.CLIP
Alpha Clip – Use the alpha threshold to clip the visibility (binary visibility).HASHED
Alpha Hashed – Use noise to dither the binary visibility and use filtering to reduce the noise.
- Type
enum in [‘NONE’, ‘OPAQUE’, ‘CLIP’, ‘HASHED’], default ‘OPAQUE’
- show_transparent_back
Render multiple transparent layers (may introduce transparency sorting problems)
- Type
boolean, default False
- specular_color
Specular color of the material
- Type
float array of 3 items in [0, inf], default (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
- specular_intensity
How intense (bright) the specular reflection is
- Type
float in [0, 1], default 0.5
- texture_paint_images
Texture images used for texture painting
- Type
bpy_prop_collection
ofImage
, (readonly)
- texture_paint_slots
Texture slots defining the mapping and influence of textures
- Type
bpy_prop_collection
ofTexPaintSlot
, (readonly)
- use_backface_culling
Use back face culling to hide the back side of faces
- Type
boolean, default False
- use_nodes
Use shader nodes to render the material
- Type
boolean, default False
- use_preview_world
Use the current world background to light the preview render
- Type
boolean, default False
- use_screen_refraction
Use raytraced screen space refractions
- Type
boolean, default False
- use_sss_translucency
Add translucency effect to subsurface
- Type
boolean, default False
- classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass(id, default=None)
- Parameters
id (string) – The RNA type identifier.
- Returns
The RNA type or default when not found.
- Return type
bpy.types.Struct
subclass
- classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass_py(id, default=None)
- Parameters
id (string) – The RNA type identifier.
- Returns
The class or default when not found.
- Return type
type
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