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Subject: 'Actor' object has no attribute 'FindMaterialByName' (P6/9 Manuals say it does..
There is no method by that identifier - manual is wrong.
The method is simply called Material.
mat = act.Material("Helmet")
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I never noticed this because I looked at the section heading, not the example.
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Thanks both - even though I noticed that the manual heading was different from the function name I'd never thought to just try 'act.Material("Helmet")'
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1) Both the Poser 6 and Poser 9 manuals say that 'FindMaterialByName()' is an Actor method (see screenshots above)# Pre-check to verify that 'act' is a valid actor and 'Helmet' is a valid material
matlist = act.Materials()
for mat in matlist:
print "mat.Name() = "+mat.Name()
print "matlist[3].Name() = "+matlist[3].Name()
# So what's wrong with the following line?
mat = act.FindMaterialByName("Helmet")
mat.Name() = Preview
mat.Name() = ChinStrap
mat.Name() = Flaps
mat.Name() = Helmet
mat.Name() = Decoration
matlist[3].Name() = Helmet
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "E:e frontierPoser 6RuntimePythonposerScripts3DCheapskate!TEST Helmet Smart+.py", line 240, in
mat = act.FindMaterialByName("Helmet") # TEMPORARY - use head mat for A3
AttributeError: 'Actor' object has no attribute 'FindMaterialByName'
** ???**
I remember somebody commenting a long time ago that the PoserPython Methods Manuals were unreliable. Is that the problem here?
(P.S. I've double and triple-checked that I typed FindMaterialByName correctly, even tried cut-and-pasting from the manuals. Both of them!)
The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.
*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).