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AddAttribute (ParticleType)

Description

Adds a new user-defined attribute to this particle type. You must specify a type (ParticleAttribute.AttributeType) and a unique name for the new attribute. This method fails if another user-defined attribute with the same name exists.

Scripting Syntax

ParticleType.AddAttribute( Name, Type )

C# Syntax

ParticleType.AddAttribute( String in_strName, siParticleAttributeType in_Type );

Parameters

Examples

VBScript Example

NewScene , false
set oParticleType = CreateParticleType()(0)

oParticleType.AddAttribute "ZetaFactor", siPAVector3
'Oh no I meant MyZetaFactor
oParticleType.RemoveAttribute "ZetaFactor"
oParticleType.AddAttribute "MyZetaFactor", siPAVector3

PrintParticleTypeUserAttributes oParticleType

sub PrintParticleTypeUserAttributes(in_ParticleType)

   aNames = in_ParticleType.AttributeNames
   for i = 0 to UBound(aNames)
       Application.LogMessage aNames(i)
       str = "This attribute type is "
       select case in_ParticleType.AttributeType(aNames(i))
          case siPAVector4 
              str = str & "siPAVector4"
          case siPAVector3
              str = str & "siPAVector3"
          case siPAFloat 
              str = str & "siPAFloat"
          case siPAInt 
              str = str & "siPAInt"
          case siPAULong 
              str = str & "siPAULong"
          case siPAUShort
              str = str & "siPAUShort"
          case siPABool 
              str = str & "siPABool"
       end select
       Application.LogMessage str
   next
end sub

' Expected results:
'INFO : MyZetaFactor
'INFO : This attribute type is siPAVector3

See Also

Autodesk Softimage v7.5     <     >