# class MaterialCasterSettings

MaterialCasterSettings is the base interface for material casting settings

# Properties

Property Description
Dilation The Dilation value. Where applicable, such as colors and normals, the caster will fill empty pixels surrounding filled pixels with values mixed from the filled ones. This setting sets how many pixels to fill outside the original filled pixels.
DitherType The type of dithering to use when creating the output object.
FillMode The fill mode determines what to do with the pixels that remain unfilled after both the casting and dilation has been performed. Options are: None = Do not fill remaining pixels Interpolate = linearly interpolate the closest samples NearestNeighbor = use the closest available pixel value without interpolation.
MaterialChannel The name of the input material channel to cast. Existing user channels of any arbitrary name in the input materials can be cast.
Name The name of the MaterialCasterSettings object. (Inherited from Object)
OpacityChannel The name of the input opacity channel to use for combining layers in most casters and casting opacity in the opacitycaster. User channels of any arbitrary name can be used. If the caster is run through a Pipeline object, the OpacityChannel set here will also be set as the output materials OpacityChannel property.
OpacityChannelComponent The component in the opacity channel to use as opacity value.
OutputDDSCompressionType DDS compression if output format is DDS.
OutputImageFileFormat File format for output texture.
OutputPixelFormat The output pixel format
UseMultisampling Enable or disable multisampling.

# Methods

Method Description
AddObserver Adds a user-defined observer object to the interface, that will receive events from the interface. (Inherited from Object)
GetBoolParameter Get a named parameter boolean value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
GetClass Get the name of the MaterialCasterSettings class. (Inherited from Object)
GetDoubleParameter Get a named parameter floating point value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
GetErrorString Returns a string describing the error that was found the last time ValidateSettings was performed. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
GetIntParameter Get a named parameter integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
GetStringParameter Get a named parameter string value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
GetUIntParameter Get a named parameter unsigned integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
IsA Returns true if MaterialCasterSettings is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object)
IsNull Returns true if the MaterialCasterSettings object is invalid. (Inherited from Object)
IsSameObjectAs Returns true if the MaterialCasterSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object)
NonNull Returns true if the MaterialCasterSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object)
PrintInfo Prints the content/info of the MaterialCasterSettings object to the log. (Inherited from Object)
RemoveObserver Removes a previously added observer object. (Inherited from Object)
SetBoolParameter Set a named parameter boolean value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
SetDoubleParameter Set a named parameter floating point value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
SetIntParameter Set a named parameter integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
SetStringParameter Set a named parameter string value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
SetUIntParameter Set a named parameter unsigned integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
SetValidateParameterNames Set if parameter names should be validated or not. Parameters that previously do not exist will generate and error if validation is enabled and be allowed if validation is disabled. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
ToJSON Get settings as JSON for debugging purposes. (Inherited from SettingsObject)
ValidateSettings Validates the current settings values. (Inherited from SettingsObject)

# Static methods

Method Description
IsClassA Returns true if the class is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object)
SafeCast SafeCast makes sure the input object is of a class that can be cast into spMaterialCasterSettings, and if this is the case, returns the object cast into spMaterialCasterSettings. (Inherited from Object)

# Properties details

# Dilation

The Dilation value. Where applicable, such as colors and normals, the caster will fill empty pixels surrounding filled pixels with values mixed from the filled ones. This setting sets how many pixels to fill outside the original filled pixels.

    # DitherType

    The type of dithering to use when creating the output object.

      # FillMode

      The fill mode determines what to do with the pixels that remain unfilled after both the casting and dilation has been performed. Options are: None = Do not fill remaining pixels Interpolate = linearly interpolate the closest samples NearestNeighbor = use the closest available pixel value without interpolation.

        # MaterialChannel

        The name of the input material channel to cast. Existing user channels of any arbitrary name in the input materials can be cast.

          # Name

          The name of the MaterialCasterSettings object. (Inherited from Object)

            # OpacityChannel

            The name of the input opacity channel to use for combining layers in most casters and casting opacity in the opacitycaster. User channels of any arbitrary name can be used. If the caster is run through a Pipeline object, the OpacityChannel set here will also be set as the output materials OpacityChannel property.

              # OpacityChannelComponent

              The component in the opacity channel to use as opacity value.

                # OutputDDSCompressionType

                DDS compression if output format is DDS.

                  # OutputImageFileFormat

                  File format for output texture.

                    # OutputPixelFormat

                    The output pixel format

                      # UseMultisampling

                      Enable or disable multisampling.

                        # Methods details

                        # AddObserver

                        Adds a user-defined observer object to the interface, that will receive events from the interface. (Inherited from Object)

                          # GetBoolParameter

                          Get a named parameter boolean value.

                            # GetClass

                            Get the name of the MaterialCasterSettings class. (Inherited from Object)

                              # GetDoubleParameter

                              Get a named parameter floating point value.

                                # GetErrorString

                                Returns a string describing the error that was found the last time ValidateSettings was performed.

                                  # GetIntParameter

                                  Get a named parameter integer value.

                                    # GetStringParameter

                                    Get a named parameter string value.

                                      # GetUIntParameter

                                      Get a named parameter unsigned integer value.

                                        # IsA

                                        Returns true if MaterialCasterSettings is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object)

                                          # IsNull

                                          Returns true if the MaterialCasterSettings object is invalid. (Inherited from Object)

                                            # IsSameObjectAs

                                            Returns true if the MaterialCasterSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object)

                                              # NonNull

                                              Returns true if the MaterialCasterSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object)

                                                # PrintInfo

                                                Prints the content/info of the MaterialCasterSettings object to the log. (Inherited from Object)

                                                  # RemoveObserver

                                                  Removes a previously added observer object. (Inherited from Object)

                                                    # SetBoolParameter

                                                    Set a named parameter boolean value.

                                                      # SetDoubleParameter

                                                      Set a named parameter floating point value.

                                                        # SetIntParameter

                                                        Set a named parameter integer value.

                                                          # SetStringParameter

                                                          Set a named parameter string value.

                                                            # SetUIntParameter

                                                            Set a named parameter unsigned integer value.

                                                              # SetValidateParameterNames

                                                              Set if parameter names should be validated or not. Parameters that previously do not exist will generate and error if validation is enabled and be allowed if validation is disabled.

                                                                # ToJSON

                                                                Get settings as JSON for debugging purposes.

                                                                  # ValidateSettings

                                                                  Validates the current settings values.

                                                                    # Static methods details

                                                                    # IsClassA

                                                                    Returns true if the class is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object)

                                                                      # SafeCast

                                                                      SafeCast makes sure the input object is of a class that can be cast into spMaterialCasterSettings, and if this is the case, returns the object cast into spMaterialCasterSettings. (Inherited from Object)