Function SetMaterialProperty( _
   ByVal ConfigName As System.String, _
   ByVal Database As System.String, _
   ByVal MaterialName As System.String _
) As System.Integer

Dim instance As IBody2
Dim ConfigName As System.String
Dim Database As System.String
Dim MaterialName As System.String
Dim value As System.Integer
 
value = instance.SetMaterialProperty(ConfigName, Database, MaterialName)

System.int SetMaterialProperty( 
   System.string ConfigName,
   System.string Database,
   System.string MaterialName
)

System.int SetMaterialProperty( 
&   System.String^ ConfigName,
&   System.String^ Database,
&   System.String^ MaterialName
) 

Parameters

ConfigName

Name of configuration 

Database

"solidworks material.sldmat" or "" or "custom materials.sldmat" (see Remarks)

MaterialName

Name of the SOLIDWORKS material to apply to the body (see Remarks)

Return Value

Click Tools > Options > System Options > File Locations > Material Databases to verify that a folder for Database is specified.

You can only use materials from a valid SOLIDWORKS materials database. You can specify either "solidworks materials.sldmat" or "" for the SOLIDWORKS Materials database or "custom materials.sldmat" for the Custom Materials database.

You can also find out the names of the materials in the materials database by opening the database as an XML stream and work with the XML API to get the data.