FEAT: Material appearance

src/ansys/aedt/core/modeler/cad/object_3d.py

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
         self._surface_material = None
         self._color = None
         self._wireframe = None
+        self._material_appearance = None
         self._part_coordinate_system = None
         self._model = None
         self._m_groupName = None
@@ -1342,6 +1343,45 @@
         self._change_property(vWireframe)
         self._wireframe = fWireframe
 
+    @property
+    def material_appearance(self):
+        """Material appearance property of the part.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+            ``True`` when material appearance is activated for the part, ``False`` otherwise.
+
+        References
+        ----------
+
+        >>> oEditor.GetPropertyValue
+        >>> oEditor.ChangeProperty
+
+        """
+        if self._material_appearance is not None:
+            return self._material_appearance
+        if "Material Appearance" in self.valid_properties:
+            material_appearance = self._oeditor.GetPropertyValue(
+                "Geometry3DAttributeTab", self._m_name, "Material Appearance"
+            )
+            if material_appearance == "true" or material_appearance == "True":
+                self._material_appearance = True
+            else:
+                self._material_appearance = False
+            return self._material_appearance
+
+    @material_appearance.setter
+    def material_appearance(self, material_appearance):
+        vMaterialAppearance = [
+            "NAME:Material Appearance",
+            "Value:=",
+            material_appearance,
+        ]
+
+        self._change_property(vMaterialAppearance)
+        self._material_appearance = material_appearance
+
     @pyaedt_function_handler()
     def history(self):
         """Object history.

src/ansys/aedt/core/modeler/cad/primitives.py

@@ -6311,7 +6311,11 @@ def update_geometry_property(self, assignment, name=None, value=None):
             "solve_inside": {"property_name": "Solve Inside", "reset_attr": ["_solve_inside"]},
             "color": {"property_name": "Color", "reset_attr": ["_color"]},
             "transparency": {"property_name": "Transparent", "reset_attr": ["_transparency"]},
-            "part_coordinate_system": {"property_name": "Orientation", "reset_attr": ["_part_coordinate_system"]},
+            "part_coordinate_system": {
+                "property_name": "Orientation",
+                "reset_attr": ["_part_coordinate_system"],
+            },
+            "material_appearance": {"property_name": "Material Appearance", "reset_attr": ["_material_appearance"]},
         }
 
         # Check if property name is valid

tests/system/general/test_07_Object3D.py

@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ def test_07_object_clone_and_get_properties(self):
         assert new_object.solve_inside == initial_object.solve_inside
         assert new_object.model == initial_object.model
         assert new_object.display_wireframe == initial_object.display_wireframe
+        assert new_object.material_appearance == initial_object.material_appearance
         assert new_object.part_coordinate_system == initial_object.part_coordinate_system
         assert new_object.transparency == 0.76
         assert new_object.color == initial_object.color
         assert new_object.bounding_box == initial_object.bounding_box
         assert len(new_object.vertices) == 8
         assert len(new_object.faces) == 6
         assert len(new_object.edges) == 12
-        assert new_object.display_wireframe == initial_object.display_wireframe
         new_object.name = "Properties_Box"
         assert not new_object.name == "Properties_Box"
 

tests/system/general/test_08_Primitives3D.py

@@ -2071,3 +2071,9 @@ def test_95_update_geometry_property(self):
         self.aedtapp.modeler.update_geometry_property([box2.name], "part_coordinate_system", cs.name)
         assert box2.part_coordinate_system == cs.name
         assert box1.part_coordinate_system == "Global"
+
+        self.aedtapp.modeler.update_geometry_property([box1.name], "material_appearance", True)
+        assert box1.material_appearance
+
+        self.aedtapp.modeler.update_geometry_property([box1.name, box2.name], "material_appearance", True)
+        assert box2.material_appearance