ExistingMaterialOperation

Specifies what should occur when a material being imported has the same identifiers as a material which already exists in Mechanical.

Declaration Syntax

public enum ExistingMaterialOperation

Table 1089: Members

Member

New

A new material will be created with a unique name so long as the UUID is unique.

Note: If a material is added with this option then the only way to operate with subsequent import is to search by UUID otherwise the existing material will be used.

Member

Replace

Replace the existing material with this material