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FDMMaterialBuildUtils

Utilities for creating material expressions.

API > API/Plugins > API/Plugins/DynamicMaterialEditor > API/Plugins/DynamicMaterialEditor/Model

Inheritance Hierarchy

References

   
Module DynamicMaterialEditor
Header /Engine/Plugins/Experimental/DynamicMaterial/Source/DynamicMaterialEditor/Public/Model/DMMaterialBuildUtils.h
Include #include "Model/DMMaterialBuildUtils.h"

Syntax

struct FDMMaterialBuildUtils : public IDMMaterialBuildUtilsInterface

Remarks

Utilities for creating material expressions.

Variables

  Type Name Description
Protected variable FDMMaterialBuildState & BuildState  

Constructors

  Type Name Description
Public function    

Functions

  Type Name Description
Public function Const UMaterialExpression * Creates a default expression outputing 0 on a single channel.
Public function Const InExpressionClass *

CreateExpression ( const FString& InComment,
UObject* InAsset
)

 @See CreateExpression
Public function Const InExpressionClass *

CreateExpressionParameter ( FName InParameterName,
EDMMaterialParameterGroup InParameterGroup,
const FString& InComment,
UObject* InAsset
)

 @See CreateExpressionParameter

Overridden from IDMMaterialBuildUtilsInterface

  Type Name Description
Public function Virtual Const UMaterialExpression *

CreateExpression ( TSubclassOf< UMaterialExpression > InExpressionClass,
const FString& InComment,
UObject* InAsset
)

 Create an expression with the comment as its description.
Public function Virtual Const UMaterialExpressionAppendVector *

CreateExpressionAppend ( UMaterialExpression* InExpressionA,
int32 InOutputIndexA,
UMaterialExpression* InExpressionB,
int32 InOutputIndexB
)

 Creates an append expression to combine vectors/scalars together to create larger vectors.
Public function Virtual Const UMaterialExpressionComponentMask *

CreateExpressionBitMask ( UMaterialExpression* InExpression,
int32 InOutputIndex,
int32 InOutputChannels
)

 Creates a mask expression with the given channels exposed.
Public function Virtual Const TArray< UMaterialExpression * > Creates a series of nodes that display a single input.
Public function Virtual Const TArray< UMaterialExpression * >

CreateExpressionInputs ( const TArray< FDMMaterialStageConnection >& InInputConnectionMap,
int32 InStageSourceInputIdx,
const TArray< UDMMaterialStageInput* >& InStageInputs,
int32& OutOutputIndex,
int32& OutOutputChannel
)

 Creates a series of nodes that try to render every single input on different parts of the material.
Public function Virtual Const UMaterialExpression *

CreateExpressionParameter ( TSubclassOf< UMaterialExpression > InExpressionClass,
FName InParameterName,
EDMMaterialParameterGroup InParameterGroup,
const FString& InComment,
UObject* InAsset
)

 Create a parameter expression with the comment as its description.
Public function Virtual Const void

UpdatePreviewMaterial ( UMaterialExpression* InLastExpression,
int32 InOutputIndex,
int32 InOutputChannel,
int32 InSize
)

 Updates the emissive channel of the give material to show the output of the given expression.

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