Model.metadatamarkstringarray

Model.metadatamarkstringarray(collection, name, string_array)

Creates string array metadata on the specified collection of entities.

Parameters:

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the entities to which the metadata will be added.

• name (hwString) – The name by which the metadata will be referenced.

• string_array (hwStringList) – The list of the strings that contains the values.

Example

Add metadata named “String_Vals” with the values “Warped” and “Elements” to elements with IDs 1 - 100

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

model.metadatamarkstringarray(
    collection=hm.Collection(model, ent.Element, list(range(1, 101))),
    name="String_Vals",
    string_array=["Warped", "Elements"],
)