The parameter overrides on the Arnold Procedural object UI are stored in the BaseContainer between the id 10000 and 20000 with an offset of 100. The first override starts at 10000, the second at 10100, etc. The following IDs are used.
C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SELECTION = 10001 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_MODE = 10002 // Shader mode C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SHADER = 10003 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SHADER_USE_INDEX = 10010 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SHADER_INDEX = 10004 // Expression mode C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_EXPRESSION = 10005 // Parameter mode C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_PARAM_NAME = 10006 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_COLOR_VALUE = 10007 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_FLOAT_VALUE = 10008 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_INT_VALUE = 10009 // Displacement mode C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_DISP_SHADER = 10011 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_DISP_SHADER_USE_INDEX = 10012 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_DISP_SHADER_INDEX = 10013 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_DISP_OVERRIDE_PARAMS = 10014 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_DISP_HEIGHT = 10015 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_DISP_PADDING = 10016 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_DISP_ZERO_VALUE = 10017 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_DISP_AUTOBUMP = 10018 // Subdivision mode C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SUBDIV_TYPE = 10019 C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SUBDIV_ITERATIONS = 10020
Here's a simple script to list the Selection expression of all parameter overrides.
# parameter ids (from arnold_procedural.h)
C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_NUM_PARAM_OVERRIDES = 500
C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SELECTION = 10001
# find the Arnold Procedural object
proc = doc.SearchObject("Arnold Procedural")
# read the overrides
numParamOverrides = proc[C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_NUM_PARAM_OVERRIDES]
for i in range(numParamOverrides):
offset = i * 100
selection = proc[C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SELECTION + offset]
print "%d. override Selection: %s" % (i+1, selection)
To add new overrides you just have to modify the BaseContainer of the object.
# parameter ids (from arnold_procedural.h)
C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_NUM_PARAM_OVERRIDES = 500
C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SELECTION = 10001
C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_MODE = 10002
C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_MODE__EXPR = 0
C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_EXPRESSION = 10005
# find the Arnold Procedural object
proc = doc.SearchObject("Arnold Procedural")
# add a new Expression override
numParamOverrides = proc[C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_NUM_PARAM_OVERRIDES]
numParamOverrides += 1
proc[C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_NUM_PARAM_OVERRIDES] = numParamOverrides
offset = (numParamOverrides - 1) * 100
proc[C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_SELECTION + offset] = "/MyObject"
proc[C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_MODE + offset] = C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_MODE__EXPR
proc[C4DAI_PROCEDURAL_PARAM_OVERRIDE_EXPRESSION + offset] = "base_color = (0.1, 0.7, 0.8)"
# update the scene
c4d.EventAdd()
Look at this script how to read and modify all types of parameter overrides.