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[JuKa]

Hello everyone I am new to the forum, but I could not find the answer in previous posts or questions. So here we go:
I want to use python to create a model, that I then use for some simulations.
Following this guide https://support.lumerical.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034929453-setlayer-Script-command
I want to set the properties for a created layer using the "setlayer" command
So I created a layer using "addlayerbuilder" and then "addlayer".
I can give my created layer certain properties such as "thickness" and even "pattern material", but when I want to introduce a "material" I get the error mesage:
lumapi.LumApiError: 'the requested property was not found'
This does not depend on the material chosen, since "pattern material" works perfectly fine.
It seems to me that the keyword "material" does not work as intended. Is there a way to fix this by myself?

[Taylor Robertson]

Hello Juka I would use the script editor to help debug this script then adapt it to python. This has the benefit of being able to query objects. As you can see the setlayer command doesn't have "material" property. I think this was deprecated to allow for the more precise properties of pattern and background material.
?setlayer("layer_1");
enabled
name
layer number
start position
thickness
pattern material
background material
process
sidewall angle
pattern growth delta
pattern alpha
background alpha
For more information on the layer builder usage, I would refer to this article.
https://support.lumerical.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034382394-Layer-builder

[JuKa]

Thank you very much
I was finallay able to create my structure