Questions tagged [scripting]
Questions concerning scripting in Blender using the Python programming language. Also use this tag for questions about scripting in OSL (Open Shading Language).
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Access skin modifier radius data
With Skin Modifier, we can "weight" a vertex (in Edit Mode) so that the resulting Skin mesh is bigger or smaller - similar to Curve objects which has "Scale Feather" adjustable.
Manually, we can hit ...
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How to automate a script execution on import actions?
Basically, I would like a way to let the user select a file to import and then transparently execute a custom script.
Most of the time, I use Blender in a work flow. When I do some changes on my ...
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How can I delete mesh parts with python?
Suppose I have identified or can identifiy some meshparts I no longer want in my mesh and want to delete them, how would I do it?
I know that bmesh.ops.delete exists, I just don't know how to use it, ...
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How to iterate over custom properties?
I have a number of custom string properties that I added to my scene with:
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How to rig a rotary counter?
I would like to know if is possible to create a simple python script to rotate these dials. What I want is something like this:
The first ring from the left is rotated around the ...
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How to change icon in Add Object menu?
It has always bugged me that Blender add-ons (in this case the Sapling add-on for generating trees) have a wall socket as their icon in the Add menu, instead of something more custom. I would like to ...
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Getting hair vertices via python
We can convert hair into 3D editable objects via the modifier tab, this means there must be an API to get the hair vertices instantly from python.
Can you explain it and all it's parameters and ...
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Scripting metaballs with negative influence
I'm generating metaballs with a python script, and I need to be able to toggle the negative option for some of the metaballs. (Edit: ...
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How can I get vertex positions from a mesh?
I want to read the vertex x and y coordinates with a script or a function.
How can I do that?
The MeshVertex
appears to have ...
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How to get world-space matrix of any pose bone?
Is there a command for getting world-space matrix of pose bones, same as obj.matrix_world for objects? I found pose_bone.matrix, ...
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Export bullet physics with the Y and Z axis swapped
I'm using the script example used in Blender's physics documentation:
import PhysicsConstraints
PhysicsConstraints.exportBulletFile("Physics.bullet")
The problem ...
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Blender rendering automation (build script)
I would like to automate the proccess of rendering images (sprites).
What I want to do is to render an image of the same model with different textures, ideally the texture filename would be passed as ...
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How to make a menu like the Sculpt Brush/MatCap menu with Python?
I'd like to make a menu with images like the sculpt brush menu and MatCap menu in Blender with Python. Can anybody walk me through it? Thanks.
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Blender UI Multithreading Progressbar
The following question might've been asked several times, but I've found no satisfactory answer.
Short question:
How can I show progress of background task in Blender UI?
Explanation:
I have a ...
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Set existing animation start frame with script
I have an object, which has two keyframes to make a short animation.
I have a script which duplicates this object and its animation and changes the start frame of the animation. I currently have this ...
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