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How to select only deformation bones?
Is there a way to select all bones from the vertex group of the mesh?
I have too many overlapping bones that are very tedious to work and some are non-deformer which I wanted to hide and only work ...
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How to force Context to be 'Outliner' for using 'bpy.ops.outliner.select_walk' in the 3D Viewport?
I've been trying to use the 'bpy.ops.outliner.select_walk' functionality which walks up and down the list of objects in the outliner with the arrow keys. I want to use this functionality while in the ...
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How can I fully select a collection using python with blue highlight?
I have found this thread and several other threads but nothing with any legit answers. We can somewhat select a collection using for example this script that "selects" the one at index 2:
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Blender Python: How to test for "selectable" objects in viewport?
Is there a way to check if objects are selectable in Blender Python?
The code below checks if an object is visible, but is there also something to check if an object is also selectable in viewport?
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msgbus for collection selection in outliner
I want a callback for Collection selections in the Outliner.
So far I already found a common solution for object selections:
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How can I get all selected collections in the Outliner?
In 2022 there was an answer to a question over at
devtalk.blender.org about selecting multiple collections.
The answer was this code segment:
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Python: How to select only outer faces that are exposed to light via script?
EDIT: Since it's impossible to select only the outer faces using Blender's UI tools, I'm looking for a Python solution that will check each face to see if it does have a certain degree of light (...
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Use data from selected object in python scripting
In this picture I have a cube selected and in the transform panel you can see the cube's data, such as location and rotation. Is there a way to use the data of this selected object, like the x-...
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How to detect if a mesh has split UV island instead of single island, using Python?
So, Lets understand the problem or the issue I am trying to resolve. Lets say I have two mesh in the viewport as in the image.
First mesh is a square with 2 loop cuts or 3 faces. And second is square ...
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How to Select all objects that have the subdivision surface modifier?
I saw this example of how to select objects by name with a script, I would like to know if anyone knows how to modify it to be able to select all the objects with the subdivision surface modifier.
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Python - How to scale vertices with pivot being set to cursor?
I made a script that creates a circle, deselects all vertices in edit mode, selects first 5 vertices and then scales those vertices. I expected those vertices to be scaled with 3D cursor which sits in ...
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Delete Children Automatically
Is there a way to automatically delete children when the parent is deleted? By automatically I mean that you don't do any selection (or other action) of the children prior to selecting and deleting ...
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Why is the underlying command of "select all" not working when executed with python? (Grease Pencil)
While in edit mode of a grease pencil object, the tooltip of "select all" says that the corresponding python command would be ...
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How can I count objects that are in a collection instance using Python?
I have this script which should count all the selected objects in the scene, but it doesn't. It cannot count the 6 monkeys that are part of a collection instance.
Can you help me?
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How to sort objects from a collection using python?
So I'm trying to animate a rubiks cube via a python script using the scripting capabilities given with Blender.
My current cube looks like this:
It consists of 27 separate objects (cubelets) that ...
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