How to set Textbody value with Python-Script (Adding a text and editing the body)?

Question

I like to create a text:

How do I set the Text value?(Not the naming in the object-tree)

import bpy
def create():
    bpy.ops.object.text_add(location=(0, 0, 0), rotation=(45,0,0))
    #print("test")
    text_obj = bpy.context.object
    text_obj.name = "Text" #Objectname
    text_obj.rotation_euler.x = radians(90) # Rotate text by 90 degrees along X axis
    text_obj.data.extrude     = 0.05        # Add depth to the text
    text_obj.data.bevel_depth = 0.01        # Add a nice bevel effect to smooth the text's edges
    text_obj.data.body        = "Digital"        # Set the text to be the current row's date

    #'Emission material'
    glow_material = D.materials["font"]
    #mat = makeMaterial("font", (1,1,1), 1.8)
    text_obj.active_material = glow_material

My goal is to set text values automated by just setting the name of the text. Then animating the text e.g. moving into camera view. Therefore I am also looking for location, rotation and how to change the extrude value of a text_object. Anyone can help me and give me a short example on this? The shown code seems to be using the right function, but the result is not (Material not assigned and none of the attributes are set like "Digital" as body. Anyone can run the code and help me understand how Blender Python scripting actually works?

I am quite new to bpy library ;)

:) Thanks!

Answer 1

This is how I solved it:

import bpy
import bmesh

def create():
    scn = bpy.context.scene
    scn.render.engine = 'CYCLES'
    scn.world.use_nodes = True
    set_background()    
#context
    bpyscene = bpy.context.scene

# Create an empty mesh and the object.
    mesh = bpy.data.meshes.new('Basic_Sphere')
    basic_sphere = bpy.data.objects.new("Basic_Sphere", mesh)

# Add the object into the scene.
    bpyscene.objects.link(basic_sphere)
    bpyscene.objects.active = basic_sphere
    basic_sphere.select = True

# Construct the bmesh cube and assign it to the blender mesh.
    bm = bmesh.new()
    bmesh.ops.create_uvsphere(bm, u_segments=32, v_segments=16, diameter=1)
    bm.to_mesh(mesh)
    bm.free()

# add subsurf mod and smooth
    bpy.ops.object.modifier_add(type='SUBSURF')
    bpy.ops.object.shade_smooth()
# add material to the UV Sphere
    ob = bpy.context.active_object
    ob.select = True
#scene.objects.active = ob

# Get material
    g_mat = bpy.data.materials.get("green_glow")
    if g_mat is None:
    # create material
        create_materials("green_glow")        
    g_mat = bpy.data.materials.get("green_glow")
# Assign it to object
    if ob.data.materials:
    # assign to 1st material slot
        ob.data.materials[0] = g_mat        
    else:
    # no slots
        ob.data.materials.append(g_mat)
    print ("Green Material assigned")

# move UV Sphere
    bpy.ops.object.move_to_layer(layers=(False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False))

# Text
bpy.ops.object.text_add(view_align=False, enter_editmode=False, location=(0, 0, 0), layers=(True, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False))
bpy.ops.transform.rotate(value=1.5708, axis=(1, 0, 0), constraint_axis=(True, False, False), constraint_orientation='GLOBAL', mirror=False, proportional='DISABLED', proportional_edit_falloff='SMOOTH', proportional_size=1)
bpy.context.object.data.extrude = 0.02
# Delete default "Text"
bpy.ops.object.editmode_toggle()
bpy.ops.font.delete(type='PREVIOUS_OR_SELECTION')
bpy.ops.font.delete(type='PREVIOUS_OR_SELECTION')
bpy.ops.font.delete(type='PREVIOUS_OR_SELECTION')
bpy.ops.font.delete(type='PREVIOUS_OR_SELECTION')
bpy.ops.font.delete(type='PREVIOUS_OR_SELECTION')
# Set new word
chars = "Digital"
for char in chars:
    bpy.ops.font.text_insert(text=char)
bpy.ops.object.editmode_toggle()
# add material to the Text
ob.select = True
ob = bpy.context.active_object
#scene.objects.active = ob

# Get material
mat = bpy.data.materials.get("white_glow")
if mat is None:
    # create material
    create_materials("white_glow")
mat = bpy.data.materials.get("white_glow")
# Assign it to object
if ob.data.materials:
    # assign to 1st material slot
    ob.data.materials[0] = mat
else:
    # no slots
    ob.data.materials.append(mat)
print ("Green Material assigned")
# text to mesh
bpy.ops.object.convert(target='MESH')
# Particle system
bpy.ops.object.particle_system_add()
bpy.data.particles["ParticleSettings"].effector_weights.gravity = 0
bpy.data.particles["ParticleSettings"].render_type = 'OBJECT'
bpy.data.particles["ParticleSettings"].dupli_object = 
bpy.data.objects["Basic_Sphere"]

def set_background():
# darken the background   
bpy.context.scene.world.node_tree.nodes['Background']
.inputs['Color'].default_value = (0, 0, 0, 1)

print("Set background color")

def create_materials(mat_name):
mat = bpy.data.materials.new(name=mat_name)
# get the material
mat = bpy.data.materials[mat_name]
mat.use_nodes = True
# get the nodes
nodes = mat.node_tree.nodes

# clear all nodes to start clean
for node in nodes:
    nodes.remove(node)

# create emission node
node_emission = nodes.new(type='ShaderNodeEmission')
if (mat_name == "white_glow"):
    node_emission.inputs[0].default_value = (1,1,1,1)  # white RGBA
else:
    node_emission.inputs[0].default_value = (0,1,0,1)  # white RGBA
node_emission.inputs[1].default_value = 2.0 # strength
node_emission.location = 0,0

# create output node
node_output = nodes.new(type='ShaderNodeOutputMaterial')   
node_output.location = 400,0

# link nodes
links = mat.node_tree.links
link = links.new(node_emission.outputs[0], node_output.inputs[0])

# remove links
#links.remove(link)


# Animate Particle System
#def animate():

# Move / Animate Sphere

if __name__ == "__main__":
create()