Questions tagged [bmesh]
Blender Python Bmesh module, added in 2.63, provides an alternative method of manipulating meshes "giving Python access to the functions used by Blender’s own mesh editing tools.". Use this tag for question about using the Bmesh module in Python scripts and add-ons.
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Is it possible to get the UV position of a selected face in the 3d view and display it in a panel?
I want to be able to display the UV coordinates of a selected face (or vert but if I can get one to work I assume the other will too).
I cobbled together a rough script that'll show the UV coordinates ...
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Quick script for joining bmesh verts; Only last operation is performed
So I built a simple script to take a set of selected verts, mark the most recently selected as target and connect all other verts to target with bmesh.ops.connect_verts
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Having issues setting coords on bmesh
So I'm trying to build a small script to map down verts of target mesh to verts of a source mesh after cutting hole with knife project
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Delete polygon using python
I have a script that returns the 4 vertices of a polygon. How can i delete this polygon?
I've tried using bmesh but need the face index and not vertices.
This is a ...
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Customized Mesh with blender python [closed]
I'm interested in creating a plane with a customized mesh from a python script. Is there a way to achieve this?
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bmesh as global variable in a modal function?
I am updating as well as trying to optimize an add-on that I haven't touched in a couple of years. I learned python as I was making that add-on back in the day, actually, and now am reading that the ...
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rotate bmesh around bounding box center, not global
how do I rotate the mesh around its center using the bmesh.rotate
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how can I access absolute vertex positions from mesh with armature?
I downloaded an animated mesh in FBX form from mixamo. When I import it to blender, the object looks like this in the outliner:
I need to access vertex positions of my mesh at every frame of the ...
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Blender crashes using a bmesh python operator
The following python operator crashes blender. I'm using 2.93.5 on Win10.
Strangely however, if I use the python terminal built into blender I can import bpy, bmesh ...
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Adding Edit Mode "Transform" Panel to UI
I am trying to make a custom panel that includes the "Transform" panel that appears in edit mode.
I do not need to do anything special, I just want this panel added for convenience. I do ...
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Extracting internal forces of cloth simulation springs for manipulation in Python script
Is it possible to extract the simulated forces per-frame per-vertex in the 4 springs as described here Link?
I have come across this Mesh Tension Tool which infers strain(tension) through mesh ...
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copy cursor rotation to geometry in edit mode with python
using bmesh I want to use cursor matrix to rotate some selected geometry (edges or faces).
using just cursor rotation, and using rotation and location to rotate around cursor
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How do I measure the length of a selected edge with Python?
Which operation would I use to acquire the length of the edge I have selected so that I could store that in a variable for later use?
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Select top and/or bottom face of bmesh cone
I would like to ask if there is a better way to select the bottom and top face of a cone then how I do it now
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How to identify the edges at the "outside" of a mesh in python? [duplicate]
In python (ideally bmesh, and not bpy.ops) is there a way to identify the edges at the "outside" of a mesh, such as the ones selected in the cylinder shown below (image edited for clarity)?
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How to select edges with a specific sharpness value in python?
I want to select sharp edges with a sharpness value that I can set through a FloatProperty, for instance, 60 degrees, and then apply ...
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Remove overlapping area
Blender version: 2.79 ( I can not change this at the moment! )
I am trying to remove the area from a mesh that is overlapping with the area from another.
Here is a screenshot:
I tried this code:
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Scaling down one face of a mesh using Python API
I am generating a mesh from a collection of points read from a json file. That collection of points will define the vertices, and from them I will derive the faces of the final mesh
Code is working ...
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How to assign a material to a single face of a mesh using Python API
I have tried the following but the mat is not assigned to any of the faces.
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How to select vertices by their index in edit mode?
I've created a mesh object by generating two Bezier curves and converting that to a mesh using this script
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Update/overwrite an existing mesh within a collection Python Blender
I have made the following python script which contains one function, this function creates one simple mesh.
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How to set split normals in edit mode python
I'm making a function similar to the normal editing function Point to Target. When I run the following code, the split normals are changed from the first to the second image, but once I switch back to ...
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Bender model has changed
When blender model is imported to unity as .fbx file, the model has been changed like thiseven though this model having no rigs and inverted normals. And i tried this way also (changing faces quards ...
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Vertex as x,y co-ordinates from face center for animated object
I'm trying to obtain the selected face vertex locations for an animated Object as x,y co-ordinates relative to f.calc_center_median() as the origin center [0,0] (...
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bmesh transforming multiple objects into a single mesh (separate objects)
I am trying to duplicate multiple objects resulting in the same location/rotation relative to each other. I can get my code to work for a single object but when multiple objects are used obviously the ...
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Why Does Blender Keep Crashing When I Try to Run a "Mesh Object From Scratch" Script?
I'm trying to create a cylinder with vertices all throughout the tubing. A normal cylinder does not have these vertices, so I decided to create a mesh object from scratch. After finally cleaning up a ...
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Using Python and bmesh - How can I UV unwrap a cylindrical object to a flat plane?
I have the following object:
The UV grid on the left hand side is what my script currently does. Here is the code:
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How do I extrude a mesh along normals with python?
I am trying to do the following:
use a mesh to knife project onto another mesh
duplicate the faces that have been cut
extrude the duplicated faces by a given amount
in one operation.
I managed to do ...
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Calculate edges in selected loops in python
My task is to count the number of edges in each of the selected loops (paths of edges that are separate from each other).
I looked for solutions on the forums, but I didn't find them anywhere.
It is ...
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Convert Open3D Mesh to Blender Mesh via Python API
Say I have a very simple triangular mesh with 10 points and 6 triangles, generated via the code below. The mesh has vertices, colors for each vertex, normals, among every other parameter available ...
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Insert a key frame on a coordonate in a bmesh [duplicate]
I am new to this forum and also to bpy.
I would like to insert a series of keyframes but I do not know the data path to use with bmesh, could you help me.
Thank you.
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Is it possible to extract the bmesh python module and use it standalone, in other python projects?
I have been searching around the web for python mesh processing libraries that can do "simple" mesh editing functions like edge beveling, or face extrusion. There's not really anything out ...
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How to connect edges and create face on disconnected vertex through scripting api
I'm trying to create new faces on a mesh as per the image. End result should be the triangle split to 3 faces each having 4 edges.
For some reason following code does not connect the edges, the new ...
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Bmesh Getting individual edges from edge loop
given an edge loop, how do you access the edges contained in an edge loop. The line I attempt this is len(list(set(v.link_edges) & set(loop.edges)))==2:
I haven't been able to find a solution in ...
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Using python and BMesh, how do you select edges containing/touching a series of verts?
Using python and BMesh, how do you select edges containing/touching a certain vert? I'm using link_edges, but it has no select attribute, so the v.link_edges.select_set(True) is wrong.
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is_manifold only selecting disconnected verts and not bordering vertices
The .is_manifold operator below is only taking completely disconnected verts and not the bordering open area with disconnected verts. There doesn't seam to be an is_border function. Any suggestions?
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How do I bend half of a pane to match slope of adjacent pane?
I am trying to bend half of a pane so that it matches the Pane adjacent to it.
I've tried multiple ways and have so far failed to match the required shape.
It must also be python scriptable.
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mesh change vertex indices
I have a one-dimensional mesh (basically a snake-like list of vertices connected by edges, without any extrusion or anything) and I edited at some point in the middle adding more vertices. With python,...
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Add custom vertex attribute with bmesh without using context
Update:
This two examples are working :
Face Corner Attribute
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How do I write a blender addon script outside blender without having to pip install all the modules such as bpy, bmesh etc. separately?
I'm trying to create an add-on outside of Blender and I'm not sure how to go about installing dependencies to create it on another IDE. I don't want to use blender's script editor as it would be ...
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How can I generate a correct polygon from an array of unordered vertices?
I am working on a bmesh script that procedurally creates a mesh.
I'm having a problem determining how to order the vertices for the generated n-gon face.
I know the position of each vertex - but need ...
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How to return name of meshes that are inside of another mesh with python?
I have a problem with some files I've received. I have two sets of models, compartment bounding files (just empty boxes that represent a space) and some geometry that will go into those spaces. Worth ...
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Is there a bmesh way to do bpy.ops.mesh.extrude_context_move?
I've spent 2 days trying to figure this out, and I'm at my wits end. Sorry for the crufty code, but I am trying to replace this chunk here:
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How can I close holes in hexahedral meshes?
I want to be able to close holes in hexahedral meshes, I need that in order to produce physical computations on the model.
How can I achieve that in the most efficient way? Simple "F" doesn'...
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Error Setting new vertice coordinate values in python - 'BMVertSeq' object does not support item assignment
I have a model containing two meshes which need to be resized with python. Let's call them an artwork and a frame.
I want to resize the artwork depending on parameters passed in, but for simplicity ...
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Are `.link_edges` and `.link_faces` guaranteed to be in counterclockwise order?
BMVert().link_edges and BMVert().link_faces seem to always be in counterclockwise order.
For example, take this cube:
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Is there a way to create a dual mesh using geometry nodes?
I'm trying to create a dual mesh, as described by Alessandro Zomparelly, but procedurally using Geometry Nodes. I've only come this far, but now I need to dissolve the vertices of the original mesh, ...
