Questions tagged [bmesh]
Blender's new mesh system that was added in 2.63, with full support for N-sided polygons instead of only triangles and quads.
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Recursive search for selected vertices
i am working on a tool and need to get selection islands in the mesh. I want to keep only the biggest connected vertex selection in the mesh.
I wrote a function that recursively searches a ...
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Remesh a selected surface
Is there any modifier that allows me to remesh let's say a one selected surface (triangulation)? I'm working on complex boolean objects. The problem when I apply boolean operations the mesh gets nasty ...
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Fast access to bmesh verts/edges/faces from python?
I'm trying to build a large BMesh from scratch in python. I know you can add vertices (or faces or edges) to a BMesh one at a time:
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Creating a new vert with bmesh resets previously created verts
I'm creating new vertices using bmesh at 3d cursor position but every time I add a new one, all the previously created vertices jump to their original positions (if ...
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Need help with inconsistent edge selection in python (using bmesh)
I've been writing a script for generating buildings but am running into issues with edge selection and (I suspect) bmesh. Specifically, I've written a function that determines an edge's direction ...
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merge vertices at center bmesh
I have a script that makes 2 circles extrude them then bridge loop them and finally solidify.
After solidify is done I noticed that the inner vertices are overlapping instead of merged. (See ...
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How can I run Bmesh ops interactively inside an operator with a popup?
I would like to add some bmesh operators to one of my operator class. The operator has pop up menu invoked by return wm.invoke_props_dialog( self) so the values are ...
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best way to select edge to use bmesh.ops.bevel
I would like to bevel some of the edges of my object.
I tried this code (works but is not consistent)
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Python Script - Addon; Bmesh Clean
I've purchased an Addon called 'Bmesh Clean' which basically systematically cleans up any selected mesh.
I'm trying to write my own script that will automate a process, which will include using the ...
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how to symetrize a part of the mesh in its normal orientation/position in edit mode?
how can i symmetrize this mesh in this position? i mean to do it by the median point and by the normal orientation rather than local or global transforms orientation, in this case in the X axis in ...
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Get bmesh and list of vertices
I try to get the are_inside function working from:
https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/80781/21443
No matter what I try, I just get new errors.
My scene is as ...
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How to average the normals of mesh to corner angles using Bmesh
I am trying to do the same as
bpy.ops.mesh.average_normals(average_type='CORNER_ANGLE')
but using Bmesh instead, since Bmesh doesn't have a command for this i thought i would have to edit each vert ...
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Blender Script: How can I replace one vertex of a face?
I am writing an exporter addon for Blender 2.79 and I would like to know if it's possible access a face by script and replace one of its vertex by some other.
One solution that I found is creating a ...
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ensure_lookup_table creates indices in random order?
I have a python script that creates a sphere, then randomly selects a face and extrudes it.
This creates new geometry and deletes the old geometry, so I need to call bm.faces.ensure_lookup_table.
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Get Face Angle values info via python
I would like to get face angle information (same information you can see when "Mesh Display->Face Info: Angle" is enabled.
I want to loop over the mesh to find triangles that fit certain angle ...
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How to retopolgise game character made of separate meshes with difficult to reach areas
I can't figure out how best to retopologise a character for a game engine when the character consists of multiple parts.
Correct me if I wrong but I believe for a game engine such as unity my ...
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How can I get a vertex count for an edge loop in Python for Blender 2.8?
I have an object that consists of two polygons. I'm trying to get a vertices count for the first polygon so I can select it's last two vertexes by index. I know that it starts at Index 1.
I can use
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Select faces inside selected edges?
How could I do this with bmesh maybe? I need to select faces inside selected edges. This works only 50% of the time and I need it to work 100%.
I'm currently selecting the weighted edges then ...
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Mesh shapes keeps changing while rigging
I have checked everything like double vertices but while mesh still keeps on changing its shape when I am trying to change the rotation of bone. Why the mesh is not retaining its shape?
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Mesh is Grey after adding an Image/Texture to a material
I need some help making a mesh colorful. The image I add to a material does not show up on my mesh. A snippet of the code is below
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Blender 2.8 (Python) - how to put mesh into edit mode
For this line of code:
bm = bmesh.from_edit_mesh(mesh)
I am encountering the error 'ValueError: The mesh must be in editmode'
I am not certain how to fix this ...
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Particle distribution map from cycles material data?
any ideas on how to translate cycles material to a texture/vertex distribution map ? it's for biome scattering. Preferably a non destructive way by not baking anything
Best Answers will be rewarded.
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bmesh from_edit_mesh points to old dead bmesh after free
I've been struggling with a bmesh problem for a while now and I can't wrap my head around it. When I free my bmesh data and try to make a new bm instance with the same object, it points to the old ...
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Building Object, Mesh, and UV Map with Python
I am trying to learn how to create new objects from vertices and face data and also include a uv map. I used the following code:
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Help modeling this dome
I am very new to blender and still using 2.78, I have this idea in my head and but can't think of how to model a dome shape with a cross on top if that makes sense. I attached a sketch of how I want ...
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Calculate Faces from Point Cloud with Python
I have a bunch of vertices in a point cloud stored in an obj file (i can change the file if need be).
How do I calculate the faces from the point cloud using python? Example:
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BMesh: Bridge edge loops missing arguments
I'd like to connect two cylinders in bmesh using bridge edge loops. However, the bmesh.ops.bridge_loops function differs from <...
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BMesh: Accessing edges of created mesh
Let’s say I created a bunch of these cones in my_bmesh object:
c = bmesh.ops.create_cone(my_bmesh, segments=8, diameter1=1, diameter2=1, cap_ends=True)
Is there ...
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How to scale plane 2d with bmesh and floatproperty in ui?
THe classic method of scale 2d object is like to
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Creating bmesh from an object: why is scale ignored?
I notice that when you create a bmesh from an object using
bm = bmesh.new()
bm.from_mesh(obj.data)
the scale of the object is ignored, in the sense that you get ...
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Adding vertices to a BMesh
I am trying to create a face using bmesh. I am doing it by adding vertices to the mesh in for loop.
V_r contains the list of vertices
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How can we remove overlapping edges?
I am cleaning up a friend's model and often run into this problem: Often, there are multiple edges of various lengths overlapping along the same line. Below is a visual example:
...that overlap to ...
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Blender Python Bmesh Shapekeys
I'm currently trying to create an importer, and i'm trying to create the meshes completely via the BMesh module. Adding vertices and faces works perfectly fine so far, but for some reason, after ...
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Select multiple vertices using a list of coordinates with KDTree
I want to select (or to put into active selection) some vertices using their coordinates so I've seen an answer there :
Automatic select vertices by given coordinates
But it only works when I'm in ...
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Blender python subdivision problem: mistake or bug?
I've been working on a python script in Blender (2.8) and so far everything's been going fairly smoothly, except for an infuriating problem I encountered yesterday.
It seems that the 'bpy.ops.mesh....
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Way to get vertex index to use in new vertex group from selected faces
I try and not undertand if i am on the right way, that code i want to set the select
faces, make a vertex group, this is a piece of code:
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Mesh reverts back to the state before the script was run
I created a script (operator) that converts a selection of quads into a diamond pattern.
It works fine but when I try to Inset the newly created selection and change any of the options (like ...
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Setting mesh's origin in python (2.8)
If I create a cube, the origin is originally at the center of mass. I know how to move the origin to the center of one of its faces using the interface, but how can I do the same thing via Python?
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Bmesh bevel is inverted
This looks cool and all, but it's beveled in the wrong direction. How can I flip the direction it bevels, so it looks more like a rounded cube, rather than a rounded plus-sign?
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Is there any XOR option for Boolean Modifier?
Let say we got two object, I want to get the sum of the difference for calculating error between two meshes. As the sum of red and blue area following image showed:
Somehow the Boolean Modifier doesn'...
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bmesh.ops.dissolve_limit trouble about “delimit” option with set in 2.79
I checked the api for this but I have to say that what I'm looking for is poorly documented:
Limited dissolve have 5 options with multiple selection
blender 2.79 : Normal, Material,Seam, Sharp, UVs
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bmesh.ops.dissolve_limit not work fine?
I tried to emulate "limited dissolve" with bmesh, but it behaves differently from the various parameters in blender 2.79, delimit mode (in 2.79 with integer value and in 2.8 with string)
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Reverse armature deformation on vertex in python
I have a mesh with armature modifier (active+posed) and wish to do some modifications with vert coords (after armature deformations) saved in shape key on that mesh. But currently it seems not ...
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Align Object A to Object B to their respective active faces with python
i want to Align two objects depending on their active faces like in this gif below
didn't find any answers but only this clue below from this question:
Align to face normal vector
but it only align ...
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How to know if certain co-planar faces in Blender form a circle to apply quads later on?
I can get a set of co-planar faces from any mesh. Some of these co-planar faces form a circle while most of them do not. I eventually want to know which faces are forming a circle using Python, so ...
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how can i quickly optimize this mesh out from a curve?
this is a hair that i have done for my character there, so its made out from a curve, after convert it to mesh, it gave me too much verts or poly count, i need to optimize it, i tried the unsubdivide ...
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Add faces to a mesh to make it solid with python and bpy
Basically what I want to do is subdividing a mesh in a lot of smaller meshes, all of them sharing the same the bounding box dimensions.
Using bmesh.ops.bisect_plane...
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How to create a list containing lists of bm.verts based on their deform layer (vertex group)?
I have been struggling with trying to find a way to do this. It's related to my previous efforts here:
How to get list of bm.verts that belong to a deform layer?
When I do this
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