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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Strategy for script-generating a buckled honeycomb lattice mesh (hex faces) for animating 2D materials?
In this post I show how one can script-generate a square lattice with buckling. By scripting it there's memory of each vertex's identity which can be used later to animate certain behaviors.
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Getting Color Values Produced by Dynamic Paint
I am having trouble with the python code to get the colors of vertices when using Dynamic Paint. If I try painting a cube using the Vertex Paint mode I can get the rgb values of the vertices using the ...
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Find texture pixel on 3D mesh
I have a complicated mesh of a real object that I created with a 3D camera. The mesh has a corresponding large texture that maps onto the mesh. I imported the mesh into Blender and then applied the ...
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Persistence of element tag and select using bound bmesh
For bmesh code I often used tag to flag a visited element. On noticing the tags persisted it was required to "detag" the entire bmesh element collection ...
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How do I grab the active texture on a face in python?
So I'm pretty much done with designing a script to export meshes I (or others within my group) make in Blender for use in another piece of software (VoxelStudio).
Everything has been slow going due ...
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How to subdivide concave face into quads
I'm aware of bpy.ops.mesh.vert_connect_concave() and the result is similar to what I'm looking to implement. However, with ...
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Python to get Rgb of mesh faces
This is my first use of Python in blender, although I have had Python experience elsewhere some time ago (Arcpy).
I have a mesh object with several faces that has a material calculated for each face ...
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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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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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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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Detecting mesh overlaps of objects inside another object
How can we detect the overlap between two objects one has been placed inside the other?
I'm writing a placement algorithm and it seems regular BVH mesh overlap doesn't work for this case. Is there a ...
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Python: bmesh.verts not loading all vertices of mesh
As the title says, I am using bmesh.verts to load in all the vertices of a mesh to then check if their coordinates are within a certain box, and if they are select them. The problem is that the ...
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Separate mesh into separate batches with python
I am working on an export / import addon for a custom model file format which stores its geometry in the so-called "render batches", the structures aimed at optimizing geometry for effecient live ...
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split edge at multiple points without distorting uv or other data
Here's a bmesh edge:
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Say I want to cut it at multiple points, in the middle and 3/4 from the end like so:
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Why is mesh.from_pydata resulting in segmentation faults?
I have vertex and face data loaded from a cube that was subdivided many times, with a total of 26138 vertices and slightly fewer faces.
I am loading the object in a script, and whenever I try to load ...
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Bmesh: Immediately encounter strange error after adding new layer and running bmesh op
The script is simple:
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Unwrap mesh with spherical projection in python
I would like to have the same result with python as in the UI when I do unwrap > sphere projection on a mesh.
I know it's possible to use the operator ...
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Shrinkwrap with ray_cast isn't accurate
I'm trying to create my own similar Shrinkwrap-Modifier with raycast.
Unfortunately the result isn't accurate and I don't know why. It work's with Spheres, all other primitives are inaccurate.
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BMesh Grid Fill doesn't work on closed edge loop
I've been trying to automate the task of deleting the ngon cap on the end of a cylinder and replacing it with quads using the Grid Fill tool.
Something similar to this:
I'm using this script:
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Mark Seams on Edges of Camera View
I am trying to write a script to mark a seam on an object around the vertices of the object that are in the field of view of the camera. Unfortunately, some of my ...
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Duplicated vertices created by bmesh.ops.bisect_plane
I want to get a mesh's bisected surface's vertices and edges. I tried to bisect a sphere using bmesh.ops.bisect_plane.
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How to subdivide and calculate volume of an object without using operators
I'm using Blender for an unusual purpose (research) so my issue is probably a bit unusual, and Blender was likely not designed with the flexibility that I may need.
I need to calculate the volume of a ...
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How to access/calculate tangent and bitangent vectors from BMLoop via script?
This question has an answer when using MeshLoops:
Script access to tangent and bitangent, per face: how?
But I'm working with BMLoops to collect vertex data. I haven't yet found a good way to ...
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How to set loop (ie, vertex-face) normals from bmesh?
I'm trying to set face normals using a bmesh. I'm running this in response to a mouse click in an operator.
In the below code, I'm able to run through my loops and set the vertex normals. While this ...
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how to convert shape to volume?
I have a 3d model (.stl) of building and I want to use it in other software.
The walls of the model are built with shapes, and I need the walls as volume.
There problem is that the model was made by ...
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Python: Nonsensical edge addresses when using bmesh.ops.create_circle
TL;DR: Two different faces created using bmesh.ops.create_circle have the same edges... sort of?
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Naming object issues
I'm trying to add some items to the scene and rename them but ran into some issues. Example code:
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When to use “.ensure_lookup_table()”?
For modifying meshes (in the hereunder example removing vertices), I use the script as follows:
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Change proportion on base mesh
I discovered a video that shows a very quick way to make base mesh (skin modifier as everyone already knows)
but it's a timelapse, so there's no explanation at all.
In 01:00 he starts to scale vertex ...
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Calculating edges and polygon indices in python numerically to build mesh
I can calculate the vertices and faces but how does one calculate edges and polygon indices numerically in python?
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How to get normal of the edge
In the Blender api, it is possible to get the normal of the vertex and face, but it is not possible to get the normal of the edge. Is there any formula for calculating normal of the edge or some other ...
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is there a way to generate a mesh from pts using bmesh without a loop in python?
I am very new but far as I know there are at least two ways that one could generate a mesh via python from raw points (such as from a xyz file or something else that isn't directly supported in ...
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Merging multiple Objects, removing excess inner geometry for 3d printing 2.82
I tried searching but could only find old non-2.8+ related info
I am trying to merge 30 disks to a supporting geometry, and the intersecting geometry will not let me 3d print properly.
Boolean search ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Rotating selected vertices around given point using a matrix? (python, bmesh, modal, without bmesh.ops.rotate)
Is there a way to rotate bm.verts around a given point (another vertex, cursor etc) by multiplying v.co with Marix.Rotation and not using bmesh.ops.rotate? Like this:
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How to get “bpy.ops.mesh.select_more()” working for a bmesh?
When I select some meshes of my object by hand or with a script, the selection of some meshes "fades out". With "Select - Select More/Less - More) I can select these mesehs, too. But with a script I ...
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How to find the distance from a face of one object to the surface of another object, along the face's normal
I feel like this has probably been answered, but I searched and couldn't find an exact solution.
What I want is a quick way to take a selected set of faces on an object (or the vertices that make up ...
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How do I remove the original faces when extruding with Bmesh?
I followed this and ended up with a closed mesh.
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Calculate a surface by checking if meshes intersect
In addition to this unresolved question, I would like to add another problem:
The main problem is that I made a few hundreds of random non overlapping circles that belong to the same mesh object, and ...
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Edge Loops and Python. Enumerating and Analysis
Does Blender Provide any Edge Loop identification in Mesh or BMesh?
If yes, what is the link or document that describe such support?
Showing edge indices of a selection. Image Above.
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How can I change the resting position of a rig from T-pose to A-pose
The avatar is in a T-Pose and the weighing etc. works, but I want to put it in an A, standing position so that I can more easily create clothing for it. But whenever I reposition the rig, the weights ...
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BMesh and Bevel
I'm trying to perform a bevel operation using the bmesh API. My script either crashes blender, with the error message EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION, or it doesn't do ...
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Merging 2 BMVert's with Python
Is it possible with bmesh to specify merge together 2 BMVerts easily? Or must I do it the manual way and delete faces, remove vertices, and recreate faces at the ...
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Exclude specific vertices from selected vertices
I have a mesh, and i use 'select boundary loop' to select all the vertices on the outline of my mesh.
after that i need to exclude from this selection some vertices from a list of vertices stored in ...
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Knife tool with bmesh API
I need to find the intersection curve between two (open) meshes, and I can do that interactively with the knife tool. In search for a way to do it from a script, I came across the following highly ...
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b-mesh area using like particle system
How can I put objects onto a random position of an objects face (or faces)
pointing along the face normal axes?
I found this here on StackExchange, but I don't understand how to use the area result.
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