Questions tagged [custom-properties]
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Change multiple custom properties simultaneously
When I ⌥ Alt LMB on a transformations property, I can change the property for multiple objects with one input action. The property turns blue for the duration of the operation.
Is there a way to make ...
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Blender Python module (bpy): use integer property with exponential increment [duplicate]
I have an integer property I would like to increment as 2^int property.
If that isn't possible, I would alternatively like to just have regular increment, but display the value in the panel as 2^...
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Passing collection property as a parameter to an operator without UI
I have some automated tests setup for one of my add-ons. However, one of my operators initializes its own collection property parameter upon invoke() - which doesn'...
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Custom property created with python isn't accessible until I click on the property in the viewport [closed]
I wrote a script that creates a custom property in the World panel. It then creates a driver on the object color that's driven by this custom property, but it doesn't recognize the data path as valid ...
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How to add a custom property in degrees?
I'm trying to create a custom property to control a bone's rotation. I need a value between a min and a max **degree** value (in my case min -50 and max 20). I tried writing that in multiple ways, but ...
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How can I add a custom property with a dynamically defined name to an object?
This works great:
bpy.types.Object.color_asd = bpy.props.FloatVectorProperty(
subtype='COLOR',
)
This errors:
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Accessing custom properties, python
In my addon I'm declaring an enum that is storing 3 properties.
I tried to read up on how to pass properties between files, but I can't figure this one out.
I would like to access the properties from ...
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Custom properties in shaders zeroed out when I make a copy of the view layer
I am working on a complex scene with many different starships in it. This is a recreation of an old PC game poster, and since each starship was lit in a bit different way, my idea was to have each ...
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why is my enum property not showing up
I'm trying to make an enum property that just has 3 options. I compared it with the custom node space example that blender has but it still won't work. aside from this, I would like to be able to call ...
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How to attach instance of group of properties to objects
I'm trying to attach instance of arbitrary collection of properties to newly created object.
For sure it's due to my lack of understanding of Blender, however I didn't find a way how to do it.
This is ...
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How can I copy custom properties in blender
Copy form active object to another,
or to multiple objects.
Thank u!
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Blender 3.3.1 vs 3.4.1 API Properties not available to user anymore?
Why are custom object properties defined by API no longer available in the Objects Custom Properties menu? Is there any way to bring them back?
Video demo:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/A6ci7.jpg
Simple ...
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How can I create a custom property in Blender that affects a circle?
I created a circle in Blender.
In Object Mode I did: Add > Mesh > Circle and also added more vertices. Then pressed F in Edit Mode and it filled the circle.
Now on the right side of the window I ...
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How to create an enum dropdown that updates when an object is selected?
I have created an enum property that contains all UV maps of an object
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Is it not possible to store UI-related variables in the Panel itself?
I'm making a custom panel for a pet-project, very new to Python and Blender. One thing I noticed that in all example panels I can find, all input is stored in global objects, like scene object. I ...
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spinning a propeller (propeller changes its rotation direction and speeds up before stopping)
iam trying to control the rotation speed of a propeller in Blender using a custom property for RPM (Revolutions Per Minute), and i want the propeller to gradually increase from zero to a high speed ...
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Unable to access custom properties on collection asset
I have one Blend file with a Collection that has a custom property with "Library Overridable" enabled. However, when I use the Collection as an asset in another file, I can't access the ...
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Access custom properties of a particle system
I want to access the custom properties of a particle system. For regular objects this is done using object.data["property_name"]. However, this does not work for particle systems although ...
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Custom Properties - Change subtype default value (Python API)
Using the Blender Python API, I am creating a float array custom property for the selected object using the following code:
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Custom properties: updating from python and reading from driver
I'm still a blender beginner, sorry in advance.
I have a python script that registers frame handlers (frame_change_post) that can update some custom properties of ...
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How to add a custom propery to a PoseBone, with changed values for min/max ect?
There are a lot of simple examples to add custom properties, but since Blender 3.0 there have been some API changes that made it a bit confusing to create via python some custom properties to PoseBone ...
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Is there a way for a Geometry Node to get a value from an Instancer custom property, e.g., on the object's collection instance?
I'm trying to make a Collection Instance asset that contains objects with Geometry Nodes, and be able to have parameters on the Collection Instance affect the Geometry Nodes.
For example: I have an ...
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Register property which is in another file
In order to make my code a bit more organized, I decided to put all my properties in an external file. However, when I do so, I get the following error when attempting to attach my properties to ...
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What Blender type should be used for custom list of objects?
Lets say I have defined a new class
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Copy a float exactly in an object attribute
I'm looking for a way to copy exactly the value of a float into the attribute of a Blender object, but I see a loss of precision on the last 5 digits.
For example I want to copy -0.18958371707600324 ...
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Python for Custom Compositor Nodes...not working
I'm trying to create and register a new Compositor Node. The python code runs fine in the Blender console (no errors), but after I run it, nothing happens.
what I expect to happen: When I'm in the ...
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Material use custom property of Object
I have a lot of objects that I want to use the same material, but set (animate) a single custom property of each object which will be used for the material setting of each individual object.
If I ...
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Remove all custom properties from bones
I have an armature that has some bones with custom properties that I don't need. The fact that the armature has a lot of bones and that there a separate properties for edit and pose mode, it would be ...
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bpy.ops.object.material_slot_remove() ignores newly set active_material_index on provided object and throws blenkernel error
I'm Working on a material management panel
the issue I'm facing is, as seen in the code below the active_material_index is set and used to select and remove the relative slot but both select and ...
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3Dmax "user defined properties" similar in Blender
Is there a way in add 'User Defined Properties' in Blender like in 3DMax
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How can values transferred to Blender be changed to float type?
I transferred data from Matlab to Blender. The data is stored in the variables prop0-prop5 (6 variables in total)
The values I transferred are decimal, and when transferring the data to Blender I see ...
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Low poly render shows grey polygons
I'm new to 3D, when I try to render my first model it shows some grey polygons throughout the body of the character. Face Orientation is all correct. I'm using Cycles... Eevee makes the render a ...
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Help Fix shapekeys to custom bone properties addon
There's this free addon that allows creation of custom driven properties from shapekeys automatically using python by selecting the mesh then the bone you want to assign the custom properties in pose ...
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How to avoid circular imports? (How to import modules)
In Blender, as far as I know (please point me if I'm wrong), we can't make:
import some_file_in_our_folder
(With modules inside our addon folder). This forces us ...
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How do I create a drop-down menu with custom properties? (Blender 3.5)
I want to create a drop-down menu for my rig. I have this settings bone in it, in which I want to add something to change the subdivisions. I thought integers aren't that user-friendly, so what I ...
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How to keyframe custom properties in actions?
I'm using Blender to develop game animations. I have an animation that I want to attach hit boxes too. I then want to set boolean on/off values on keyframes the hit boxes are active and read this in ...
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Function to keyframe any custom property; curve created but animation ignored
The original question was in fact ridiculous, a very basic syntax mistake. I corrected the error. But something more interesting occurred :
Although the animation curve is created, it is ignored and ...
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How could I auto-keyframe a value which is not a transform? EI. Using a value slider in real-time
For context, I am rigging a Dalek, and want to be able to turn the top lights on and off in real time when making animations. I have figured out how to make custom properties work with auto-keying, ...
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Color shader driver help
I want to make a driver that changes the color in a mix color node from one color to another color using a custom property on a rig. What is the best way to go about this?
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Object Custom Properties values into a string in Geometry Node
How to use Object Custom Properties values in Geometry Nodes?
Here I want an string input linked to the value of name field of the Object Custom Properties. Thanks
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Template list filtering
I'm working on filtering for template lists and hit a bit of a wall.
I have 2 lists, both showing shape keys of the active object. One on the left is showing items with no '_' in them (Main shapes). ...
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How do I compare to a custom property list?
I created a custom property group with a list of strings (populated with the name of image textures). How do I compare the list of textures in my scene to this custom property list?
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How do I override a 'Enum Default Value' with 'Addon Enum Value'
I have a multi file Addon where I want to set a default value for uv layers in the Addon preferences, while being able to choose a specific layout per file.
I set my preferences and make sure they get ...
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property driver driven by a custom property not working in other blend file
i made an addon that uses custom properties to drive other properties within that file. but the thing is, it only works in that file. when i append the collection containing everything into another ...
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In the Blender 3D viewport (TOP VIEW) When I turn on the shadow option... how can I adjust the position of this shadow?
In the Blender 3D viewport (TOP VIEW)
When I turn on the shadow option... how can I adjust the position of this shadow?
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