Questions tagged [properties]
Questions about accessing object properties or attributes while scripting
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Properties Panel missing many options [duplicate]
How it should look:
The above picture is a startup file that is working perfectly!
But the file which I am working on is looking strange!
And it is actually:
When it was a new file, it had all the ...
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Buttons on a custom properties dialog
I made a simply addon for myself that shows a property editor dialog. I wonder if it's possible to add several buttons on it that'd change value for Index property?
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what file to put float property and properties class blender 2.8
Thanks in advance for any help :)
Premise:
I have three .py files for my blender addon:
1. init.py
2. panel.py
3. quadfaces_op.py
I'm trying to make a float slider that controls the face and shape ...
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Properties Panel Turned Very Very Tiny [duplicate]
My Properties Panel (please see attached screen cap) just suddenly turned really small - so small I can't read it! I must have clicked some button by accident.
If I open any other .blend file, the ...
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How to StringProperty to bpy.context.object.data.vertex_colors?
I was wondering, if it were possible and how, I was looking at the bees but this is not present in bpy.types so I don't really know how and if you can add a StringProperty, to this
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Using texture data from texture properties as node data in Cycles
either I'm clearly missing something or I misunderstood the concept, but I hit a wall with something that should be pretty easy (provided it is already implemented in Blender).
I'm basically creating ...
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Iterate over custom properties without searching?
If I understand the way it works, accessing a property by string (data["propname"] = 0) requires the system to search for it. Iterating over all of the properties ...
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Pass collectionProperty through operators (Blender 2.8)
I want to pass some created objects by an operator to another operator for modifications.
I tested with CollectionProperty, but can't pass the collection from the first operator to the second one:
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How to use properties of bevel tool?
Is it possible with Bevel tool to type desired values directly, instead of applying it only by mouse movement?
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Hide object in a specific area
I have two 3D VIEW areas, and I would like to hide an object only from one of these.
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How to draw a node group in a layout panel using python
I just made that node group and i just wanted that this node group should appear in Properties panel in 3d view which appears when 'N' Key is Pressed
this should look like this in materials tab
can ...
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How to track an unknown number of objects in a multi-module add-on
Trying to initialize an empty list that will later be manipulated by operators on button click (add, remove, get). The list can either be populated with objects or object location tuples.
Pseudocode
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Property set/get example for operator needed [duplicate]
Still trying to wrap a property into my Addon where I can dynamically control the values of the resulting variable. Take the default operator_mesh_add example and alter the definition of the width ...
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Get value of FloatProperty
Probably this is a very newbie question, but I am having issues trying to access the value of a FloatProperty.
I have something like:
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Addon Properties for Material, Objects etc
we are working on a Addon to import W3D files used in the old CnC, and Battle for Middle Earth games.
In order to import these files properly we have to add some custom properties to the object and ...
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Can you change the sampling settings per object?
I am wondering if it's possible to change the sampling or otherwise the render quality per object in a scene.
The use case is if I know an object will appear essentially the same with lower sampling ...
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Blender 2.80 - Why can't I see Archimesh' properties?
I'm trying to create a room on a new installation of blender... When I press the N Key, I see the following on the properties window... The Teansform properties are showing, and the global properties ...
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Animate Glass BSDF Index of Refraction over Time?
Is there a way to animate the index of refraction of a glass material so that it will change from say 1.1 at frame 10 to 1.8 at frame 30?
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Does the function “copy to selected” for value of a custom property to all selected bones no longer work in Blender 2.8?
I've created a custom property on multiple bones of the same rig to drive
constraint influences, for example: I have the bone "eye.r" with the custom property "auto eyelid" to control the influence of ...
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Add-On Dev: Access Property Details
This question has likely been asked before. I tried to search, but I honestly don't know how to phrase the question specifically enough to find anything.
If I define a property inside of a class like ...
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How to get / set attributes scene property in blender 2.79?
This question has already been asked for blender 2.8, now that I have had an answer I quote the code fragment of @aliasguru's answer
(How to write __annotations__ (scene property) in new scene?)
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how to intertwine two strings together into a single string
I was able to make the rope, but the result was bad, does anyone know how to make power by the function of the modifier?
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Blender Dev: Global location to store project properties?
Is there anything more global than a scene that can contain project-related properties that should be saved to each *.blend file?
Since a single file/project can contain any number of scenes, where ...
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Finding display state of a dynamic property
There is a BoolProperty p defined in a custom PropertyGroup class; and p is displayed in a panel based on some conditions (say cond1).
Later in the code, I need to find out whether p was displayed ...
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Can't access custom properties of a linked characters proxy rig
I have a rigified character.
I added a custom property to the rig object to drive a shape key on the face. It works as expected in the original file: the custom property slider of the rig drives the ...
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Can a EnumProperty have dynamic name?
I have defined a custom Enum property for the Material type:
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How to write __annotations__ (scene property) in new scene?
I have a scene with custom properties, written in a class, I am now able to access the values of these properties,
I would like to know how to write these values in a new scene. For example:
This is ...
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Is there a way to memorize properties that refer to the project and not to the scene?
I have properties pi like bpy.props.PointerProperty, this is very useful to me, I often use them to refer to the scene in use, but I'm having to create new scenes and all references to other scenes ...
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How do I access a property in the Preferences in 2.80 with Python?
I want to place a shortcut in the panel I'm creating for changing the F-curves Default Interpolation Type found in Preferences> Animation> F-Curves.
I have the Python Tooltips enabled and it says:
<...
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BGE animation property?
Is it possible to give an animation frame a property so to say? I want to hold down a button and play the beginning or first half of my animation. Call it frame 1-12. A flipper animation. IF you ...
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How to create a property, in owner, from python level
Hello there.
I am creating a game in UpBGE, and I am often use python to it.
A moment ago I encountered a problem:
I do not really know, how to create a property, in owner, from python level.
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Python: template_ID()-like UI for PropertyGroup
For a Blender add-on I am trying to create an UI that let's the user
choose from a list of existing instances of a PropertyGroup stored in
a CollectionProperty
create new instances of that ...
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Creating a Custom Properties Tab in Blender 2.80
I have a suite of several addons that I grouped together in a custom tab in Blender 2.7x, assigning the bl_category to the name of my custom suit:
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How to apply PropertyGroup to individual data objects?
There's a piece I'm missing on how the PropertyGroup works. I thought that assigning each to an object would hold the data and be available for manipulation later. However the display through the ...
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How do i display the Lengths of an object in 2.8
How do i show the lengths of objects in 2.8?. For example in 2.79 i could scale a wall or floor and it would display the length on the edges.
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Bring up the operation panel
How do you bring up the operations panel for an object after accidentally clicking into the 3D View? For example when you bring in an cylinder you can set its properties i.e. the number of vertices ...
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Viewport perspective not indicating what view I'm in
Even though i know the viewports and what num.keys they correspond to by heart blender is not showing what perspective i'm on in the top left corner, even if a start a new scene. The only way i been ...
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Is it possible to access an array in a custom property in a driver?
In a new project I've add a custom property to the default cube:
bpy.data.objects["Cube"]["positions"] = [4,3,2,1]
Is it possible to access this array from a ...
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unchangeable properties of new meshes [duplicate]
i have been using blender 2.8 for a couple of months but now i am stuck with a problem. I cant alter the properties of a new mesh in object mode. i need to reduce the vertices of a sphere but the ...
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Properties and Outliner visibility
Properties and outliner not showing at the same time in the layout tab. How do I have them both visible at the same time? I can only see one or the other.
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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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How to have a custom floatproperty based on the selected face? (Knowing that it is not possible)2.8
Reading here and I saw that there is no possibility of having a custom property based on a selected face, but in blender I think you can do "Hackerate" and fly over this problem. I think for example, ...
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How to edit a custom property in a python script?
I am creating a custom property on an Empty in a script, and then editing the property's data such as the name, limits, and Tooltip description.
I am using the commands echo'ed from the info panel ...
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Symmetry and Alignment
I'm creating a snowman while watching a tutorial
so I got these 2 eyeballs on him
how do I make sure that they are on symetrical spots on the huge snowball of the head, and how do I make sure that all ...
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Error message while I trying to rename custom properties
Blender is giving me this error message while I try to rename custom properties.
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Create a tree of properties?
My add-on acts upon a hierarchy of data (a tree). I am not sure how best to represent this hierarchy as properties to expose the data to the user.
For simplicity, let us define an example: say that ...
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Customs boolean property for Material slot?
Is possible register a custom property (boolean) to be assigned to the active material slot?
Normally for object property i use :
class Property_Settings(bpy.types.PropertyGroup):
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register group of properties 2.8 [duplicate]
I'm updating my addon to 2.80 and I'm stuck with the new register class system. I try to follow the answer here but I'm not good enough as a coder to understand the solution.
The problem comes to ...
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How can make the state of a boolean property relative to the 3d view area?
I need to keep unique boolean properties attached to screen area (view 3d) which may have at the same time different states depending on the context view area, like propertie lock camera to view or ...
