Setting the UV layer active with the Blender Python API

We can get access to an object’s UV layers using the Blender Python API through it’s “uv_layers” list By referring to any UV layer from the list, we can make it active for using and for rendering.

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To make a flat UV layer with the desired name active, we need to set the layer’s active property to True.

Let’s make the layer with the “UVMap.001” name active:

To set the desired UV layer active for rendering, we need to set its “active_render” property to True.

The following command will set the “UVMap.001” layer:

as active for rendering.