In the Blender Python API, a collection does not have a direct pointer to its parent collection. However, we can get the parent collection by searching through the list of children of each collection in the scene until we find the current one.
One of the common hints to get the user attention when performing certain actions is the changed appearance of the mouse pointer. In Blender, using the Python API, we can set the desired view for the cursor when we need.
To make a texture hidden in Blender so that it does not appear in the list of textures when selected in the Image Editor and is not found through the search, the texture name needs to start with a dot.
In Blender, the block of buttons for selecting an image in the Image Editor is placed in the header of the area by default. If necessary, it can also be placed in the user panel.
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In some tools, for example, “eyedropper” or “selection by color”, it is necessary to get the value of the texture pixel that is currently under the mouse cursor. To get pixels data we need to know its coordinates in the texture space.
Sometimes it may be necessary to prevent the mouse cursor from going beyond the boundaries of a particular Blender area. For example, when grabbing and dragging a mesh with the mouse, the captured mesh should not leave the 3D Viewport area, not to be above another type of area, for example, above the Node Editor or Text Editor areas.
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Remote data storage is becoming more and more useful. Various online libraries of models, materials, textures and assets are becoming more and more popular. Databases are most often used to store data in such libraries. PostgreSQL is one of the most advanced and functional open source databases that we can connect to and work with through the Blender Python API.
Image Comparison Slider is a popular tool for quickly and easily comparing two images. With the “Image Compare Slider” add-on you can get the same functional in Blender.
Viewport Purge Button – Blender 3D add-on that adds the “Purge” button to 3D Viewport area header for clearing the scene from unused objects (meshes, materials, etc).
Custom properties in the Blender Python API can be limited to setting with maximum and minimum values. In this case, the user, entering the desired value to the property field, will not be able to set a value that goes beyond the specified limits.
To set the minimum and maximum limits, we can specify the “min” and “max” parameters in our custom property and assign them the necessary limiting values.
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