Blender
How to detect if Local View is on in 3D View window
The following command returns the 3D View areas list with enabled Local View mode:
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[area for area in bpy.context.screen.areas if area.type =='VIEW_3D' and area.spaces[0].local_view] # [bpy.data.screens['Layout']...Area] |
Where are the icons for managing objects visibility in the Outliner window in Blender 2.8
In the latest Blender 2.80 builds, the visibility control icons are disappeared from the Outliner window.
They were not removed, they are just hidden from the interface by default. To return them to their usual place click the button with the funnel image and mark the icons you need to display.
After closing the dialog box, the icons will appear in their places.
Changing objects visibility in the viewport and while rendering
The easiest way to hide and show rendering objects is to assign animation keys to them. To do this, move the cursor over the eye icon (visibility in the viewport) or camera (visibility when rendering) in the Outliner window, press the “i” key and then manage the created condition in the Graph Editor like the ordinary animation keys.
But this method is not always available. For example, we cannot assign visibility animation keys for collections, Blender will generate errors like:
“hide_viewport” property cannot be animated
or
“hide_render” property can not be animated
However, using the Blender Python API, we can control the visibility of such objects.
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Where did the Remove Doubles in Blender 2.80 disappear
The convenient Blender 2.7 feature to remove duplicated vertices “Remove Doubles” has disappeared from the Blender 2.80 menu. In 2.8 it was renamed to “By Distance” and moved to the Vertex – Merge Vertices menu.
In Blender 2.83 this menu was moved to the context menu, activated by the right mouse click. And quick call by the “m” hot-key.
BIS – 400
The BIS (Blender Interplanety Storage) library already has over 400 open public materials available for users.
Blender add-on: Select-UP
“Select-UP” – Blender add-on for convenient selection of complex objects packed to collections.
Blender add-on: BIS v. 1.6.5.
BIS (Blender Interplanety Storage) updated to v.1.6.5.
- Added the “Help” button with some useful tips.
Architectural Debris – DUST
A small spring release from the Architectural Debris series!
Architectural Debris – DUST
The theme of various interior art objects (vases, figurines, candlesticks, mathematical figures) is very popular in the field of interior design, so an attempt was made to create a universal classification of such things in order to get a single semantic rating scale.