For ease of display, all input and output sockets on nodes, both shader and geometry, can be hidden from the user. Hiding unused node inputs and outputs may be necessary to simplify the visual perception of the node tree, which can be very large and complex and does not need to be overloaded with unnecessary information.
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One of the methods for mesh analytics is exploring its triangulated geometry. For example, such exploration is used when searching for polygons that overlaps in the mesh itself or in its UV. In order to return the result obtained after analyzing the triangulated mesh back to the original mesh, we need to know the exact correspondence between the original polygon and the triangles created from it.
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Starting with Blender 4.2, the Capture Attribute node has changed in functionality. If earlier this node always had only one “Value” input and only one “Attribute” output, intended for recording attributes, in addition to the standard geometry socket, then starting with version 4.2, the number of inputs/outputs for recording attributes has been made dynamic.
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It is often necessary to select all the boundary edges of a mesh – edges that are on the outer perimeter of the mesh, or located around areas of the mesh that are not filled by polygons. This operation can be performed by the user from the 3D Viewport menu: Select – Select Loops – Select Boundary Loop.
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We can bind not only common system operators to buttons on the toolbar (T-Panel), but also custom ones created by us. The principle of connection in Blender Python API is the same for both system and custom operators.
The Blender Python API provides add-on developers with quite a wide range of options for designing a user interface. However, sometimes the built-in capabilities of the Blender API may not be enough. We can create a window with a UI that is completely independent of the built-in API by connecting and using the PySide module.
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PySide is a Python module that extends the capabilities of graphical user interface (UI) development. The license allows its use in both open and closed and commercial projects. The PySide module is not included in the basic Blender distribution, but it is not difficult to install it manually.
To get the current active object in a Blender scene, we usually use the context and its context.object (or context.active_object) property. Similarly, when working with the interface, we can access the context to get the currently active property – the value of the field in the Blender UI over which we hover the cursor or on which we clicked with the mouse. The context.property value is used for this.
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When we assign or change the name of an object in Blender, we work at the object level. However, all objects also have a data block – a pointer to the actual object data, which also have names. The name of the data block can be seen by clicking on the corner arrow to the left of the object name in the outliner.
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When we work with the bmesh object through the Blender Python API to create new geometry, all created vertices receive an index equal to -1. Although we can fully interact and control the created vertices, the lack of a numbered index can make it somewhat difficult to perceive the geometry and debug the code.
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