def join_objects(obs, name=''):
'''
uses BMesh to join objects. Advantage is that it is context
agnostic, so no editmoe or bpy.ops has to be used.
Args:
obs - list of Blender objects
Returns:
new object with name specified. Otherwise '_joined' will
be added to the name of the first object in the list
'''
target_bme = bmesh.new()
target_bme.verts.ensure_lookup_table()
target_bme.faces.ensure_lookup_table()
trg_mx = obs[0].matrix_world
if name == '':
name = obs[0].name + '_joined'
for ob in obs:
src_mx = ob.matrix_world
if ob.data.is_editmode:
src_bme = bmesh.from_editmesh(ob.data)
else:
src_bme = bmesh.new()
if ob.type == 'MESH':
if len(ob.modifiers):
src_bme.from_object(ob, bpy.context.scene)
else:
src_bme.from_mesh(ob.data)
else:
me = ob.to_mesh(bpy.context.scene,
apply_modifiers=True,
settings='PREVIEW')
src_bme.from_mesh(me)
bpy.data.meshes.remove(me)
join_bmesh(src_bme, target_bme, src_mx, trg_mx)
src_bme.free()
new_me = bpy.data.meshes.new(name)
new_ob = bpy.data.objects.new(name, new_me)
new_ob.matrix_world = trg_mx
target_bme.to_mesh(new_me)
target_bme.free()
return new_ob
def join_objects(obs, name = ''):
'''
uses BMesh to join objects. Advantage is that it is context
agnostic, so no editmoe or bpy.ops has to be used.
Args:
obs - list of Blender objects
Returns:
new object with name specified. Otherwise '_joined' will
be added to the name of the first object in the list
'''
target_bme = bmesh.new()
target_bme.verts.ensure_lookup_table()
target_bme.faces.ensure_lookup_table()
trg_mx = obs[0].matrix_world
if name == '':
name = obs[0].name + '_joined'
for ob in obs:
src_mx = ob.matrix_world
if ob.data.is_editmode:
src_bme = bmesh.from_editmesh(ob.data)
else:
src_bme = bmesh.new()
src_bme.from_mesh(ob.data)
join_bmesh(src_bme, target_bme, src_mx, trg_mx)
src_bme.free()
new_me = bpy.data.meshes.new(name)
new_ob = bpy.data.objects.new(name, new_me)
target_bme.to_mesh(new_me)
target_bme.free()
return new_ob