stage 5

[Dealga McArdle]

• converting to mesh
• adding length subdivision from operator
• auto selecting points to make W->subdiv faster

small code dump from lunch

import bpy

objects = bpy.data.objects
obj = objects['Obj_TT_tube.002']

scene = bpy.context.scene
settings = 'PREVIEW'
modifiers = True
obj_data = obj.to_mesh(scene, modifiers, settings)

obj_n = objects.new('MESHED_' + obj.name, obj_data)
obj_n.location = (0, 0, 0)
obj_n.matrix_world = obj.matrix_world.copy()
bpy.context.scene.objects.link(obj_n)
obj.hide_render = True
obj.hide = True

this generates mesh from curve, uses the current settings -- tho i feel this is probably more convoluted than practical.

I think the way to go is really:

• set the points to selected (this is automated at curve creation time)
• bring the curve into object mode
  let the user to the rest..

[Dealga McArdle]

it will hide the CurveObject from view and render. and convert in place to Mesh. (note that you will see a change in the shading of the object, curve objects seem to be lit differently than mesh objects.. the geometry should be identical )

[Dealga McArdle]

Using the F6 menu, property changes caused by the black circles aren't reflected immediately in the sliders, mouse must first be moved. More annoyingly I have an 'equalize radii' mode ready which uses a boolean tickbox to grey out parts (radii 1 / 2) and enable a single radius slider.

-- all this works fine if the UI is on a panel ( T panel ), which recieves automatic redraw calls. The blender API prohibits manual redraws because it can potentially cause a recursive call to the redraw mechanism. There exists code to force it (shown in the Gotchas documentation) but fuck it.

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[toomanydemons]

hmmmm a draw call issue. Damn I don't think Python uses events/delegates.
Hold on let me take a look and try to better understand the problem

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[toomanydemons]

Oh well you haven't put it online it seems :P But I think I get what you're
trying to do. Well there was bound to be a headache in there somewhere :D

I'm pretty sure my trying to help you in Python would be like getting help
from a chimp.

You'll figure it out ;)

An equal radii button is a good idea!

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Allen Grippin [e-mail]
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hmmmm a draw call issue. Damn I don't think Python uses events/delegates.
Hold on let me take a look and try to better understand the problem

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[Dealga McArdle]

i'll push to master, can revert if it sucks hard.

just a heads up, F6 menu will work as expected, just the greying out isn't done until the window is closed/reopened. (changing radius 1 and 2 has no effect if equal radii is ticked )