[Bf-python] Request for Plumiferos

[Campbell Barton]

Hi Malefico, Iv been using linked libs recently and had similar problems

my solution at the moment is to never have double names, so no Cube.001 ;)

Long term Id like to impliment a solution.

making Mesh.Get() only return local could be error prone, maybe 
 Mesh.Get(lib=None) or alternativly Mesh.Get(lib='//my_blend_lib')

A function to get currently linked libs would be usefull also.
Library.GetOpenLibs() ? - return a list of strings - like the outliner.

that way you could get data from any lib.

- Cam



malefico andauer wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> My python guru at the studio prompted me with the
> following problem, which I'll try to explain:
>
> He is coding a script to link materials and UV maps
> from library objects to same objects that have been
> imported and animated in different scenes, so we can 
> change textures or UV map info in lib file, and then
> update all data in animated scenes by running this
> script.
>
> Problem is if datablocks in lib file and anim file
> have exactly the same name (as in this case) we can
> only read data from local (animated) file.
>
> For instance:
>
> Blender.Mesh.Get("character_X") returns local
> Character X only. The one that was linked and had
> exact same name is never returned.
>
> Blender.Mesh.Get() returns a list of all meshes
> (included the ones linked from lib) so after this
> calling we have duplicated names (the one in lib and
> the one in anim file) and thus we cannot tell which is
> which. He tried using index of this list to identify
> them, but this is random so we can't be sure.
>
> So what he suggests is: a new method that return all
> datablocks that are already linked from external
> sources so we can tell which are local and which are
> external and also that Blender.Mesh.Get() returns only
> local datablocks, not external.
>
> Other way around could be that MeshObject.Library()
> returns path of library or "none" besides current
> information, so source could be identified positively.
>
> I hope this is clear enough (I bet it isn't), any help
> either code or hints will be highly appreciated
>
> Regards and thanks in advance
>
> malefico.
>
>
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