Blender API

WEB

Interesting methods from the Blender API I figured to make a note of.

Context Access (bpy.context)

• area - viewport dimensions and the view mode
• blend_data - parsed Blend file
• collection - all objects in the scene?
• engine - engine ID like CYCLES and BLENDER_EEVEE?
• gizmo_group - gizmos are the rotating things in the viewport, no?
• layer_collection - this I think replaces the former 20 hardcoded layers
• mode - viewport mode
• preferences - access to user settings
• region - how does this differ from area?
• region_data - ?
• scene
• screen - editor settings?
• space_data - how is this different from screen, region and area?
• tool_settings - various thresholds and values for tools
• view_layer - calling update on it recalculates texts
• window - allows moving and setting the cursor and faking keyboard input
• window_manager - access open windows
• workspace - setting status text

Data Access (bpy.data)

• data - how does it differ from bpy.context.blend_data?

Operators (bpy.ops)

UI

• copy_python_command_button - get python command name from button

Utilities (bpy.utils)

• blend_paths - gets paths to referenced but unpacked files
• execfile

Font Drawing (blf)

Could be used for the light box.

To-Do

Capture the subcontexts of the context access section

Demo select API methods practically in auxiliary repos

Go through all the types in the Types section and learn what they do

Scrape the API docs automatically and cross-reference with my content

All API bits would have their own readme section automatically generated and I would just fill in bits to the sections I played around with and found something I wanted to capture.