ToolSettings(bpy_struct)

base class — bpy_struct

class bpy.types.ToolSettings(bpy_struct)

annotation_stroke_placement_image_editor

• CURSOR 3D Cursor, Draw stroke at 3D cursor location.
• VIEW View, Stick stroke to the view .
• SURFACE Surface, Stick stroke to surfaces.

Type:enum in [‘CURSOR’, ‘VIEW’, ‘SURFACE’], default ‘VIEW’

annotation_stroke_placement_sequencer_preview

• CURSOR 3D Cursor, Draw stroke at 3D cursor location.
• VIEW View, Stick stroke to the view .
• SURFACE Surface, Stick stroke to surfaces.

Type:enum in [‘CURSOR’, ‘VIEW’, ‘SURFACE’], default ‘VIEW’

annotation_stroke_placement_view2d

• CURSOR 3D Cursor, Draw stroke at 3D cursor location.
• VIEW View, Stick stroke to the view .
• SURFACE Surface, Stick stroke to surfaces.

Type:enum in [‘CURSOR’, ‘VIEW’, ‘SURFACE’], default ‘VIEW’

annotation_stroke_placement_view3d

How annotation strokes are orientated in 3D space

• CURSOR 3D Cursor, Draw stroke at 3D cursor location.
• VIEW View, Stick stroke to the view .
• SURFACE Surface, Stick stroke to surfaces.

Type:enum in [‘CURSOR’, ‘VIEW’, ‘SURFACE’], default ‘CURSOR’

annotation_thickness

Thickness of annotation strokes

Type:int in [1, 10], default 3

auto_keying_mode

Mode of automatic keyframe insertion for Objects and Bones

Type:enum in [‘ADD_REPLACE_KEYS’, ‘REPLACE_KEYS’], default ‘ADD_REPLACE_KEYS’

curve_paint_settings

Type:CurvePaintSettings, (readonly, never None)

double_threshold

Threshold distance for Auto Merge

Type:float in [0, 1], default 0.001

gpencil_interpolate

Settings for Grease Pencil Interpolation tools

Type:GPencilInterpolateSettings, (readonly)

gpencil_paint

Type:GpPaint, (readonly)

gpencil_sculpt

Settings for stroke sculpting tools and brushes

Type:GPencilSculptSettings, (readonly)

gpencil_selectmode_edit

• POINT Point, Select only points.
• STROKE Stroke, Select all stroke points.
• SEGMENT Segment, Select all stroke points between other strokes.

Type:enum in [‘POINT’, ‘STROKE’, ‘SEGMENT’], default ‘POINT’

gpencil_stroke_placement_view3d

• ORIGIN Origin, Draw stroke at Object origin.
• CURSOR 3D Cursor, Draw stroke at 3D cursor location.
• SURFACE Surface, Stick stroke to surfaces.
• STROKE Stroke, Stick stroke to other strokes.

Type:enum in [‘ORIGIN’, ‘CURSOR’, ‘SURFACE’, ‘STROKE’], default ‘ORIGIN’

gpencil_stroke_snap_mode

• NONE All points, Snap to all points.
• ENDS End points, Snap to first and last points and interpolate.
• FIRST First point, Snap to first point.

Type:enum in [‘NONE’, ‘ENDS’, ‘FIRST’], default ‘NONE’

image_paint

Type:ImagePaint, (readonly)

keyframe_type

Type of keyframes to create when inserting keyframes

• KEYFRAME Keyframe, Normal keyframe - e.g. for key poses.
• BREAKDOWN Breakdown, A breakdown pose - e.g. for transitions between key poses.
• MOVING_HOLD Moving Hold, A keyframe that is part of a moving hold.
• EXTREME Extreme, An ‘extreme’ pose, or some other purpose as needed.
• JITTER Jitter, A filler or baked keyframe for keying on ones, or some other purpose as needed.

Type:enum in [‘KEYFRAME’, ‘BREAKDOWN’, ‘MOVING_HOLD’, ‘EXTREME’, ‘JITTER’], default ‘KEYFRAME’

lock_markers

Prevent marker editing

Type:boolean, default False

lock_object_mode

Restrict select to the current mode

Type:boolean, default True

mesh_select_mode

Which mesh elements selection works on

Type:boolean array of 3 items, default (True, True, True)

normal_vector

Normal Vector used to copy, add or multiply

Type:float array of 3 items in [-inf, inf], default (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

particle_edit

Type:ParticleEdit, (readonly)

proportional_edit_falloff

Falloff type for proportional editing mode

• SMOOTH Smooth, Smooth falloff.
• SPHERE Sphere, Spherical falloff.
• ROOT Root, Root falloff.
• INVERSE_SQUARE Inverse Square, Inverse Square falloff.
• SHARP Sharp, Sharp falloff.
• LINEAR Linear, Linear falloff.
• CONSTANT Constant, Constant falloff.
• RANDOM Random, Random falloff.

Type:enum in [‘SMOOTH’, ‘SPHERE’, ‘ROOT’, ‘INVERSE_SQUARE’, ‘SHARP’, ‘LINEAR’, ‘CONSTANT’, ‘RANDOM’], default ‘SMOOTH’

proportional_size

Display size for proportional editing circle

Type:float in [1e-05, 5000], default 1.0

sculpt

Type:Sculpt, (readonly)

show_uv_local_view

Display only faces with the currently displayed image assigned

Type:boolean, default False

snap_elements

Type of element to snap to

• INCREMENT Increment, Snap to increments of grid.
• VERTEX Vertex, Snap to vertices.
• EDGE Edge, Snap to edges.
• FACE Face, Snap to faces.
• VOLUME Volume, Snap to volume.
• EDGE_MIDPOINT Edge Center, Snap to the middle of edges.
• EDGE_PERPENDICULAR Edge Perpendicular, Snap to the nearest point on an edge.

Type:enum set in {‘INCREMENT’, ‘VERTEX’, ‘EDGE’, ‘FACE’, ‘VOLUME’, ‘EDGE_MIDPOINT’, ‘EDGE_PERPENDICULAR’}, default {‘INCREMENT’}

snap_node_element

Type of element to snap to

• GRID Grid, Snap to grid.
• NODE_X Node X, Snap to left/right node border.
• NODE_Y Node Y, Snap to top/bottom node border.
• NODE_XY Node X / Y, Snap to any node border.

Type:enum in [‘GRID’, ‘NODE_X’, ‘NODE_Y’, ‘NODE_XY’], default ‘GRID’

snap_target

Which part to snap onto the target

• CLOSEST Closest, Snap closest point onto target.
• CENTER Center, Snap transformation center onto target.
• MEDIAN Median, Snap median onto target.
• ACTIVE Active, Snap active onto target.

Type:enum in [‘CLOSEST’, ‘CENTER’, ‘MEDIAN’, ‘ACTIVE’], default ‘CLOSEST’

snap_uv_element

Type of element to snap to

• INCREMENT Increment, Snap to increments of grid.
• VERTEX Vertex, Snap to vertices.

Type:enum in [‘INCREMENT’, ‘VERTEX’], default ‘INCREMENT’

statvis

Type:MeshStatVis, (readonly, never None)

transform_pivot_point

Pivot center for rotation/scaling

• BOUNDING_BOX_CENTER Bounding Box Center, Pivot around bounding box center of selected object(s).
• CURSOR 3D Cursor, Pivot around the 3D cursor.
• INDIVIDUAL_ORIGINS Individual Origins, Pivot around each object’s own origin.
• MEDIAN_POINT Median Point, Pivot around the median point of selected objects.
• ACTIVE_ELEMENT Active Element, Pivot around active object.

Type:enum in [‘BOUNDING_BOX_CENTER’, ‘CURSOR’, ‘INDIVIDUAL_ORIGINS’, ‘MEDIAN_POINT’, ‘ACTIVE_ELEMENT’], default ‘MEDIAN_POINT’

unified_paint_settings

Type:UnifiedPaintSettings, (readonly, never None)

use_auto_normalize

Ensure all bone-deforming vertex groups add up to 1.0 while weight painting

Type:boolean, default False

use_edge_path_live_unwrap

Changing edges seam re-calculates UV unwrap

Type:boolean, default False

use_gpencil_draw_additive

When creating new frames, the strokes from the previous/active frame are included as the basis for the new one

Type:boolean, default False

use_gpencil_draw_onback

When draw new strokes, the new stroke is drawn below of all strokes in the layer

Type:boolean, default False

use_gpencil_select_mask_point

Only sculpt selected stroke points

Type:boolean, default False

use_gpencil_select_mask_segment

Only sculpt selected stroke points between other strokes

Type:boolean, default False

use_gpencil_select_mask_stroke

Only sculpt selected stroke

Type:boolean, default False

use_gpencil_stroke_endpoints

Only use the first and last parts of the stroke for snapping

Type:boolean, default False

use_gpencil_thumbnail_list

Show compact list of color instead of thumbnails

Type:boolean, default False

use_gpencil_weight_data_add

When creating new strokes, the weight data is added according to the current vertex group and weight, if no vertex group selected, weight is not added

Type:boolean, default False

use_keyframe_cycle_aware

For channels with cyclic extrapolation, keyframe insertion is automatically remapped inside the cycle time range, and keeps ends in sync

Type:boolean, default False

use_keyframe_insert_auto

Automatic keyframe insertion for Objects and Bones

Type:boolean, default True

use_keyframe_insert_keyingset

Automatic keyframe insertion using active Keying Set only

Type:boolean, default False

use_mesh_automerge

Automatically merge vertices moved to the same location

Type:boolean, default False

use_mesh_automerge_and_split

Automatically split edges and faces

Type:boolean, default False

use_multipaint

Paint across the weights of all selected bones, maintaining their relative influence

Type:boolean, default False

use_proportional_action

Proportional editing in action editor

Type:boolean, default False

use_proportional_connected

Proportional Editing using connected geometry only

Type:boolean, default False

use_proportional_edit

Proportional edit mode

Type:boolean, default False

use_proportional_edit_mask

Proportional editing mask mode

Type:boolean, default False

use_proportional_edit_objects

Proportional editing object mode

Type:boolean, default False

use_proportional_fcurve

Proportional editing in FCurve editor

Type:boolean, default False

use_proportional_projected

Proportional Editing using screen space locations

Type:boolean, default False

use_record_with_nla

Add a new NLA Track + Strip for every loop/pass made over the animation to allow non-destructive tweaking

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap

Snap during transform

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap_align_rotation

Align rotation with the snapping target

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap_grid_absolute

Absolute grid alignment while translating (based on the pivot center)

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap_peel_object

Consider objects as whole when finding volume center

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap_project

Project individual elements on the surface of other objects

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap_rotate

Rotate is affected by the snapping settings

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap_scale

Scale is affected by snapping settings

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap_self

Snap onto itself (Edit Mode Only)

Type:boolean, default False

use_snap_translate

Move is affected by snapping settings

Type:boolean, default True

use_transform_data_origin

Manipulate object data

Type:boolean, default False

use_transform_pivot_point_align

Manipulate origins (object, pose and weight paint mode only)

Type:boolean, default False

use_transform_skip_children

Don’t transform children

Type:boolean, default False

use_uv_select_sync

Keep UV and edit mode mesh selection in sync

Type:boolean, default False

uv_relax_method

Algorithm used for UV relaxation

• LAPLACIAN Laplacian, Use Laplacian method for relaxation.
• HC HC, Use HC method for relaxation.

Type:enum in [‘LAPLACIAN’, ‘HC’], default ‘LAPLACIAN’

uv_sculpt

Type:UvSculpt, (readonly)

uv_sculpt_all_islands

Brush operates on all islands

Type:boolean, default False

uv_sculpt_lock_borders

Disable editing of boundary edges

Type:boolean, default False

uv_select_mode

UV selection and display mode

• VERTEX Vertex, Vertex selection mode.
• EDGE Edge, Edge selection mode.
• FACE Face, Face selection mode.
• ISLAND Island, Island selection mode.

Type:enum in [‘VERTEX’, ‘EDGE’, ‘FACE’, ‘ISLAND’], default ‘VERTEX’

vertex_group_subset

Filter Vertex groups for Display

• ALL All, All Vertex Groups.
• BONE_DEFORM Deform, Vertex Groups assigned to Deform Bones.
• OTHER_DEFORM Other, Vertex Groups assigned to non Deform Bones.

Type:enum in [‘ALL’, ‘BONE_DEFORM’, ‘OTHER_DEFORM’], default ‘ALL’

vertex_group_user

Display unweighted vertices

• NONE None.
• ACTIVE Active, Show vertices with no weights in the active group.
• ALL All, Show vertices with no weights in any group.

Type:enum in [‘NONE’, ‘ACTIVE’, ‘ALL’], default ‘NONE’

vertex_group_weight

Weight to assign in vertex groups

Type:float in [0, 1], default 1.0

vertex_paint

Type:VertexPaint, (readonly)

weight_paint

Type:VertexPaint, (readonly)

classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass(id, default=None)

Parameters:id (string) – The RNA type identifier. Returns:The RNA type or default when not found. Return type:bpy.types.Struct subclass

classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass_py(id, default=None)

Parameters:id (string) – The RNA type identifier. Returns:The class or default when not found. Return type:type

Inherited Properties

bpy_struct.id_data

Inherited Functions

bpy_struct.as_pointer bpy_struct.driver_add bpy_struct.driver_remove bpy_struct.get bpy_struct.is_property_hidden bpy_struct.is_property_overridable_library bpy_struct.is_property_readonly bpy_struct.is_property_set bpy_struct.items bpy_struct.keyframe_delete

bpy_struct.keyframe_insert bpy_struct.keys bpy_struct.path_from_id bpy_struct.path_resolve bpy_struct.pop bpy_struct.property_overridable_library_set bpy_struct.property_unset bpy_struct.type_recast bpy_struct.values

References

Context.tool_settings

Scene.tool_settings