MetaBall(ID)¶

base classes — bpy_struct, ID

class bpy.types.MetaBall(ID)¶

Metaball data-block to defined blobby surfaces

animation_data¶

Animation data for this data-block

Type: AnimData, (readonly)

cycles¶

Cycles mesh settings

Type: CyclesMeshSettings, (readonly)

elements¶

Metaball elements

Type: MetaBallElements bpy_prop_collection of MetaElement, (readonly)

is_editmode¶

True when used in editmode

Type: boolean, default False, (readonly)

materials¶

Type: IDMaterials bpy_prop_collection of Material, (readonly)

render_resolution¶

Polygonization resolution in rendering

Type: float in [0.005, 10000], default 0.2

resolution¶

Polygonization resolution in the 3D viewport

Type: float in [0.005, 10000], default 0.4

texspace_location¶

Texture space location

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

texspace_size¶

Texture space size

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

threshold¶

Influence of metaball elements

Type: float in [0, 5], default 0.6

update_method¶

Metaball edit update behavior

UPDATE_ALWAYS Always, While editing, update metaball always.
HALFRES Half, While editing, update metaball in half resolution.
FAST Fast, While editing, update metaball without polygonization.
NEVER Never, While editing, don’t update metaball at all.

Type: enum in [‘UPDATE_ALWAYS’, ‘HALFRES’, ‘FAST’, ‘NEVER’], default ‘UPDATE_ALWAYS’

use_auto_texspace¶

Adjust active object’s texture space automatically when transforming object

Type: boolean, default True

transform(matrix)¶

Transform metaball elements by a matrix

Parameters: matrix (float multi-dimensional array of 4 * 4 items in [-inf, inf]) – Matrix

update_gpu_tag()¶: update_gpu_tag

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

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