MetaBall(ID)
base classes — bpy_struct
, ID
- class bpy.types.MetaBall(ID)
Metaball data-block to defined blobby surfaces
- cycles
Cycles mesh settings
- Type
CyclesMeshSettings
, (readonly)
- elements
Metaball elements
- Type
MetaBallElements
bpy_prop_collection
ofMetaElement
, (readonly)
- is_editmode
True when used in editmode
- Type
boolean, default False, (readonly)
- materials
- Type
IDMaterials
bpy_prop_collection
ofMaterial
, (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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