PreferencesEdit(bpy_struct)

base class — bpy_struct

class bpy.types.PreferencesEdit(bpy_struct)

Settings for interacting with Blender data

auto_keying_mode

Mode of automatic keyframe insertion for Objects and Bones (default setting used for new Scenes)

Type:

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

collection_instance_empty_size

Display size of the empty when new collection instances are created

Type:

float in [0.001, inf], default 1.0

connect_strips_by_default

Connect newly added movie strips by default if they have multiple channels

Type:

boolean, default True

fcurve_new_auto_smoothing

Auto Handle Smoothing mode used for newly added F-Curves

Type:

enum in Fcurve Auto Smoothing Items, default ‘CONT_ACCEL’

fcurve_unselected_alpha

The opacity of unselected F-Curves against the background of the Graph Editor

Type:

float in [0.001, 1], default 0.25

grease_pencil_default_color

Color of new annotation layers

Type:

float array of 4 items in [0, inf], default (0.38, 0.61, 0.78, 0.9)

grease_pencil_eraser_radius

Radius of eraser ‘brush’

Type:

int in [1, 500], default 25

grease_pencil_euclidean_distance

Distance moved by mouse when drawing stroke to include

Type:

int in [0, 100], default 2

grease_pencil_manhattan_distance

Pixels moved by mouse per axis when drawing stroke

Type:

int in [0, 100], default 1

key_insert_channels

Which channels to insert keys at when no keying set is active

Type:

enum set in {‘LOCATION’, ‘ROTATION’, ‘SCALE’, ‘ROTATE_MODE’, ‘CUSTOM_PROPS’}, default {‘LOCATION’}

keyframe_new_handle_type

Handle type for handles of new keyframes

Type:

enum in Keyframe Handle Type Items, default ‘AUTO_CLAMPED’

keyframe_new_interpolation_type

Interpolation mode used for first keyframe on newly added F-Curves (subsequent keyframes take interpolation from preceding keyframe)

Type:

enum in Beztriple Interpolation Mode Items, default ‘BEZIER’

Toggle whether the material is linked to object data or the object block

  • OBDATA Object Data – Toggle whether the material is linked to object data or the object block.

  • OBJECT Object – Toggle whether the material is linked to object data or the object block.

Type:

enum in [‘OBDATA’, ‘OBJECT’], default ‘OBDATA’

node_margin

Minimum distance between nodes for Auto-offsetting nodes

Type:

int in [0, 255], default 40

node_preview_resolution

Resolution used for Shader node previews (should be changed for performance convenience)

Type:

int in [50, 250], default 120

node_use_insert_offset

Automatically offset the following or previous nodes in a chain when inserting a new node

Type:

boolean, default True

object_align

The default alignment for objects added from a 3D viewport menu

  • WORLD World – Align newly added objects to the world coordinate system.

  • VIEW View – Align newly added objects to the active 3D view orientation.

  • CURSOR 3D Cursor – Align newly added objects to the 3D Cursor’s rotation.

Type:

enum in [‘WORLD’, ‘VIEW’, ‘CURSOR’], default ‘WORLD’

sculpt_paint_overlay_color

Color of texture overlay

Type:

mathutils.Color of 3 items in [0, inf], default (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

show_only_selected_curve_keyframes

Only keyframes of selected F-Curves are visible and editable

Type:

boolean, default False

undo_memory_limit

Maximum memory usage in megabytes (0 means unlimited)

Type:

int in [0, inf], default 0

undo_steps

Number of undo steps available (smaller values conserve memory)

Type:

int in [0, 256], default 32

use_anim_channel_group_colors

Use animation channel group colors; generally this is used to show bone group colors

Type:

boolean, default True

use_auto_keyframe_insert_needed

Auto-Keying will skip inserting keys that don’t affect the animation

Type:

boolean, default True

use_auto_keying

Automatic keyframe insertion for Objects and Bones (default setting used for new Scenes)

Type:

boolean, default False

use_auto_keying_warning

Show warning indicators when transforming objects and bones if auto keying is enabled

Type:

boolean, default False

use_cursor_lock_adjust

Place the cursor without ‘jumping’ to the new location (when lock-to-cursor is used)

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_action

Causes actions to be duplicated with the data-blocks

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_armature

Causes armature data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_camera

Causes camera data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_curve

Causes curve data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_curves

Causes curves data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_grease_pencil

Causes grease pencil data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_lattice

Causes lattice data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_light

Causes light data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_lightprobe

Causes light probe data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_material

Causes material data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default False

use_duplicate_mesh

Causes mesh data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_metaball

Causes metaball data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_node_tree

Make copies of node groups when duplicating nodes in the node editor

Type:

boolean, default False

use_duplicate_particle

Causes particle systems to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default False

use_duplicate_pointcloud

Causes point cloud data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_speaker

Causes speaker data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_surface

Causes surface data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_text

Causes text data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default True

use_duplicate_volume

Causes volume data to be duplicated with the object

Type:

boolean, default False

use_enter_edit_mode

Enter edit mode automatically after adding a new object

Type:

boolean, default False

use_fcurve_high_quality_drawing

Draw F-Curves using Anti-Aliasing (disable for better performance)

Type:

boolean, default True

use_global_undo

Global undo works by keeping a full copy of the file itself in memory, so takes extra memory

Type:

boolean, default True

use_insertkey_xyz_to_rgb

Color for newly added transformation F-Curves (Location, Rotation, Scale) and also Color is based on the transform axis

Type:

boolean, default True

use_keyframe_insert_available

Insert Keyframes only for properties that are already animated

Type:

boolean, default False

use_keyframe_insert_needed

When keying manually, skip inserting keys that don’t affect the animation

Type:

boolean, default False

use_mouse_depth_cursor

Use the surface depth for cursor placement

Type:

boolean, default True

use_negative_frames

Current frame number can be manually set to a negative value

Type:

boolean, default True

use_sequencer_simplified_tweaking

Allows dragging handles without selecting them first

Type:

boolean, default True

use_text_edit_auto_close

Automatically close relevant character pairs when typing in the text editor

Type:

boolean, default False

use_visual_keying

Use Visual keying automatically for constrained objects

Type:

boolean, default False

classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass(id, default=None)
Parameters:

id (str) – 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 (str) – The RNA type identifier.

Returns:

The class or default when not found.

Return type:

type

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