Hi

I try to use the Armature module, but I get stuck.

Is there any documentation?

I am certain there was a way to print out all possible attributes (LocX LocY RotZ and so on) of a module/object, whatever. What's the syntax for that?

print dir () seems to only do functions.

thanks in advance

Haunt_House

well, you can always try creating an armature and using:

Code:

import Blender armature = Blender.Armature.Get()[0] print dir(armature)

Of course, if you don't know how Get work:

Code:

import Blender print Blender.Armature.Get.__doc__

Martin
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well, that gives me some functions. But the attributes stay hidden.

you see, I just want to change the root of a bone, for example.

Is it just me, or are the new modules totally useless without documentation? Sorry, but I don't want to search the source code, just because I want to use a python module. This searching costs a damn amount of time. And until now it was futile.

sigh

Haunt_House

not to sound rude or anything, but it took me a whole 2 min to do what you want to do, knowing nothing of the Armature module to start with.

Creating a random armature beforehand.

Code:

import Blender print dir(Blender.Armature)

Quote:

['Bone', 'Get', 'New', '__doc__', '__name__', 'get']

Code:

import Blender print Blender.Armature.Get.__doc__

Quote:

(name) - return the armature with the name 'name', returns None if not found. If 'name' is not specified, it returns a list of all armatures in the current scene.

Code:

import Blender arm = Blender.Armature.Get("Armature") print dir(arm)

Quote:

['bones', 'getBones', 'getName', 'name', 'setName']

Code:

import Blender import Blender arm = Blender.Armature.Get("Armature") print  arm.getBones.__doc__

Quote:

() - return Armature root bones

Code:

import Blender arm = Blender.Armature.Get("Armature") bone = arm.getBones() print bone

Quote:

[[Bone "Bone"]]

Code:

import Blender arm = Blender.Armature.Get("Armature") bone = arm.getBones()[0] print dir(bone)

Quote:

['children', 'getChildren', 'getHead', 'getLoc', 'getName', 'getParent', 'getQua t', 'getRoll', 'getSize', 'getTail', 'hasParent', 'head', 'loc', 'name', 'parent ', 'quat', 'roll', 'setHead', 'setLoc', 'setName', 'setQuat', 'setRoll', 'setSiz e', 'setTail', 'size', 'tail']

Code:

import Blender arm = Blender.Armature.Get("Armature") bone = arm.getBones()[0] d = dir(bone) for f in d:    exec("print \"" + f + ": \"" + " + str(bone." + f + ".__doc__)")

Quote:

children: list() -> new list list(sequence) -> new list initialized from sequence's items getChildren: () - return Bone children list getHead: () - return Bone head getLoc: () - return Bone loc getName: () - return Bone name getParent: () - return the parent bone of this one if it exists. Otherwise raise an error. Check this condition with the hasParent() method. getQuat: () - return Bone quat getRoll: () - return Bone roll getSize: () - return Bone size getTail: () - return Bone tail hasParent: () - return true if bone has a parent head: list() -> new list list(sequence) -> new list initialized from sequence's items loc: list() -> new list list(sequence) -> new list initialized from sequence's items name: str(object) -> string Return a nice string representation of the object. If the argument is a string, the return value is the same object. parent: None quat: list() -> new list list(sequence) -> new list initialized from sequence's items roll: float(x) -> floating point number Convert a string or number to a floating point number, if possible. setHead: (float,float,float) - set Bone head pos setLoc: (float,float,float) - set Bone loc setName: (str) - rename Bone setQuat: (float,float,float,float) - set Bone quat setRoll: (float) - set Bone roll setSize: (float,float,float) - set Bone size setTail: (float,float,float) - set Bone tail pos size: list() -> new list list(sequence) -> new list initialized from sequence's items tail: list() -> new list list(sequence) -> new list initialized from sequence's items

without being a full standalone doc, I think what is already avalaible is helpful enough to get everyone started.

Martin
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My apologies

My error could be that I still live in the Python Blender stone ages.

So I searched for a kind of syntax that seems to be more or less gone.

Well, there are areas where I am not that clumsy

At least now I know it really WAS me.

Thanks Martin.

(you did not sound rude at all to me)