In this video, we will be creating a Popup Dialog Box.
With the Dialog box we can change various things and in this example we will be using it to add a cube, rename it to what ever we define and also what ever scale we want too.
Download the Add-on here.
We also have the ability to use other Properties such as, a Boolean, Int/Float, Enums and more!. We will look at some of the other Properties in future videos, but for now we will create a very basic popup box.
Now we have created one Popup Dialog box, we can take this further and add more functions. You can also go ahead and create more Popup dialog boxes for each of the other buttons.
I hope you find this tutorial helpful!. As always, thanks for reading.
In this video, we will be continuing scripting our "Object Adder" Add-on.
We will add some more functions such as the Smooth Shading option, Add a Modifier and more.
We also look at creating two more panels (for simplicity we call them Panel A and Panel B). After creating the new Panels we can add them to the Main Panel as "Sub Panels".
It's really easy to add a panel to another panel and it only requires one property. By adding the, bl_parent_id = 'PT_MainPanel'
we are telling 'Panel A' to be a child of the Main Panel.
By adding the, bl_options = {'DEFAULT_CLOSED'}
we are telling the Panel to be minimized by default. If you have a whole bunch of panels open by default it can be a pain for the user to navigate to the section they intend to use.
Once we are happy with the Add-on we need to make sure we
add the bl-info at the beginning of the script (you can see the full
script below).
Without this Information, we can not install the Add-on.
With our add-on now installed, we can use it without needing to run the script nor mess around with any settings.
Of course this Add-on is super simple and we can always add, change and improve this add-on but I wanted to create something easy to follow and I hope I have managed to inspire you to take this further and start to make awesome add-ons!..
If you want to use this script you can copy and paste the text below or you can click here.
In the Next Tutorial, we will be creating an Add-on that's a little more advanced but with the knowledge we have learned over the last two videos, it should be easier to pick up.
Again, I hope you found this Tutorial helpful! be sure to let us know what you think of this series or if you want more videos like this?
Script result :
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bl_info = {
"name": "Object Adder",
"author": "Darkfall",
"version": (1, 0),
"blender": (2, 80, 0),
"location": "View3D > Toolbar > Object Adder",
"description": "Adds objects and other functions to help our workflow (Tutorial Result)",
"warning": "",
"wiki_url": "",
"category": "Add Mesh",
}
import bpy
#This is the Main Panel (Parent of Panel A and B)
class MainPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
bl_label = "Object Adder"
bl_idname = "PT_MainPanel"
bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D'
bl_region_type = 'UI'
bl_category = 'Object Adder'
def draw(self, context):
layout = self.layout
layout.scale_y = 1.2
row = layout.row()
row.label(text= "Add an object", icon= 'OBJECT_ORIGIN')
row = layout.row()
row.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", icon= 'CUBE', text= "Cube")
row.operator("mesh.primitive_uv_sphere_add", icon= 'SPHERE', text= "Sphere")
row.operator("mesh.primitive_monkey_add", icon= 'MESH_MONKEY', text= "Suzanne")
row = layout.row()
row.operator("curve.primitive_bezier_curve_add", icon= 'CURVE_BEZCURVE', text= "Bezier Curve")
row.operator("curve.primitive_bezier_circle_add", icon= 'CURVE_BEZCIRCLE', text= "Bezier Circle")
row = layout.row()
row.operator("object.text_add", icon= 'FILE_FONT', text= "Add Font")
row = layout.row()
#This is Panel A - The Scale Sub Panel (Child of MainPanel)
class PanelA(bpy.types.Panel):
bl_label = "Scale"
bl_idname = "PT_PanelA"
bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D'
bl_region_type = 'UI'
bl_category = 'Object Adder'
bl_parent_id = 'PT_MainPanel'
bl_options = {'DEFAULT_CLOSED'}
def draw(self, context):
layout = self.layout
obj = context.object
row = layout.row()
row.label(text= "Select an option to scale your", icon= 'FONT_DATA')
row = layout.row()
row.label(text= " object.")
row = layout.row()
row.operator("transform.resize")
row = layout.row()
layout.scale_y = 1.2
col = layout.column()
col.prop(obj, "scale")
#This is Panel B - The Specials Sub Panel (Child of MainPanel)
class PanelB(bpy.types.Panel):
bl_label = "Specials"
bl_idname = "PT_PanelB"
bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D'
bl_region_type = 'UI'
bl_category = 'Object Adder'
bl_parent_id = 'PT_MainPanel'
bl_options = {'DEFAULT_CLOSED'}
def draw(self, context):
layout = self.layout
row = layout.row()
row.label(text= "Select a Special Option", icon= 'COLOR_BLUE')
row = layout.row()
row.operator("object.shade_smooth", icon= 'MOD_SMOOTH', text= "Set Smooth Shading")
row.operator("object.subdivision_set", icon= 'MOD_SUBSURF', text= "Add Subsurf")
row = layout.row()
row.operator("object.modifier_add", icon= 'MODIFIER')
#Here we are Registering the Classes
def register():
bpy.utils.register_class(MainPanel)
bpy.utils.register_class(PanelA)
bpy.utils.register_class(PanelB)
#Here we are UnRegistering the Classes
def unregister():
bpy.utils.unregister_class(MainPanel)
bpy.utils.unregister_class(PanelA)
bpy.utils.unregister_class(PanelB)
#This is required in order for the script to run in the text editor
if __name__ == "__main__":
register()
