Hi Dima,
I tried the example you linked to and it doesn’t work as posted. I
think, and I am hoping one of the devs can set us straight here, that you must
call the macro operator in order to run multiple operators together, this is
how I have actually gotten an example to work, albeit a very basic one.
doing the following, as in the example you linked to
MacroClass.define(“transform.translate”)
MacroClass.define(“my_operator”)
only works if you call the MacroClass as an operator itself. It will then run
the defined sequence of operators. Unfortunately that example doesn’t tell you
that! So I had to spend a while figuring out why not.
I think we both agree though, this feature needs some proper documentation. It
might be that you’re right about it being a documentation discussion rather
than python!
Kind Regards
James
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> Hi there,
> After spending some time researching the bpy.types.macro class both in
> the api an on blender stack exchange, I?m keen to learn more about macros,
> the code I have found suggests that it can be used to group operators
> together into a single operation (ref blender stack exchange - >
> https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/60385/macro-operator-children-are-not-called-from-python
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> <https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/60385/macro-operator-children-are-not-called-from-python>).
> But the blender python api really doesn?t give information on what the use
> case for macros are. Things like modal operators overriding context are well
> explains, but macros seem to be a bit secretive! It would be great to see
> some more informative documentation on the subject. Since it appears that
> others (see the webpage link above) are finding it difficult to get even
> basic examples to work as desired. If someone could give a quick introduction
> to macros and what they are best used for, it would
> be greatly appreciated!
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> Kind Regards
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> James
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> From: dima glib <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-python] bpy.types.macro - use cases
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> Indeed, bpy.types.Macro is a pretty useful mechanism which is left
> completely unexplained in the official documentation. I had no idea that
> stringing operators together is even possible until I accidenatlly stumbled
> upon Macro usage in someone's code. Just in case, here's one more link to a
> stackexchange question regarding Macro:
> https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/39716/running-code-after-a-modal-operator-finished-its-job
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> Hm, perhaps this discussion also concerns [email protected]?
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> On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 5:25 AM, James Crowther <[email protected]
>> wrote:
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>> Hi there,
>> After spending some time researching the bpy.types.macro class both in the
>> api an on blender stack exchange, I?m keen to learn more about macros, the
>> code I have found suggests that it can be used to group operators together
>> into a single operation (ref blender stack exchange - > https://blender.
>> stackexchange.com/questions/60385/macro-operator-children-
>> are-not-called-from-python). But the blender python api really doesn?t
>> give information on what the use case for macros are. Things like modal
>> operators overriding context are well explains, but macros seem to be a bit
>> secretive! It would be great to see some more informative documentation on
>> the subject. Since it appears that others (see the webpage link above) are
>> finding it difficult to get even basic examples to work as desired. If
>> someone could give a quick introduction to macros and what they are best
>> used for, it would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> James
>>
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