Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 25/08/2019 02:39, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 24Aug2019 21:52, Paul St George wrote: [snip]> Aside from "map" being a poor name (it is also a builtin Python function), it seems that one creates one of these to control how some rendering process is done. The class reference page you origina

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 24Aug2019 21:52, Paul St George wrote: Have you not got one of these handed to you from something? Or are you right at the outside with some "opaque" blender handle or something? (Disclaimer: I've never used Blender.) Thank you once again. If I understand your question, I am right outside

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

Have you tried asking on a blender user mailing list for help with this problem? It seems that someone familiar with blender and its python interface should be able to help get you going. Barry > On 24 Aug 2019, at 20:52, Paul St George wrote: > >> On 24/08/2019 01:23, Cameron Simpson wrote:

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 24/08/2019 01:23, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 23Aug2019 13:49, Paul St George wrote: Context: I am using Python to interrogate the value of some thing in Blender (just as someone else might want to use Python to look at an email in a Mail program or an image in Photoshop). Assumptions: So,

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 23Aug2019 13:49, Paul St George wrote: Context: I am using Python to interrogate the value of some thing in Blender (just as someone else might want to use Python to look at an email in a Mail program or an image in Photoshop). Assumptions: So, I want to look at the attribute of an instan

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 22/08/2019 23:21, Kyle Stanley wrote: [snip] The tutorial that Terry was referring to was the one on docs.python.org, here's a couple of links for the sections he was referring to: Full section on classes: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html Section on instantiating objects from

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

> You are right, but it is even worse than you think. I do not have a tutorial so I have no examples to understand. The tutorial that Terry was referring to was the one on docs.python.org, here's a couple of links for the sections he was referring to: Full section on classes: https://docs.python.

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 22/08/2019 20:02, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/22/2019 3:34 AM, Paul St George wrote: I have the Python API for the Map Value Node here: . All well and good. Now I just want to write a simple line of code such as: i

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 8/22/2019 3:34 AM, Paul St George wrote: I have the Python API for the Map Value Node here: . All well and good. Now I just want to write a simple line of code such as: import bpy ... >>>print(bpy.types.Composi

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:20 PM Paul St George wrote: > > On 22/08/2019 11:49, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On 22Aug2019 09:34, Paul St George wrote: > >> I have the Python API for the Map Value Node here: > >> . > >> > >>

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 22/08/2019 11:49, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 22Aug2019 09:34, Paul St George wrote: I have the Python API for the Map Value Node here: . All well and good. Now I just want to write a simple line of code such as:

Re: Newbie question about Python syntax

On 22Aug2019 09:34, Paul St George wrote: I have the Python API for the Map Value Node here: . All well and good. Now I just want to write a simple line of code such as: import bpy print(bpy.types.CompositorNodeMapVa

Newbie question about Python syntax

I have the Python API for the Map Value Node here: . All well and good. Now I just want to write a simple line of code such as: import bpy ... >>>print(bpy.types.CompositorNodeMapValue.max[0]) If this works, I will d