BlendDataLibraries(bpy_struct)

base class — bpy_struct

class bpy.types.BlendDataLibraries(bpy_struct)

Collection of libraries

tag(value)

tag

Parameters

value (boolean) – Value

remove(library, *, do_unlink=True, do_id_user=True, do_ui_user=True)

Remove a library from the current blendfile

Parameters

  • library (Library, (never None)) – Library to remove

  • do_unlink (boolean, (optional)) – Unlink all usages of this library before deleting it

  • do_id_user (boolean, (optional)) – Decrement user counter of all datablocks used by this library

  • do_ui_user (boolean, (optional)) – Make sure interface does not reference this library

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

load(filepath, link=False, relative=False, set_fake=False, recursive=False, reuse_local_id=False, assets_only=False, clear_asset_data=False, create_liboverrides=False, reuse_liboverrides=False, create_liboverrides_runtime=False)

Returns a context manager which exposes 2 library objects on entering. Each object has attributes matching bpy.data which are lists of strings to be linked.

Parameters

  • filepath (str | bytes) – The path to a blend file.

  • link (bool) – When False reference to the original file is lost.

  • relative (bool) – When True the path is stored relative to the open blend file.

  • set_fake (bool) – If True, set fake user on appended IDs.

  • recursive (bool) – If True, also make indirect dependencies of appended libraries local.

  • reuse_local_id (bool) – If True,try to re-use previously appended matching ID on new append.

  • assets_only (bool) – If True, only list data-blocks marked as assets.

  • clear_asset_data (bool) – If True, clear the asset data on append (it is always kept for linked data).

  • create_liboverrides (bool) – If True and link is True, liboverrides will be created for linked data.

  • reuse_liboverrides (bool) – If True and create_liboverride is True, search for existing liboverride first.

  • create_liboverrides_runtime (bool) – If True and create_liboverride is True, create (or search for existing) runtime liboverride.

import bpy

filepath = "//link_library.blend"

# Load a single scene we know the name of.
with bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath) as (data_src, data_dst):
    data_dst.scenes = ["Scene"]


# Load all meshes.
with bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath) as (data_src, data_dst):
    data_dst.meshes = data_src.meshes


# Link all objects starting with "A".
with bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath, link=True) as (data_src, data_dst):
    data_dst.objects = [name for name in data_src.objects if name.startswith("A")]


# Append everything.
with bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath) as (data_src, data_dst):
    for attr in dir(data_dst):
        setattr(data_dst, attr, getattr(data_src, attr))


# The loaded objects can be accessed from `data_dst` outside of the context
# since loading the data replaces the strings for the data-blocks or None
# if the data-block could not be loaded.
with bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath) as (data_src, data_dst):
    data_dst.meshes = data_src.meshes
# Now operate directly on the loaded data.
for mesh in data_dst.meshes:
    if mesh is not None:
        print(mesh.name)
write(filepath, datablocks, path_remap=False, fake_user=False, compress=False)

Write data-blocks into a blend file.

Note

Indirectly referenced data-blocks will be expanded and written too.

Parameters

  • filepath (str | bytes) – The path to write the blend-file.

  • datablocks (set[bpy.types.ID]) – set of data-blocks.

  • path_remap (str) –

    Optionally remap paths when writing the file:

    • NONE No path manipulation (default).

    • RELATIVE Remap paths that are already relative to the new location.

    • RELATIVE_ALL Remap all paths to be relative to the new location.

    • ABSOLUTE Make all paths absolute on writing.

  • fake_user (bool) – When True, data-blocks will be written with fake-user flag enabled.

  • compress (bool) – When True, write a compressed blend file.

import bpy

filepath = "//new_library.blend"

# Write selected objects and their data to a blend file.
data_blocks = set(bpy.context.selected_objects)
bpy.data.libraries.write(filepath, data_blocks)


# Write all meshes starting with a capital letter and
# set them with fake-user enabled so they aren't lost on re-saving.
data_blocks = {mesh for mesh in bpy.data.meshes if mesh.name[:1].isupper()}
bpy.data.libraries.write(filepath, data_blocks, fake_user=True)


# Write all materials, textures and node groups to a library.
data_blocks = {*bpy.data.materials, *bpy.data.textures, *bpy.data.node_groups}
bpy.data.libraries.write(filepath, data_blocks)

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