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Modal Operators

11th June 2020

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Sybren A. Stüvel

Modal operators! In this provisionally final episode of Scripting for Artists, Sybren shows how to create operators that can stay running for a longer period of time.

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:43 What does "modal" even mean?
  • 02:16 Ingredients of a modal operator
  • 03:16 Handling events
  • 07:53 Interactively moving the viewport camera
  • 15:27 Calling the operator from Python
  • 16:27 Blocking or passing-through events
  • 17:53 Timers
  • 19:06 Conclusion & getting help

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Anže Orehek

10th November 2020 - 21:43

I'd love to see a video that goes over the code for switching a rig from FK to IK. The "switcher" code exists on the Rain character but it is a bit hard to understand for me :)