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I am having trouble creating an emitter via python scripting (using Blender 3.2.1).

My problem is the following: suppose I have a cylinder and a plane (which will play the emitter role).

I can create those by writing

import bpy # create plane bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_plane_add() emitter = bpy.context.object emitter.name = "Emitter" # Create cyclinder bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cylinder_add() my_cyl = bpy.context.object my_cyl.name = "My_Cyl" my_cyl.select_set(False) # Select (only) the emitter objectToSelect = bpy.data.objects[emitter.name].select_set(True) bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = objectToSelect

From there, if I use the graphical user interface (GUI), select the plane, go in "Particle Properties", and click on Add Particle System Slot, the info displays

bpy.context.space_data.context = "PARTICLES" bpy.ops.object.particle_system_add()

If in my script I write those above lines, I get the error message

Python: Traceback (most recent call last): File "...\simple_tests.blend\script001.py", line 18, in <module> AttributeError: 'SpaceTextEditor' object has no attribute 'context'

My question is: how can I manage to write the script to make it such that the plane is the emitter?

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try this:

import bpy # create plane bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_plane_add() emitter = bpy.context.object emitter.name = "Emitter" bpy.ops.object.particle_system_add() # Create cyclinder bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cylinder_add() my_cyl = bpy.context.object my_cyl.name = "My_Cyl" my_cyl.select_set(False)

Why do you want to make it that complicated? If you create a new object, it is the current active object which the ops operators use. If you create your cylinder later, you don't have to select that manually.

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  • $\begingroup$ Hi @Chris your answer did the trick, thank you very much. I was wondering how it could be done through a function, which would be easier than copy-pasting always the same code? $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 11, 2023 at 13:26
  • $\begingroup$ i understand that. Then you should phrase exactly that in your question - then my answer would be different ;) please just open a new post with your question -> you can open as many posts as you want. $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 11, 2023 at 13:44

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