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[manders at inter.nl.net ()]

What would be the best way to bundle presets with an addon? I cannot put them in the zipfile containing the python modules because the presets directory is located outside the addons directory (right?).

Now I know I could probably add some presets via the API as part of the registration process but that is a bit clunky. It would be far less cumbersome to copy a set of presets to the zipfile because that way it would be possible to do maintenance on the presets without altering any code.

Any ideas? (am I missing something about the addon registration process?)?

-- Michel.

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[Domino Marama]

Post by manders at inter.nl.net ()
What would be the best way to bundle presets with an addon? I cannot
put them in the zipfile containing the python modules because the
presets directory is located outside the addons directory (right?).
Now I know I could probably add some presets via the API as part of
the registration process but that is a bit clunky. It would be far
less cumbersome to copy a set of presets to the zipfile because that
way it would be possible to do maintenance on the presets without
altering any code.
Any ideas? (am I missing something about the addon registration process?)

You can copy the presets to the zip file. They go in a presets directory
that is the same structure as where the presets are saved. So you end up
with something like this in your zip:

presets/operator/mesh.uv_shape_add/sphere.py
presets/operator/mesh.uv_shape_add/hemisphere.py
add_mesh_uv_shape.py

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[manders at inter.nl.net ()]

I am afraid that doesn't work (at least not for me), If I do what you suggested the presets dropdown shows *missing paths* ... it appears that in compsing the presets drop down Blender is just looking in the presets directory that is at the same level as the addons directory.

does anyone have an example of an addon that actually crsates a list of presets at install time?

-- Michel.

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From: Domino Marama <domino at dominodesigns.info>
Date: 17/08/2013 10:23 (GMT+01:00)
To: bf-python at blender.org
Subject: Re: [Bf-python] (no subject)

On 08/17/2013 07:18 AM, Michel.Anders at inter.nl.net wrote:
What would be the best way to bundle presets with an addon? I cannot put them in the zipfile containing the python modules because the presets directory is located outside the addons directory (right?).

Now I know I could probably add some presets via the API as part of the registration process but that is a bit clunky. It would be far less cumbersome to copy a set of presets to the zipfile because that way it would be possible to do maintenance on the presets without altering any code.

Any ideas? (am I missing something about the addon registration process?)?

You can copy the presets to the zip file. They go in a presets directory that is the same structure as where the presets are saved. So you end up with something like this in your zip:

presets/operator/mesh.uv_shape_add/sphere.py
presets/operator/mesh.uv_shape_add/hemisphere.py
add_mesh_uv_shape.py

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