Macro Texture Objects

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Texture Objects

Description
This macro allows you to temporarily put a texture image on selected objects. To remove the textures, simply close and reopen the document.

Macro version: 1.1
Last modified: 2023-12-08
FreeCAD version: 0.18 and below
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Author: yorik
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Macro Version
1.1
Date last modified
2023-12-08
FreeCAD Version(s)
0.18 and below
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Description

This macro allows you to temporarily put a texture image on selected objects. To remove the textures, simply close and reopen the document.

Script

Macro_Texture_Objects.FCMacro

import FreeCADGui
from PySide import QtGui
from pivy import coin

# get a jpg filename
jpgfilename = QtGui.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(QtGui.QApplication.activeWindow(),'Open image file','*.jpg')

# apply textures
for obj in FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection():
    rootnode = obj.ViewObject.RootNode
    tex =  coin.SoTexture2()
    tex.filename = str(jpgfilename[0])
    rootnode.insertChild(tex,1)

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