Deadline – Setting plugin paths to the executables

Software:
Deadline Monitor 10.0

When installing a render/processing software in a different path than default, you may have to configure its Deadline Plugin executable path to Deadline will be able to find it.

To setup the executable path for a Deadline Plugin:

  1. Make sure you are using the Deadline Monitor in Super User Mode:
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  2. Go to Tools > Configure Plugins:
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  3. In the plugin list on the left, select the plugin you want to configure,
    And in the Plugin Executable text box (in this case Blender), type in a new path, or click the browse button to set the path.
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Python for Blender – Batch renaming objects

Software:
Blender 2.8 | Python 3.7

Some useful short Python snippets for batch re-naming objects in Blender:

  1. Remove last 4 characters from selected object names:
    import bpy
    objects = bpy.context.selected_objects
    for o in objects:
        o.name = o.name[:-4]

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  2. Rename all selected objects to a set base name followed by a 3 digit numeric suffix:
    import bpy
    objects = bpy.context.selected_objects
    for (i,o) in enumerate(objects):
         o.name = "some_base_name_{:03d}".format(i)

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  3. Prefix all selected objects name with their Blender data type like renaming “SomeModel” to “MESH_SomeModel” or for example:
    import bpy
    objects = bpy.context.selected_objects
    for (i,o) in enumerate(objects):
         o.name = "{}_{}".format(o.type,o.name)

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* note that when copying and pasting a script from this example, the indentation may not be pasted correctly.

Note:
Blender 2.8 has a robust batch renaming utility that is invoked by pressing Ctrl + F2 so we don’t have to write scripts to do batch renaming of objects:

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Related:

Python for Blender – Accessing Mesh Triangles

Batch Rename files in Adobe Bridge

Software:
Bridge CC 2018

  1. Select the files in the Content window.
  2. From the Tools menu, select Batch Rename to open the Batch Rename tool.
  3. Set renaming settings and look at the new name preview at the bottom to see the new name.
  4. Press the Rename button.

An example of adding the suffix “_LowRes” to files:
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An example of adding the prefix “Tex_” to files:
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