Automate some actions through python?

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I’m trying to do some batch converting in Blender. I’m quite new to Blender but in the need of some simple guidance :o

I’m importing an .obj file. Applying a material and a texture and then exporting again. I’ve come to importing the file and creating a new material etc but now I need to apply it to the imported object. But how do I access the object functions for the imported object?

The code I’m using now gives:

AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘setMaterials’
This is my code:

import Blender
from Blender import Scene, Object, Material
import import_obj

ob = import_obj.load_obj(‘/home/arnaud/Documents/z25/bodycount/scans/Arnaud/scan
_faceFrnt_scl8_tst02.obj’,CLAMP_SIZE=10.0)
print(ob)

mat = Material.New(‘gezichtMat’)
mat.rgbCol = [0.8, 0.2, 0.2]
ob.setMaterials(mat)

Blender.Redraw()

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import_obj dosnt return 1 object. make a new scene for each import, then loop on its objects.
also, set the materials for the mesh, not the object
ob.getData(mesh=1).materials = [mymat]

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Thnx ideasman… isn’t it possible to adapt import_obj.py so it does return the object it has imported? This would make better sence I reckon.