Convert a curve to a mesh WITHOUT using bpy.ops (preserve original object ref)

[iceythe (Kaio)]

If I understand correctly, you want a curve converted into a stand-alone mesh type object, while leaving the source alone?

I wrote this some while ago. This uses bpy.data.meshes.new_from_object to do the heavy lifting of converting from a curve to a mesh, and assigns it to a new object.

Alternative to bpy.ops.object.convert(target='MESH') command?

For curves This assumes you already have a curve selected. import bpy def curve_to_mesh(context, curve): deg = context.evaluated_depsgraph_get() me = bpy.data.meshes.new_from_object(curve.evaluated_get(deg), depsgraph=deg) new_obj = bpy.data.objects.new(curve.name + "_mesh", me) context.collection.objects.link(new_obj) for o in context.selected_objects: o.select_set(False) new_obj.matrix_world = curve.matrix_world new_obj.select_set(True) context.view…