name length

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1

Hello,
Is there any reason why the name of an object has a limitation of 20 characters?
I use the stlbatch from lobo’s site but I encounter this problem.
Is there a way to ask for enhancements?

Regards

2

Hmm…

I did not know there was such a limitation. Seems kind of small.

3

yes it is too small, at some point it will be changed (posibly with the upgrade to full 64bit)
however metadata can be stored in ID properties

4

I agree with you, ideasman42, is there any place where I can post my request?

Blender developpment site or what ever?
Thanks.

BTW, is there any way to select by the ID properties?

5

So we could also use the name as a key in the registry and store info there as well, correct?

6

enough people have requested longer names, it must wait until other ibit internal changes happen, these kind of requests belong on the bf-funboard at projects.blender.org mailing list, -google it to join.

You cant select by ID props - but it wouldent be hard to do it in python,


from Blender import *
scn = Scene.GetCurrent()
for ob in scn.objects:
   try: name = ob.properties['metadata']
   except: name = None
   if name == 'SomeName':
       ob.sel = True
       break