Resetting Stretch To constraints via python

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Hi all,
I’m trying to reset all the Stretch To constraints in the selected rig via a python script.
So far I’ve tried this:

import bpy

for bone in bpy.context.selected_pose_bones:
override = bpy.context.copy(bone)
bpy.ops.constraint.stretchto_reset(override, constraint=“Stretch To”, owner=‘BONE’)

which returns the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/media/data/glass_half/pre/test_rigs/flexirig-stretchto_fix.blend/Text”, line 5, in <module>
TypeError: copy() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

The problem seems to be how I’m using context copy. Any suggestions how I could get this working?

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context.copy() does not take any arguments. You can only copy the entire context to a new dict.
If you need to change anything of that context, do it after the copying:

override[“foo”] = “bar”

I wonder if you really need the strechto_reset() operator. It’s often possible to do such things with RNA methods.

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So, a little chat with ideasman42 and we have this solution:


import bpy

for b in bpy.context.selected_pose_bones:
    for c in b.constraints: 
        if c.name == "Stretch To":
            c.rest_length = 0
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Ah so the exposed property just needs to be set to 0…

That’s all the operator does for real:https://developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/browse/master/source/blender/editors/object/object_constraint.c$676

/* just set original length to 0.0, which will cause a reset on next recalc */
data->orglength = 0.0f;

Just wasn’t sure if orglength is exposed or if it’s another internal property. But it’s apparently .rest_length

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Yup, that was easier than I thought. Thanks for your help!

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hey any way to fix the script to reset every “stretch to” constraint no matter if they’re called stretch to, stretch to.001 or whatever else?

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import bpy

for b in bpy.context.selected_pose_bones:
    for c in b.constraints: 
        if c.type == "STRETCH_TO":
            c.rest_length = 0

EDIT: Or you can do…

import bpy

for b in bpy.context.active_object.pose.bones:
    for c in b.constraints: 
        if c.type == "STRETCH_TO":
            c.rest_length = 0

That resets all the stretch to’s in the selected armature, even if they’re not selected, or on an off layer.

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