Blender setDefaultSpaceViewPort script

viewport_shade.py

import bpy

def setDefaultSpaceViewPort(viewport_shade='WIREFRAME'):
    """ setDefaultSpaceViewPort
    :param viewport_shade: enum in ['BOUNDBOX', 'WIREFRAME', 'SOLID', 'TEXTURED'], default 'WIREFRAME'
    :return: number of viewport_shade set; 0 if no 3D View in the current window
    """
    num_view = 0
    for area in bpy.context.window.screen.areas:
        if area.type == 'VIEW_3D':
            for space in area.spaces:
                if space.type == 'VIEW_3D':
                    space.viewport_shade = viewport_shade
                    num_view += 1
    return num_view

if __name__ == "__main__":
    setDefaultSpaceViewPort()