Blender - Toggle Simplify using Shift+Q, for http://blender.stackexchange.com/a/46864/3710 #Blender

blender-toggle-simplify.py

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bl_info = {
    "name": "Toggle Simplify",
    "description": "Toggle Simplify",
    "author": "p2or",
    "version": (0, 0, 3),
    "blender": (2, 93, 0),
    "tracker_url": "https://gist.github.com/p2or/e0568d20cca23c8f5673",
    "location": "3D View",
    "category": "3D View"
}


import bpy

# Operator
class ToggleSimplify(bpy.types.Operator):
    """Toggle Simplify"""
    bl_idname = "view3d.toggle_simplify"
    bl_label = "Toggle Simplify"
    bl_options = {'REGISTER', 'UNDO'}

    def execute(self, context):
        context.scene.render.use_simplify = not context.scene.render.use_simplify
        self.report({'INFO'}, "Simplify: {}"
            .format(['Off','On'][context.scene.render.use_simplify]))
        return {'FINISHED'}

addon_keymaps = []
# register
def register():
    bpy.utils.register_class(ToggleSimplify)

    # handle the keymap
    wm = bpy.context.window_manager
    kc = wm.keyconfigs.addon
    if kc:
        km = wm.keyconfigs.addon.keymaps.new(name='3D View', space_type='VIEW_3D')
        kmi = km.keymap_items.new(ToggleSimplify.bl_idname, type='Q', value='PRESS', shift=True)
        addon_keymaps.append((km, kmi))

# unregister
def unregister():

    for km, kmi in addon_keymaps:
        km.keymap_items.remove(kmi)
    addon_keymaps.clear()

    bpy.utils.unregister_class(ToggleSimplify)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    register() 

HI! Mty problem is : the addon works perfectly fine only on the project I was making, when I installed the add-on. It is all saved into my pereferences and in the default file. Meanwhile the shift q doesn't seem to work in other projects. The megssage "toggle ON/OFF" pops up, but there is nothing happening to the model, really.
Might be after 3.3.1 update? I'm not sure.

Hi @Vignatzy,

'Simplify' is only available in Cycles and I guess your default engine is Eevee. You might want to use the second script mentioned in my answer: http://blender.stackexchange.com/a/46864/3710. Does this help?

Cheers
Christian

Hi @Vignatzy,

'Simplify' is only available in Cycles and I guess your default engine is Eevee. You might want to use the second script mentioned in my answer: http://blender.stackexchange.com/a/46864/3710. Does this help?

Cheers Christian

Dear Christian,

First of all, thank you for replying.
I only use Cycles, so I have it set by default. I resolved it. The problem was: Default simplify settings were not set to Max Subd:0 . That is why It wasn't really simplyfing anything. Every user needs to set Max SubD to 0 and save as a startup file.

Regards,
Ignacy

Hi @Vignatzy. No problem, glad it works! Regards, Christian