Macro Texture Objects

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This macro allows you to temporarily put a texture image on selected objects. To remove the textures, simply close and reopen the document. Author: yorik
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This macro allows you to temporarily put a texture image on selected objects. To remove the textures, simply close and reopen the document.

 import FreeCADGui
 from PyQt4 import QtGui
 from pivy import coin
 
 # get a jpg filename
 jpgfilename = QtGui.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(QtGui.qApp.activeWindow(),'Open image file','*.jpg')
 
 # apply textures
 for obj in FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection():
     rootnode = obj.ViewObject.RootNode
     tex =  coin.SoTexture2()
     tex.filename = str(jpgfilename)
     rootnode.insertChild(tex,1)