Instance Object Link is not working

aghiad322

i'm trying to link an object in the instance's reference object but it's not working

i_mazlov

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About your First Question

There's a great example script that reveals how to work with instance object.

Regarding your exact scenario, you have to insert the referenced object to the document as well. You can check the following code snippet:

import c4d

doc: c4d.documents.BaseDocument  # The active document

def main() -> None:
    objCube = c4d.BaseList2D(5159)

    objInstance = c4d.InstanceObject()
    objInstance.SetReferenceObject(objCube)
    # objInstance = c4d.BaseList2D(5126)
    # objInstance[c4d.INSTANCEOBJECT_LINK] = objCube

    doc.InsertObject(objInstance)
    doc.InsertObject(objCube)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Note, commented out you find an equivalent way to create and setup up instance object.

Cheers,
Ilia

m_adam

Hello @aghiad322,

without further questions or postings, we will consider this topic as solved by Monday 05/06/2023 and flag it accordingly.

Thank you for your understanding,
Maxime.