From 3feef9f5abe935f302fc4a2dadf2642e7df28125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: themancalledjakob <jrkb@jrkb.land>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 11:49:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] function to completely delete

add function to completely delete objects safely
---
 butils.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/butils.py b/butils.py
index de645db..33349a5 100644
--- a/butils.py
+++ b/butils.py
@@ -486,6 +486,22 @@ def ShowMessageBox(title = "Message Box", icon = 'INFO', message=""):
                 self.layout.label(text=n)
     bpy.context.window_manager.popup_menu(draw, title = title, icon = icon)
 
+def completely_delete_objs(objs):
+    context_override = bpy.context.copy()
+    context_override["selected_objects"] = list(objs)
+    with bpy.context.temp_override(**context_override):
+        bpy.ops.object.delete()
+
+    # remove deleted objects
+    # this is necessary
+    for g in objs:
+        if type(g) != type(None):
+            try:
+                bpy.data.objects.remove(g, do_unlink=True)
+            except ReferenceError as e:
+                # not important
+                pass
+
 def set_text_on_curve(text_properties):
     # starttime = time.perf_counter_ns()
     mom = text_properties.text_object