|  | @@ -638,13 +638,22 @@ class InputExistingGeometryObjectNode(Node, MantisNode):
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				|  |  |      bl_label = "Existing Object"
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				|  |  |      bl_icon = "NODE"
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				|  |  |      initialized : bpy.props.BoolProperty(default = False)
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				|  |  | +    # We want Mantis to import widgets and stuff, so we hold a reference to the object
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				|  |  | +    object_reference : bpy.props.PointerProperty(type=bpy.types.Object,) 
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				|  |  |      
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				|  |  |      def init(self, context):
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				|  |  |          self.inputs.new("StringSocket", "Name")
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				|  |  |          self.outputs.new("xFormSocket", "Object")
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				|  |  |          self.initialized = True
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				|  |  |      
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				|  |  | +    def display_update(self, parsed_tree, context):
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				|  |  | +        from .base_definitions import get_signature_from_edited_tree
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				|  |  | +        nc = parsed_tree.get(get_signature_from_edited_tree(self, context))
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				|  |  | +        if nc: # this is done here so I don't have to define yet another custom socket.
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				|  |  | +            self.object_reference = bpy.data.objects.get(nc.evaluate_input("Name"))
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				|  |  | +    
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				|  |  | +# TODO: maybe I should hold a data reference here, too.
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				|  |  | +#       but it is complicated by the fact that Mantis does not distinguish b/tw geo types
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				|  |  |  class InputExistingGeometryDataNode(Node, MantisNode):
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				|  |  |      """Represents a mesh or curve datablock from the scene."""
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				|  |  |      bl_idname = "InputExistingGeometryData"
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