The Blender Python API : precision 3D modeling and add-on development /: precision 3D modeling and add-on development. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris Conlan.
• Authors: Conlan, Chris
• Contents: At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Blender Interface; The Default Blender Interface; 3D Viewport; Header Menu; Properties Window; Tool Shelf and Tool Properties; Timeline; The Scripting Interface; Text Editor; Command Log; Interactive Console; Customizing the Interface; Starting Blender from the Command Line (for Debugging); Running Our First Python Script; Finding the Function; Testing the Function; Writing the Script; Conclusion; Chapter 2: The bpy Module; Module Overview; bpy.ops; bpy.context; bpy.data; bpy.app. Bpy.types, bpy.utils, and bpy.propsbpy.path; Selection, Activation, and Specification; Selecting an Object; Activating an Object; Specifying an Object (Accessing by Name); Pseudo-Circular Referencing and Abstraction; Transformations with bpy; Visualizing Multivariate Data with the Minimal Toolkit; Visualizing Three Dimensions of Data; Visualizing Four Dimensions of Data; Visualizing Five Dimensions of Data; Discussion; Conclusion; Chapter 3: The bmesh Module; Edit Mode; Selecting Vertices, Edges, and Planes; Switching Between Edit and Object Modes Consistently; Instantiating a bmesh Object. Selecting Parts of a 3D ObjectEdit Mode Transformations; Basic Transformations; Advanced Transformations; Note on Indexing and Cross-Compatibility; Global and Local Coordinates; Selecting Vertices, Edges, and Faces by Location; Checkpoint and Examples; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Topics in Modeling and Rendering; Specifying a 3D Model; Specifying Meshes; Specifying Textures; Common File Formats; Wavefront (.obj and .mtl); STL (STereoLithography); PLY (Polygon File Format); Blender (.blend) Files and Interchange Formats; Minimal Specification of Basic Objects; Definition of a Cube. Naive SpecificationUsing Indices to Share Vertices and Normals; Using Coplanar Vertices to Reduce Face Count; Using Face Vertices to Simplify Indices; Representing a Cube as a Primitive; Summary; Common Errors in Procedural Generation; Concentric Normals; Flipped Normals; Z-Fighting; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Introduction to Add-On Development; A Simple Add-On Template; Components of Blender Add-Ons; The bl_info Dictionary; Operators and Class Inheritance (bpy.types. Operator); Panels and Class Inheritance (bpy.types. Panel); Register() and Unregister(); Scene Properties and bpy.props. Precision Selection Add-On ExampleCode Overview for Our Add-On; The poll() Classmethod; EnumProperty Variables; Preparing Our Add-On for Distribution; Conclusion; Chapter 6: The bgl and blf Modules; Instantaneous Drawing; Handlers Overview; Clock Example; Managing Handlers; Types of Handlers; Persistent Handlers; Handlers in blf and bgl; Example Add-On; Drawing Lines and Text; Converting to the 2D Canvas; Declaring Button-Activated Drawing Functions; Declare Main Drawing Function; Declaring the Operator with Handlers; Declaring the Panel with Dynamic Drawing.
• Publisher Details: United States : Apress
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 006.6/93; Computer science; Python (Computer program language); Computer graphics; Three-dimensional imaging; COMPUTERS -- General; Computer graphics; Python (Computer program language); Three-dimensional imaging; Computer Science; Python; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Computers -- Programming Languages -- General; Programming & scripting languages: general; Python (Computer program language); Computers -- Programming Languages -- Python; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484228029; 1484228022; 1484228014; 9781484228012
• Related ISBNs: 9781484228012; 1484228014
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco; title viewed on June 20, 2017).
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