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Custom objects in Blender with Python

  Published by MathiasPedersen on July 24th, 2007 in Python Scripts, Tutorials

ownmesh.jpgIf you want to expand Blenders Add-menu with your own custom objects, this tutorial teaches you how to use simple Python scripting to do just that. The tutorial goes through the process of adding a custom plane to the Add=>Mesh-menu.

Go on and read the tutorial.



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  1. 1 bob Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 6:52 am

    That's so cool!
    Blenders gui api looks so simple to use.

  2. 2 Cuby Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 6:53 am

    This looks absolutely awesome! Hmmmm, what to add to the menu….

  3. 3 Antiwhine Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 8:40 am

    Yay! Now we can finally add teapots!

  4. 4 bimbo Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 10:56 am

    yeeeha!!!

    I've been wondering about this a while ago.

    Thanks!!!!

  5. 5 Felix_Kütt Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 10:57 am

    yay! someone add cornelius ;)

  6. 6 malefico Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    It would help if we had a script to generate the Mesh generation part of the script out of a real mesh. So if you model a teapot, you could have the vertex coordinates in a text file. Otherwise, it will be a hard hard job :-)

    Thanks for sharing the tutorial !

  7. 7 noidtluom Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    ahh, a plane, but what about ultra-high-poly-15-subdiv-fractal-etc?

  8. 8 daredemo Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    to malefico

    just make the script read in the object data. Say, if you have a RenderMan .RIB file with SubsurfMesh made of tri/quad faces: loop through the faces and create them. it's as simple as that. There are three arrays you'd need to read in.

    I'm sure you can do the same with .obj files, etc. Just insert the .obj data into the script and run the script… though… why not just use importer… anyway…

  9. 9 Ideasman42 (Campbell Barton) Edit Link Jul 24th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

    Open BPyAddMesh.py and look at the bottom.

    There is a commented py script that can be used to write your own custom objects,
    This wasnt included because we didnt want people to use this as a way to store a library of their own objects (library manager)

    But if you want. you can copy it into a py file and write your meshes to scripts from the Mesh->Scripts menu.

  10. 10 kram1032 Edit Link Aug 9th, 2007 at 11:13 am

    Can you also add a function?
    Like the Sphere function(s) (I don't think, the whole geometry is saved, for every single possible sphere)
    That would make noidtluom's suggestion possible :D ( for fractals " + guiswitch for iterations )

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