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Python Scripting in Blender

You're reading from Python Scripting in Blender Extend the power of Blender using Python to create objects, animations, and effective add-ons

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803234229

Length 360 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Blender

Concepts

3D Game Development

Author (1):

Paolo Acampora

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to Python

2. Chapter 1: Python’s Integration with Blender FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Python Entities and API

4. Chapter 3: Creating Your Add-Ons

5. Chapter 4: Exploring Object Transformations

6. Chapter 5: Designing Graphical Interfaces

7. Part 2: Interactive Tools and Animation

8. Chapter 6: Structuring Our Code and Add-Ons

9. Chapter 7: The Animation System

10. Chapter 8: Animation Modifiers

11. Chapter 9: Animation Drivers

12. Chapter 10: Advanced and Modal Operators

13. Part 3: Delivering Output

14. Chapter 11: Object Modifiers

15. Chapter 12: Rendering and Shaders

16. Index

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Appendix

Packaging and installing add-ons

We learned how to install single .py add-ons in the Installing our add-ons section of Chapter 3. To distribute an add-on that consists of more files, we must create a .zip archive of it. Most of you will be familiar with how a .zip file is a compressed archive that can contain more files or folders.

Blender can install folders from a standard .zip archive, but there are two requirements:

The .zip file must contain the add-on as a first-level folder
The name of the first-level folder must not contain any dot (.) as it won’t work with Python’s import system

There are third-party tools, such as 7-Zip, that provide a wide array of options, but it is possible to create .zip files using the file utilities of your operating system. In this section, we will learn how to compress an add-on folder on Windows OSX, and Ubuntu systems.

Cleaning up bytecode

If the structured_addon.zip\structured_addon folder contains a subfolder...

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Authors (1)

Paolo Acampora

Paolo Acampora

Paolo Acampora is a 3D artist and programmer, with experience in Animation, Visual Effects, and Real Time computer graphics. He provides tools that streamline the production workflow and let artists focus on the creative aspects of their craft. He has worked with several studios for more than a decade. He contributes to the blender development and releases his tools for the community.

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