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Blender & Python. Creating 3D
primitives with writing codes

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Tihomir Dovramadjiev

Technical University of Varna
MTF, Department Industrial Design
[email protected]
 About Blender software

● Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D
pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion
tracking, even video editing and game creation.https://www.blender.org/
● Blender software. 2.79b Version. About, License & Development.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328677236_Blender_software_279b_Version_
About_License_Development

● Modern accessible application of the system Blender in 3D design practice.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312033613_Modern_accessible_application_of
_the_system_Blender_in_3D_design_practice

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 Scripting & Extending Blender »
Introduction
●
Introduction
● Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
It incorporates modules, exceptions, dynamic typing, very high-level dy-
namic data types, and classes. Python combines remarkable power with
very clear syntax.

● Python scripts are a powerful and versatile way to extend Blender functional-
ity. Most areas of Blender can be scripted, including animation, render-
ing, import and export, object creation and the scripting of repetitive
tasks.
● To interact with Blender, scripts can make use of the tightly integrated API.

● https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/advanced/scripting/introduction.html
CC-BY-SA 4.0 Int. License

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 Scripting & Extending Blender »
Introduction
● General Information
● Links that are useful while writing scripts:

● Python.org – General information about Python.

● Blender Python API – Official API documentation. Use this for referencing while writ-
ing scripts.
● API Introduction – A short introduction to get you started with the API. Contains ex-
amples.
● Links that deal with distributing your scripts:

● Sharing scripts – Information on how to share your scripts and get them included in
the official Blender distribution.
● Creating Add-ons – Add-ons are used to encapsulate and distribute scripts.
● Add-ons project – Project to maintain a central repository of extensions to Blender.

● https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/advanced/scripting/introduction.html
CC-BY-SA 4.0 Int. License

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 Switch to Scripting Screen

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 Scripting / Python Console

Blender 2.79. Python Interactive Console 3.5.3 (default May 20 2017)

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 Adding a Cube primitive

bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cube_add(radius=1, view_align=False,
enter_editmode=False, location=(0, 0, 0), layers=(True, False, False,
False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False,
False, False, False, False, False, False, False))
Source: Martin Christen (2016). 3D Computer Graphics with Python. „3D Graphics the Pythonic Way“. Institut Vermessung und Geoinformation. Swiss Python
●

Summit. Switzerland https://www.python-summit.ch/files/4-slides-martin-christen-sps16.pdf

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 Appearing of the Cube primitive

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 Adding a New 3D model

Deleting the Cube primitive

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 Adding a Cylinder primitive / R=1;
Location X:0, Y:0, Z:0

bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cylinder_add(radius=1, view_align=False,
enter_editmode=False, location=(0, 0, 0), layers=(True, False, False,
False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False,
False, False, False, False, False, False, False))

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 Appearing of the Cylinder primitive

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 Adding a new Cylinder primitive /
R=4; Location X:8, Y:0, Z:0

bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cylinder_add(radius=4, view_align=False,
enter_editmode=False, location=(8, 0, 0), layers=(True, False, False,
False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False,
False, False, False, False, False, False, False))

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 Appearing of the Cylinder.001
primitive

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 Adding a new Cylinder primitive /
R=8; Location X:24, Y:0, Z:0

bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cylinder_add(radius=8, view_align=False,
enter_editmode=False, location=(24, 0, 0), layers=(True, False, False,
]False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False,
False, False, False, False, False, False, False))

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 Appearing of the Cylinder.002
primitive

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 Result

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 References
● Blender Software
https://www.blender.org/
● Tihomir Dovramadjiev PhD. Modern accessible application of the system Blender in 3D design practice.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312033613_Modern_accessible_application_of_the_system_Blender_in_3D_design_practice
Blender software. 2.79b Version. About, License & Development. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36167.75687
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328677236_Blender_software_279b_Version_About_License_Development
● Blender User Manual.Release 2.78. Blender Community. Mar 08, 2017
Scripting & Extending Blender
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/advanced/scripting/index.html
● Introduction
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/advanced/scripting/introduction.html
● Scripting & Security
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/advanced/scripting/security.html
● Add-ons
● https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/addons/index.html
● Add-on Tutorial
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/advanced/scripting/addon_tutorial.html
CC-BY-SA 4.0 Int. License
● https://www.slideshare.net/TihomirDovramadjievP/rosen-vasilev-hristo-skulev-and-tihomir-dovramadjiev-optimization-of-design-opportunities-and-transfer-of-information-between-
data-3d-graphics-program-blender-and-solidworks-cad-system
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0yb4sZ7B4g
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cgCXg7Z3o
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHiWpVuxTk
● Martin Christen (2016). 3D Computer Graphics with Python. „3D Graphics the Pythonic Way“. Institut Vermessung und Geoinformation. Swiss Python Summit.
Switzerland https://www.python-summit.ch/files/4-slides-martin-christen-sps16.pdf
● Patrik Malm. Scientific Visualization. Lecture 7: Other Visualization software. Centre for Image Analysis. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Uppsala University
● Witold Jaworski. Programming Add-Ons for Blender 2.5 - version 1.01. ISBN: 978-83-931754-2-0.
● Apace OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/download/

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