Core Blender Development: Understanding the Essential Source Code

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B. E. HollisterCore Blender Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6415-7_6

6. Blender “RNA” and the Data API

Brad E. Hollister¹  

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Computer Science Department, CSUDH, Carson, CA, USA

 

Blender “DNA” was described by example in Chapter 2, when we talked about Blender state and serialization. This chapter covers how the Blender codebase sets “DNA” variables via “RNA” properties.¹

An additional aspect to the makesrna module is that multiple source files are generated during the build process. They are then fed back into the source code compiled as the runtime Blender executable. This means that makesrna is distinct from other Blender modules. It is implemented ...