Learning Robotics using Python - Second Edition

Introduction to Blender Python APIs

Python APIs in Blender can do most of the functionalities of Blender. The main jobs that can be done by the APIs are as follows:

• Edit any data inside Blender, such as scenes, meshes, particles, and so on
• Modify user preferences, key maps, and themes
• Create new Blender tools
• Draw the 3D view using OpenGL commands from Python

Blender provides the bpy module to the Python interpreter. This module can be imported in a script and gives access to Blender data, classes, and functions; scripts that deal with Blender data will need to import this module. The main Python modules we will use in bpy are:

• Context access: This provides access to Blender user interface functions from the (bpy.context) script
• Data access ...