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Hello, everyone. I was doing some playing around with blender, and I found this site on blendernation about creating new primitives using python. I then created a new pipe (a hollow cylinder), to speed things up to some folks (including me).
Please, let me know what you guys think. link: ls_pipe.txt Since I can't host any .py files, i have uploaded it as txt, just change the extension. One of the ways to install, you can just copy it to .blender/scripts folder inside your blender folder. Regards, - Sergio Moura |
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25-Jul-07, 11:38
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why not use the cylinder mesh object and just leave the "end cap" unselected?
 re-inventing the wheel, eh? 
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25-Jul-07, 11:56
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Nice little script. Could you add divisions to the hight, too?
@daredemo: This tube has an inner circle. Not only the outer faces. |
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25-Jul-07, 12:09
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Actually...
Last things first: I was not reinventing the wheel. I was just trying to do something useful in python so I dont get too rusty... Next, about the end caps, it won't do the trick. You would need to grab the end edges, extrude/scale inside, create some faces... It would be faster to do it with the circle... Anyway, here's the shot of the created pipe along with the dialog:  Regards, - Sergio |
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25-Jul-07, 12:10
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I'll post back as soon as I have it. @edit: Height divisions are now a reality. =) Check the script here. The version is 0.2. The normals are also corrected. =) The 0.1 version can be found here. Regards, - Sergio Last edited by lsmoura; 25-Jul-07 at 13:30. |
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25-Jul-07, 12:16
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Lovely.... though I think it should say "Lay pipe" in stead of "Create pipe"... hehe... but seriously thanks.. thats quite usefull.
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25-Jul-07, 14:09
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Thank you for this update!
 Maybe it's better to set the default "hight division" to 1. |
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25-Jul-07, 14:30
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Btw... Does anyone has a good idea for the name "section division"? It is the number of divisions between the inner radius and outer radius... Regards, - Sergio |
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25-Jul-07, 15:30
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Radial divisions?
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25-Jul-07, 18:12
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Nice script so far. I think it would probably look better if you capitalized the variable names (not the ones within the script, I mean the ones in the GUI  ) - like Inner radius, Outer radius, Divisions, etc...Just a minor crit really though  Nice work on the script itself, I see complicated maths there
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25-Jul-07, 18:21
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Radial divisions is great! Thanks for the suggestion.
The 0.3 version can be obtained from the same link now. I've removed some left-over debug codes and added radial divisions. The code has grown considerably. Download 0.3 A little screenshot of a pipe generated with the 0.3 version (normals are drawn)  Version history: 0.3 (latest so far) 0.2 0.1 Let me know your comments. Regards, - Sergio |
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25-Jul-07, 21:38
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It's a nice addition to the primitives now.
Thank you for sharing. Last edited by Conz3D; 26-Jul-07 at 07:35. |
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26-Jul-07, 07:32
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Very nice and versatile script - saves some time when working with circular shapes.
The only (minor) thing I would change is to make the outer diameter the same as it is for the default cylinder/circle/etc... (radius=1BU) and the inner diameter 0.5 or something like that. But that's just me trying to keep it consistent Many thanks for posting this Werner
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31-Jul-07, 07:03
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