Addon Ideas?

Coding Beginning Blender Code and Development
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So, I would like to test myself with writing an addon for Blender. But, I don’t really have any ideas… What tool would you like to have? I’d prefer if it has to do with modelling…

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In my opinion precision modeling tools are what Blender need to become a very complete software! Many engineers and architects avoid blender because it isn’t like Autocad!!! But It would become…if we believe in it.

I don’t know what kind of script you are able to write and there are many work in progress addon for precision modelling(CADtools, Caliper, tinyCAD, ProCad etc.)…you may be simply implement scripts already exist! It will be a good thing that someone help someone else in developement of scripts…

Another usefull tool is a commissioning plant that is very important for technical office.

Good job!

Samuele

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my wish is for sapling/a totally new script to be able to make bigger older trees

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Lack of ideas happens to me a lot. What I do is make an intentionally small and vague goal as to what I want to accomplish. “Do something interesting with <blank>” helps me get at least get started. A lot of times, I find my idea grows out of something I stumbled upon while noodling around like that. In your case, it’s modeling so I say fire up that editor and go to town.

Have fun!:slight_smile:

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Well, I would like to create a script that synchronizes blender and gimp… I think that someone has already done it, but for a cost. I want to do it for free… What about that?

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I would like to externally edit in Audacity from the VSE.

Or I’d like to be able to set Extraperlation mode from the 3D View panal.

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Ok, I got two questions: 1. How to I bind the current blend. directory to a variable?
2. How do I put an operator to the UV/ImageEditor-UVs menu?

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Thanks a ton!!! One more thing: when I do this: subprocess.Popen([""“gimp -idf --batch-interpreter python-fu-eval -b “import sys; sys.path=[’.’]+sys.path; execfile(‘py.py’)” “””]) , so that GIMP will start and it will run the script that will allow the sync, I get this: SyntaxError: invalid syntax. I think that it has to do with the quotation marks…
P.S.: I feel sorry for your addon… :frowning:

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I typically construct the command in a separate string then issue the popen.


cmd = '"%s"-w %i %i -m %i -c -d -g "%s"' % (player_path, res_x, res_y, aa, filepath) # width, height, anti-alias
process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=path).wait()

Remember to setup the current working directory as well cwd.

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Thanks, I’ll check it when I can!!!

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Well, I don’t really understand it… Could you explain it a little bit? :slight_smile:

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Actually, I found another way: subprocess.Popen([“gimp”, “–batch-interpreter”, “python-fu-eval”, “–batch=‘import sys; sys.path=[’.’]+sys.path; execfile(‘home/antoni4040/gimp.py’)’”])

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Strange… Even if I get this message:batch command executed successfully, it seen like nothing has happened…
Here’s my code for gimp (for the time being): from gimpfu import *
import export

gimp.pdb.gimp_file_open_layer(export.filepath)

def main(self):
new_layer = gimp.Layer(layers, _(“New Layer”), 1024, 1024, RGBA_IMAGE, 0, NORMAL_MODE)

main()

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My wish is exactly this for Blender: http://www.cg-source.com/floorgenerator.php Kind regards Alain

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insert, chamfer, bevel

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I want to be able to model sub-atomic particles, with gravity, magnitism, and electric fields, as well as photon etc,

I had to use the curved container and -z gravity to fake gravity gravity, as I can only add two force fields to one particle set,
also is there anyway to have two sets of particles effect eachother?