Export single x,y,z coordinate of one selected vertex?

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#1

I’m no Python programmer so nothing involving code please. All I’m trying to do is export the 3D coordinates of a selected object vertex to go in a spreadsheet. I can cntl+c and cntl+v for each of the x,y,z but would speed up is I could get all three at once.

Using Blender 2.92 in Win7

Many thanks

#2

You sure you don’t want code? Because you can run this in Blender’s text editor and it’s going to create a text block (also in that editor) with comma-separated list of vertex coordinates from your selected object, that you can copy-paste into your spreadsheet:

import bpy

selection = bpy.context.selected_objects

if selection:
    text = bpy.data.texts.get("csv-export", None)
    if not text:
        text = bpy.data.texts.new("csv-export")

    mesh = selection[0].data

    text.clear()
    text.write("\n".join("%f,%f,%f" % (v.co[0], v.co[1], v.co[2]) for v in mesh.vertices))
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#3

Many thanks Stan. I’ll give it a go. You never know it may be the gentle beginning of a new venture for me in Blender.

I’m a total newbie to Blender but worked until retirement with both Max and C4D. Blender’s an amazing programme now although when I last checked it out about fifteen years ago or so I found the interface very confusing.

#4

While I’ve got you can I ask advice about another problem I’ve encountered in a recent Blender project?

I have an animated collection in one blend file that I need to append to a second. When I import/append it all comes in but the object looses its y & z rotation animation. X animates perfectly and the y z key frames are on the timeline, just not active.

Any ideas. Or perhaps this isn’t the right forum? Cheers

#5

Solved it! It had lost its parent link on the append.