blender_pycon_talk
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Author: Christopher Allan Webber
Date: 2010-12-06 11:43:03 CST


Table of Contents
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1 Brief introduction to Blender 
    1.1 Show a couple of render stills 
    1.2 Possibly show a couple seconds of a python-generated animation 
2 Brief demo of UI 
    2.1 Open a new file 
    2.2 Add a cube 
    2.3 Show the cube being animated from point A to point B 
3 Introduction to bpy 
    3.1 What is it? 
    3.2 bpy.data: Exploring Blender's datastructure 
    3.3 bpy.ops: Operators 
        3.3.1 Discovering operators for your scripts: Blender 2.5 is self-documenting 
        3.3.2 bpy.types.Operator.execute(): operators as actions 
        3.3.3 bpy.types.Operator.draw(): operators as UI elements 
    3.4 Panels in the UI 
4 Some real-world examples 
    4.1 The simple "library loader" panel we're using in Tube 
    4.2 Making tools for the wargames-esque animation from Patent Absurdity 
    4.3 The Gilga rig panels from Tube 


1 Brief introduction to Blender 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Explain Blender as a fully featured 3d suite: modeling, animation,
compositing, etc.

1.1 Show a couple of render stills 
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1.2 Possibly show a couple seconds of a python-generated animation 
===================================================================

Probably will demonstrate the brief telephone-operator-scene from
Elephants Dream, which was python scripted, as an example of an
animated scene

2 Brief demo of UI 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2.1 Open a new file 
====================

2.2 Add a cube 
===============

2.3 Show the cube being animated from point A to point B 
=========================================================

This should be pretty quick to demonstrate.  Will be necessary for
explaining the Blender's datastructure next.

3 Introduction to bpy 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

3.1 What is it? 
================

 - bpy is Blender's new Python API
 - Pretty much a complete overhaul of the Python API in 2.5X from the
   2.4X and previous API
 - A lot of it is "automatic" thanks to the RNA and operator designs
   of Blender 2.5X

3.2 bpy.data: Exploring Blender's datastructure 
================================================

3.3 bpy.ops: Operators 
=======================

3.3.1 Discovering operators for your scripts: Blender 2.5 is self-documenting 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 - Grab and move a cube, look at the logging
 - All key commands are bound to operators, all buttons are operators.
 - We can find a python equivalent by doing an action and checking the
   logging or

3.3.2 bpy.types.Operator.execute(): operators as actions 
---------------------------------------------------------

Demonstrate some hello-world type examples

3.3.3 bpy.types.Operator.draw(): operators as UI elements 
----------------------------------------------------------

 - Demonstrate some hello-world type examples
 - Also demonstrate properties-as-ui-elements

3.4 Panels in the UI 
=====================

Scripting the UI is pretty much the same as scripting the operator,
but it goes to a separate location..

4 Some real-world examples 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

4.1 The simple "library loader" panel we're using in Tube 
==========================================================

4.2 Making tools for the wargames-esque animation from Patent Absurdity 
========================================================================

4.3 The Gilga rig panels from Tube 
===================================

[http://tube.freefac.org/post/gilgamesh-rig-preview-video]