blenderplotter
plot images using chiplotle straight form blender using freestyle svg rendering
references
general intro to what blender is capable of in terms of creative coding
https://medium.com/@behreajj/creative-coding-in-blender-a-primer-53e79ff71e
blender python API
https://docs.blender.org/api/current/
using
chiplotle
http://sites.music.columbia.edu/cmc/chiplotle/ with python 2.7
blender
with python 3.5.3 API
so using call from the blender script to comunicate with chiplotle
svgPathTools (python)
https://github.com/mathandy/svgpathtools
##install extra python libraries in blender
current use
$ /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/blender stroketesting.blend --background --python generateandrender.py -- mysvg.svg
this produces an SVG named mysvg.svg then we pass it on to the next script in a python2.7 env
(python2.7)$ python plotrender.py mysvg.svg
TODO
pipeline template
- run script that generates geometry in blender
- render the script (preferably in the background) to SVG lines
- use differnt linestyles for hidden lines
- pipe the output to chiplotle
- make a git commit