testing animations

testanimscript.py

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+import bpy
+import os
+
+baseFolder=r"A:\anim_test"
+
+# bpy.context.scene.render.filepath = r"Z:\users\firo\blender\test\test_water3.png"
+# bpy.ops.render.render(write_still=True)
+
+# print('Warning: this is a crude hack. Make sure the names are capturing the correct objects')
+
+#delete old watermesh
+name = 'watersmooth'
+bpy.ops.object.select_all(action='DESELECT')
+bpy.data.objects[name].select_set(True)
+bpy.ops.object.delete(confirm=False)
+
+
+# #import new mesh
+# name = 'watertest'
+# bpy.ops.import_mesh.stl(filepath=r"A:\watertest.stl")
+
+mat = bpy.data.materials['water']
+# bpy.data.objects[name].data.materials.append(mat)
+
+# bpy.context.scene.render.filepath = r"Z:\users\firo\blender\test\test_water_not_smooth.png"
+# bpy.ops.render.render(write_still=True)
+
+def load_and_render_stl(filename, baseFolder=baseFolder, mat=mat, outfolder=r"A:\anim_test_png"):
+	name = filename[:-4]
+	
+	bpy.ops.import_mesh.stl(filepath=os.path.join(baseFolder, filename))
+	bpy.data.objects[name].data.materials.append(mat)
+	
+	outfile = os.path.join(outfolder, ''.join([name,'.png']))
+	bpy.context.scene.render.filepath = outfile
+	bpy.ops.render.render(write_still=True)
+	
+	#clean up
+	bpy.ops.object.select_all(action='DESELECT')
+	bpy.data.objects[name].select_set(True)
+	bpy.ops.object.delete(confirm=False)
+	
+filenames = os.listdir(baseFolder)
+
+for filename in filenames:
+	if filename[-3:]==s'stl':
+		load_and_render_stl(filename)
+