import bpy import os baseFolder=r"A:\anim_test_full" #for stl outfolder=r"A:\anim_test_full_png2" #for png baseFolder = '/mpc/homes/fische_r/NAS/testing/TIM_tomo/cropped/stl/water' outfolder = '/mpc/homes/fische_r/NAS/testing/TIM_tomo/cropped/water_anim' if not os.path.exists(outfolder): os.mkdir(outfolder) # 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) mat = bpy.data.materials['water'] def load_and_render_stl(filename, baseFolder=baseFolder, mat=mat, outfolder=outfolder): name = filename[:-4] bpy.ops.import_mesh.stl(filepath=os.path.join(baseFolder, filename), axis_up='-Y') 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:]=='stl': load_and_render_stl(filename)