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PyAssimp Readme
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2010-03-02 15:15:09 +00:00
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-- a simple Python wrapper for Assimp using ctypes to access
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the library. Tested for Python 2.6, should work with
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older versions as well.
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USAGE
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=====
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To get started with pyAssimp, examine the sample.py script, which
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illustrates the basic usage. All Assimp data structures are
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wrapped using ctypes. All the data+length fields in Assimp's
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data structures (such as 'aiMesh::mNumVertices','aiMesh::mVertices')
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are replaced by simple python lists, so you can call len() on
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them to get their respective size and access members using
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[].
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For example, to load a file named 'hello.3ds' and print the first
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vertex of the first mesh, you would do (proper error handling
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substituted by assertions ...):
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> from pyassimp import pyassimp, errors
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>
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> try:
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> scene = pyassimp.load('hello.3ds')
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> except AssimpError, msg:
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> print(msg)
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> return
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> assert len(scene.meshes)
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> mesh = scene.meshes[0]
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> assert len(mesh.vertices)
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> print(mesh.vertices[0])
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> # don't forget this one, or you will leak!
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> pyassimp.release(scene)
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INSTALL
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=======
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PyAssimp requires a assimp dynamic library (DLL on windows,
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so on linux :-) in order to work. The default search directories
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are:
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- the current directory
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- on linux additionally: /usr/local/lib
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To build that library, refer to the Assimp master INSTALL
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instructions. To look in more places, edit ./pyassimp/helper.py.
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There's an 'additional_dirs' list waiting for your entries.
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