PyAssimp3 Readme --------------- -- a simple Python3 wrapper for Assimp using ctypes to access the library. Works with Python 3 upwards. Note that pyassimp is by no means considered mature. It works, but it is far away from wrapping Assimp perfectly. USAGE ===== To get started with pyAssimp, examine the sample.py script, which illustrates the basic usage. All Assimp data structures are wrapped using ctypes. All the data+length fields in Assimp's data structures (such as 'aiMesh::mNumVertices','aiMesh::mVertices') are replaced by simple python lists, so you can call len() on them to get their respective size and access members using []. For example, to load a file named 'hello.3ds' and print the first vertex of the first mesh, you would do (proper error handling substituted by assertions ...): > from pyassimp import pyassimp, errors > > try: > scene = pyassimp.load('hello.3ds') > except AssimpError, msg: > print(msg) > return > assert len(scene.meshes) > mesh = scene.meshes[0] > assert len(mesh.vertices) > print(mesh.vertices[0]) > # don't forget this one, or you will leak! > pyassimp.release(scene) INSTALL ======= PyAssimp requires a assimp dynamic library (DLL on windows, so on linux :-) in order to work. The default search directories are: - the current directory - on linux additionally: /usr/local/lib To build that library, refer to the Assimp master INSTALL instructions. To look in more places, edit ./pyassimp/helper.py. There's an 'additional_dirs' list waiting for your entries.