Scripts

You'll find below the list of scripts currently available from the scripts and plugin manager. They are categorized as Objects scripts, Startup scripts and Tool scripts. If available, a link will lead you to a description of the script.

Tool Scripts:

• Apply Distortion

  This script applies a distortion to an object and returns a new mesh with the distortion applied.

• Batch Render

  This script allows to render scenes in the background using a separate, low-priority thread. You might want to use instead the RenderUtils plugin batch feature which is more extensive but also more complex.

• Cog

  This script creates a cog shaped closed curve.

• Coil Envelope

  This script produces a spiral that envelopes a previously created curve.

• Convert to Displaced

  This script converts a triangle mesh to its displaced shape.

• Distribute

  This script produces a series of copies of a selected object and distributes them randomly over the surface of a triangle mesh object.

• Grunge

  This script allows to put dirt or dents on a triangle mesh using layered textures.

• Import AI Paths

  A script to import Adobe Illustrator paths stored as .AI files.

• Import Animation

  This script gets Gestures from one mesh/skeleton and creates Gestures for other meshes which have a similar skeleton.

• Import Skeleton

  This script allows skeletons to be imported from one mesh to others.

• Import SVG Paths

  This script allows the import of SVG paths as curves.

• Join Objects

  This script joins a set of selected objects into a single triangle mesh. Non-triangle meshes are converted to triangle meshes in the process.

• Lattice

  This script duplicates objects which are positioned at each edge of a triangle mesh, thus creating a lattice of objects.

• Make Chain

  This script creates a chain along with a skeleton for animation purpose.

• Mesh Mirror

  This scripts mirrors a triangle mesh.

• Mirror Skeleton

  Mirrors a partially created skeleton. Useful when creating a symmetrical skeleton: simply create the first half and use this script to complete it.

• Platonic Solid

  This script allows to create one of these five platonic solids: tetrahedron, hexahedron (cube), octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron.

• Pyramid

  This script creates simple pyramid objects.

• Render Stereo Pairs

  This script renders two images that form stereo pairs.

• Sculpt

  This script takes a closed curve and creates a 3D surface which has that curve as its profile.

• Star

  This script creates a star shaped closed curve.

• Text

  This script builds the model of a string of text, in the form of simple approximating curves, tubes which follow these, flat triangle meshes or extruded solid triangle meshes.

• Thicken

  This script gives "thickness" to meshes by extruding the surface outward into a solid object.

• Verify Scene

  This script checks a scene for a variety of problems such as illegal geometry, illegal values for texture parameters, etc.

Object Scripts:

• Bounce

  This script creates a random distribution of ellipsoids which fall according to gravity and drag. They bounce off a flat surface a set number of times, losing energy with each bounce.

• Fur

  This script creates short fur over the surface of an object.

• Hairy

  This script puts hair on a triangle mesh object.

• Index of Refraction Animation

  A simple object script to allow the Index of Refraction of a material to be animated.

• Lattice Object

  This script creates a lattice formed from a triangle mesh object in the scene.

• Mosaic

  This scripted object creates a 'mosaic', i.e. a collection of 'tiles' (simple flat cubes) that form an image.

• Outline

  This script draws outlines on edges which separate faces that are significantly non co-planar.

• Outline All

  This script draws outlines on edges like the Outline script does, but on all objects of the scene.

• Particle Jet

  This script generates a jet of particles, coming from a circular region in the XZ plane, rising upward, and then falling back down again.

• Tinsel

  A script which allows to decorate a tube with objects or group of objects.

Startup Scripts:

• Look and Feel

  This script allows to set a given look and feel, overriding the default laf for the considered platform.