Hi James You are right, there is a Blender pipeline under development that could do what you need, and I am in charge of it.
I was going to write the documentation about how to install and use the Blender add-in but I've been postponing it for two months. I hope to write at least some basic guidelines in the next days. Best regards Alessandro Tasora Il mar 18 apr 2023, 15:31 James Baxter <[email protected]> ha scritto: > Hello, I am looking to render some vehicle simulations I have made, and I > am finding the built in Irrlicht renderer difficult to use and lacking some > features I need (textures don't apply properly to things that aren't > geometry primitives, exported frames are all black), so I'm thinking > setting up a pipeline to a different rendering tool makes more sense. > > I see that there is some work done on a pipeline for blender, but I'm > having trouble finding any documentation. This page appears to be empty: > https://api.projectchrono.org/development/blender_visualization.html > > *In general, is there a specific tool that you'd recommend as the lowest > resistance path to being able to render vehicle simulations with full > control over textures, lighting, etc; and is there any code / documentation > you can point me to?* > > I have found the following, but would like to make sure I'm starting in > the right place so I don't reinvent the wheel > > https://github.com/projectchrono/chrono/blob/main/src/demos/postprocess/demo_POST_blender1.cpp > > https://github.com/projectchrono/chrono/tree/main/src/demos/tools/blender_py > > Thanks, > James > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ProjectChrono" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/982b90cb-6381-4ed7-ba59-f39d7fbdaf7bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/982b90cb-6381-4ed7-ba59-f39d7fbdaf7bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ProjectChrono" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/CAKd%2BWY4WojPpfdfGV7cNLWTWz2N47YvRXy%3DH%3DLmDrB8xPMu2oA%40mail.gmail.com.
