Blendigo (for Blender 2.6x) 3.2.10.0

[CTZn]

Any news on who will be stepping up to the plate once Doug is gone? If I knew how to code, I'd take a crack at it, but it's way too daunting.

Doug, where would you even begin to learn about writing an exporter? I have a basic understanding of Python, but anything beyond basic operations is way over my head, not to mention Blender-specific code and the API...

Doug's much unexpected announce to Glare is relatively recent, barely a month if you allow me to say.

I can be your spiritual mentor Tom if you choose that hard way

[dougal2]

Feel free to browse the code - it's all Open Source !

https://bitbucket.org/doughammond/blendigo-2.5/src

Day-to-day tweaks are probably not that hard to do (I can't tell any more, been coding for such a long time now...) - most of the tricky stuff of dealing with the blender API and correct XML formatting is abstracted away

[CTZn]

Sounds like it's a piece of cake

[StompinTom]

Sounds like it's a piece of cake

Ha! Of course, just a click of a button I'll take a poke around, but I am in no way a coder.

EDIT: Haven't taken a look at any of the code, but would it be possible to make a sort of readme or overview of what's what eventually?

[FakeShamus]

I'm also no coder, but I've poked around in Blendigo quite a bit in the past and made some tweaks myself.
some of the stuff is relatively easy to figure out, other parts not so much...
but if there is any way I can help I'd be glad to chip in!

[CTZn]

Best would be an educated coder of course.

One "beginner" can be usefull as soon as (s)he can add more features than bugs. Not adding bugs is a steep route in itself (one must understand thoroughfuly what's above the tweak), and it takes some extra management steps to build a favorable working environment (versioning, merging and such). github should provide.

[dougal2]

I've started a Wiki alongside the code - I'll try and complete the pages in painful detail over the next week or so:

https://bitbucket.org/doughammond/blend ... /wiki/Home

[Headroom]

It would be interesting to hear if there are any applicants.
Looking at the range of scripts that have been released there are some experienced Python coders that are also very familiar with the Blender API. Why not posting an ad on Blenderartists.com ?
Once the storm of naive and childish fanboy flames has ebbed, I am sure there are skilled people that may be interested.

[fbrunell]

Blendigo 3.2.10.0
Indigo 3.2.10.0
Blender 2.62.0 r44136

Tried again to see if the bug was resolved for rotating objects when scaling is not uniform through all axis.

I can confirm that there is still a bug...

Reading through Doug's various answers concerning the bug, I realized (yeah, it took me some time ) that my scaling was completely wrong and by just correcting it, I would be able to continue on my project.

With that said, I was able to confirm (and yes it is painful to realize)..... I'm still a newbee at this

Doug, thanks a bunch for the work you've done on Blendigo. What you have done in integrating Indigo to Blender is quite impressive and I'll continue spending a lot of days, nights and weekend using the tool you have helped create.

The best of luck in your future endeavours.

P.S. BTW, If you ever feel lonely in your new world, I am sure there will be plenty of people on this post that would vote for your return
Take care.

[fbrunell]

Blendigo 3.2.10.0
Indigo 3.2.10.0
Blender 2.62.0 r44136

Found another problem... It seems like Blendigo does not take into account Parents object location change when calculating child locations!!!

I've tried rendering the following image in blender and with blender, the tripod actually does look like a tripod

[dougal2]

Blendigo 3.2.10.0
Indigo 3.2.10.0
Blender 2.62.0 r44136

Oops, I think the recent change of .matrix_world to .matrix_basis in the export code is responsible for this error. Funny it wasn't caught by the regression test scenes, I'll have to add a scene to check for this.

(ref: https://bitbucket.org/doughammond/blend ... 071d19ba44)

[Oscar J]

Blendigo 3.2.10.0
Indigo 3.2.10.0
Blender 2.62.0 r44136

Found another problem... It seems like Blendigo does not take into account Parents object location change when calculating child locations!!!

I've tried rendering the following image in blender and with blender, the tripod actually does look like a tripod

Camera.jpg

I second that. To scale, move or rotate the objects, one can't simply select the object to which the other objects are parented to and rotate it. All objects have to be selected.

[dougal2]

Sorry, that was a stupid regression that crept in whilst trying to fix the non-uniform scaling bug. It'll be fixed in the next release.

[dougal2]

Thanks everyone for your kind words. It has been the experience in programming I've gained from working on projects like this that have brought me up to a level where I could not only apply for but actually get a pretty good job as a software developer. Taking the leaps from hobby programming to self-employed/freelance programmer to full time professional programmer have been always a bit daunting but ultimately very rewarding.

Blendigo 3.2.12.0 is now out, and with luck will be the version bundled with Indigo 3.2 stable.

Take care,
Doug.

[CTZn]

You are going nowhere >:{

Ah well, excellent news Doug, and thank you.