[Visualpython-users] VPython questions (fwd)

[Bruce S. <ba...@an...>]

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Date: Thursday, November 02, 2000, 9:58 PM -0500
From: Jason Cunliffe <ja...@no...>
To: bru...@cm...
Subject: VPython questions

> Hello
> 
> I am looking around at CP4E Python 3D platforms and found VPython. Also
> looking at Python + POVRay as kirby Urner has been doing
> http://www.inetarena.com/~pdx4d/ocn/numeracy0.html

The obvious advantage of VPython is its extraordinary immediacy, compared
with generating POVRay image descriptions to be rendered.

> ..and am excited by the emerging Python API for Blender.
> There is a dedicated thread on Python scripting at
> http://www.blender.nl/discussion
> http://www.blender.nl/discussion/read.php?f=4&i=4559&t=4559
> 
> VPython is opensource and looks very nice.
> I am glad to see it derives from curriculum use.
> 
> I am looking for ways to export VPython 3D objects so I can convert them
> to other well known formats such as .POV, .3DS, .OBJ
> 
> Can you tell me more?
> Has anyone done any convertors or tried any import export with VPython?

Others have asked about this, but this is low on our own priority list for
building into Visual. Obviously you could rather easily create routines
that would generate such descriptions along with creating Visual objects.
So you would write a sphere routine that writes out POVRay specs for a
sphere, then creates a Visual sphere.

> One target platform I am experimenting with is 'Viewpoint' MTS3 - a new
> web3d format with very nice potential for distributed courseware. It is a
> kind of super VRML for XML. There will be many more competing formats this
> years I am sure. But the Viewpoint code is very fast and elegant.
> http://www.viewpoint.com
> 
> One obvious inspiration is Martin Kraus' LiveGraphics3D java applet for
> Mathematica.
> http://wwwvis.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~kraus/LiveGraphics3D/
> 
> Thanks for any feedback
> - Jason
> 
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