[Bf-python] How to plugin an external rendering engine into Blender

[Julien Duroure]

Hi,

Here [1] is a minimalist doc about about to interact with Blender. But, as
already said, reading how Cycles integration into Blender works is the best
way to go.

[1] : http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Source/Render/RenderEngineAPI

Regards,


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Daniel Monteiro Basso <
danielmbasso at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Vishesh,
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Hsehsiv Atpug <
> multidimentionalvariable at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have already downloaded and built the blender source code.
>> Can anyone help me how to proceed with integrating my code with Blender?
>>
>
> What you want to achieve requires a lot of work... I'm not exactly the
> right guy to answer your question, but if I were to make my own rendering
> engine, I would first just clone Cycles with a new name. After that I would
> strip the cloned code to the bare minimum (the communication of the scene
> to the engine) and do the plumbing to my rendering code.
>
> The code for Cycles is in the /intern/cycles directory, copy it to e.g.
> /intern/myrenderer, and then proceed to replace all the required
> identifiers. You will have to include the new module in the build system,
> and probably make some other changes elsewhere in order for Blender to show
> your engine as an alternative, but I have never done it before, so I can't
> help you with that.
>
> Cheers, and good luck.
>
> Daniel
>
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