[Bf-python] Accessing objects for render operation

[Tom Edwards]

You want Object.to_mesh(). It returns a mesh datablock with all 
modifiers etc. applied and works on all object types except empties.

On 21/10/2014 7:52 PM, Khalifa Lame wrote:
> Exporting the mesh might not be an option in my situation. I'd like my 
> renderer to be able to draw on the viewport in real time. Exporting 
> and then reading back the data would be too slow for this.
> The renderer is being designed to make use of the bgl module, so all 
> of its work is done within the blender application.
>
> I can't find any good example that seems to fit my approach. cycles 
> doesn't depend on the python API; luxrender and co use exporters, 
> since they don't have any real time features.
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Jeremy Bayley 
> <jbayleyvisuals at gmail.com <mailto:jbayleyvisuals at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     If you are trying to get you assets without exporting it might not
>     be possible to do in a simple way. For example if you have
>     modifiers on an object and you try to link that object to another
>     project the modifiers are ignored. So if you don't use export you
>     will probably have the same issue trying to send data to an
>     external render without doing system level coding.
>
>     On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Khalifa Lame
>     <khalibloo at gmail.com <mailto:khalibloo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         How does one retrieve the final (with all modifiers applied)
>         vertex/face information from objects in a blender scene? I
>         wish feed the info into an external renderer.
>
>         It would also be nice if it worked with curves/nurbs/meta and
>         so on.
>
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