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@@ -11,14 +11,32 @@ Note that pyassimp is not complete. Many ASSIMP features are missing.
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USAGE
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-To get started with pyAssimp, examine the `sample.py` script in `scripts/`,
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+### Complete example: 3D viewer
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+`pyassimp` comes with a simple 3D viewer that shows how to load and display a 3D
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+model using a shader-based OpenGL pipeline.
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+To use it, from within `/port/PyAssimp`:
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+```
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+$ cd scripts
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+$ python ./3D-viewer <path to your model>
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+```
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+You can use this code as starting point in your applications.
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+### Writing your own code
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+To get started with `pyassimp`, examine the simpler `sample.py` script in `scripts/`,
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which illustrates the basic usage. All Assimp data structures are wrapped using
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-ctypes. All the data+length fields in Assimp's data structures (such as
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+`ctypes`. All the data+length fields in Assimp's data structures (such as
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`aiMesh::mNumVertices`, `aiMesh::mVertices`) are replaced by simple python
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-lists, so you can call len() on them to get their respective size and access
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-members using [].
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+lists, so you can call `len()` on them to get their respective size and access
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+members using `[]`.
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-For example, to load a file named 'hello.3ds' and print the first
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+For example, to load a file named `hello.3ds` and print the first
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vertex of the first mesh, you would do (proper error handling
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substituted by assertions ...):
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@@ -58,16 +76,19 @@ INSTALL
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Install `pyassimp` by running:
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-> python setup.py install
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+```
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+$ python setup.py install
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+```
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PyAssimp requires a assimp dynamic library (`DLL` on windows,
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-`.so` on linux :-) in order to work. The default search directories
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+`.so` on linux, `.dynlib` on macOS) in order to work. The default search directories
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are:
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- the current directory
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-- on linux additionally: `/usr/lib` and `/usr/local/lib`
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+- on linux additionally: `/usr/lib`, `/usr/local/lib`,
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+ `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu`
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-To build that library, refer to the Assimp master INSTALL
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+To build that library, refer to the Assimp master `INSTALL`
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instructions. To look in more places, edit `./pyassimp/helper.py`.
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There's an `additional_dirs` list waiting for your entries.
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