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+PyAssimp: Python bindings for libassimp
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+=======================================
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+A simple Python wrapper for Assimp using ``ctypes`` to access the
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+library. Requires Python >= 2.6.
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+Python 3 support is mostly here, but not well tested.
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+
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+Note that pyassimp is not complete. Many ASSIMP features are missing.
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+
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+USAGE
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+-----
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+Complete example: 3D viewer
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+``pyassimp`` comes with a simple 3D viewer that shows how to load and
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+display a 3D model using a shader-based OpenGL pipeline.
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+
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+.. figure:: 3d_viewer_screenshot.png
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+ :alt: Screenshot
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+ Screenshot
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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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+You can use this code as starting point in your applications.
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+
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+Writing your own code
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+To get started with ``pyassimp``, examine the simpler ``sample.py``
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+script in ``scripts/``, which illustrates the basic usage. All Assimp
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+data structures are wrapped using ``ctypes``. All the data+length fields
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+in Assimp's data structures (such as ``aiMesh::mNumVertices``,
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+``aiMesh::mVertices``) are replaced by simple python lists, so you can
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+call ``len()`` on them to get their respective size and access members
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+using ``[]``.
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+
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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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+
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+.. code:: python
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+ from pyassimp import *
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+ scene = load('hello.3ds')
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+
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+ assert len(scene.meshes)
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+ mesh = scene.meshes[0]
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+
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+ assert len(mesh.vertices)
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+ print(mesh.vertices[0])
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+
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+ # don't forget this one, or you will leak!
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+ release(scene)
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+
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+Another example to list the 'top nodes' in a scene:
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+
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+.. code:: python
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+
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+ from pyassimp import *
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+ scene = load('hello.3ds')
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+
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+ for c in scene.rootnode.children:
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+ print(str(c))
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+
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+ release(scene)
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+
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+INSTALL
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+-------
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+
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+Install ``pyassimp`` by running:
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+
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+::
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+
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+ $ python setup.py install
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+PyAssimp requires a assimp dynamic library (``DLL`` on windows, ``.so``
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+on linux, ``.dynlib`` on macOS) in order to work. The default search
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+directories are:
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+
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+- the current directory
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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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+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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