Blender Scripting Cookbook – Recipes for the Blender Python API

A collection of recipes for the Blender Python API. Learn how to use the API to build addons, manipulate geometry, create custom interactive operators, build user interfaces, write custom CLIs, and more.

Clear, Concise and Annotated Code

The goal of each recipe is to give you just the right amount of information to solve a problem quickly. Recipes are written to be clear, concise and include callouts that explain what is happening in various parts of the code.

100+ Blend Files/Scripts

The book comes with a collection of 100+ blend files/scripts containing the final source code of the recipes. Everything is setup in such a way that it is easy for you run, test, modify, re-run and see the results.

Topics Covered in the Book

1. Data-Blocks

2. Objects

3. Mesh

4. Nodes

5. Properties

6. Operators

7. User Interface

8. Math

9. Addons

10. Miscellaneous

More on the way...

The Blender API is vast. These are some of the things currently in the works:

• More recipes for existing chapters, particularly User Interface, Operators, Math and Addons.

• New chapter on GPU Module – Perform arbitrary drawings in the viewport using the gpu module. Create HUDs, custom overlays, UI elements, etc.