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blenderpy
Blender as a python module with easy-install
About
Meant for installation into a virtualenv or wherever, for unit testing of Blender extensions being authored, or developement of a Blender 3d-enabled Python application.
Depends upon the
bpy-buildmodule to make sure the Blender
bpymodule environment is correct.
For more information, please see:
Getting Started
Prebuilt wheels are provided for popular Platforms (MacOS, Windows, and
manylinux). Prebuilds are complete builds with audio, CUDA, and Optix functionality (except for MacOS, which is missing those three), like you would expect with installing the complete application.
Prerequisites
Both building the Python package from sources and installing the
wheelfiles require the bare minimum dependencies listed on the Blender 3D wiki for building Blender. Get these first before opening a new issue.
Installing
Installing from
pypi:
pip install bpy && bpy_post_install
Installing from
wheelfile (see Releases page):
pip install && bpy_post_install
Uninstalling
A unique uninstallation script is required to ensure that all traces of
bpyare removed from the hard drive, because Blender expects
.dlland
.solibraries to be in places that are not part of the Python packaging system.
bpy_pre_uninstall && pip uninstall bpy
Building
See more about building
bpyon the wiki page.
FAQ
Q. I am getting failed to find 'bpy_types' module
A. Please see issue #13
Q. I am getting ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found
A. Please see issue #15
Q. How do I import addons?
A. Addons (Blender internal and third party) can be imported using the code referenced here.
Q. How can I use Blender in multiprocessing
?
A. Blender runtime usage and compatibility with
multiprocessingis limited, see the documentation.
Q. What about my operating system of choice?
A. Please file a new issue if you are having trouble installing on your operating system of choice.
Q. What about my Python version of choice?
A. Some builds you will have to make yourself if you have a specific version of the API you want. Likewise, if you are contrained to a specific Python version (especially those that aren't shipped by python.org) then you may have to try and build yourself.
Q. What about my bitness of choice?
A. 32-bit support officially ended with
2.80. See the announcement
Gotchas
Some unique hardware and software configurations may not work, and there is no extant list of things that don't work in the Python standalone module.