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napari-blender-bridge

napari-blender-bridge

Transfer surface layers between Napari and Blender

License

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Python Version

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Development Status

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Transfer surface layers between Napari and Blender. This plugin is young and has just limited functionality. Contributions are welcome.

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Usage

This plugin has its own submenu with all functionality under Tools > Blender. You can start up Blender, send a surface layer to Blender, retrieve all meshes back as one surface layer and shut down Blender.

Installation instructions

  • Download and install Blender 3.5.

  • Start Blender and click the menu Edit > Preferences. Activate Developer extras.

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  • It is recommended to run this plugin in a conda environment together with devbio-napari,

vedo and napari-process-points-and-surfaces.

To install these, please run these commands line-by-line:


mamba create --name napari-blender-env python=3.9 devbio-napari vedo -c conda-forge

mamba activate napari-blender-env

pip install napari-process-points-and-surfaces napari-blender-bridge

There are other plugins for working with surface meshes:

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome. Tests can be run with tox, please ensure

the coverage at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.

License

Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v3.0 license,

"napari-blender-bridge" is free and open source software

Issues

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.

Version:

  • 0.2.0

Last updated:

  • 10 April 2023

First released:

  • 07 April 2023

License:

Supported data:

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GitHub activity:

  • Stars: 8
  • Forks: 1
  • Issues + PRs: 1

Python versions supported:

Operating system:

Requirements:

  • napari-plugin-engine (>=0.1.4)
  • numpy
  • napari-tools-menu
  • napari-process-points-and-surfaces (>=0.4.2)
  • vedo