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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please do not post ChatGPT information, it is not authoritative and can be completely wrong.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can do whatever you want, but not at everyone else’s expense. Please do not waste our time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>all the best, Don<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br brutzman@nps.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> x3d-public <x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Carlson<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 8, 2023 3:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> GPU Group <gpugroup@gmail.com>; Joe D Williams <joedwil@earthlink.net>; Michalis Kamburelis <michalis.kambi@gmail.com>; Nicholas Polys <npolys@vt.edu>; X3D Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public@web3d.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [x3d-public] Blender Python for exporting humanoid information<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>ChatGPT says (I’ll have to check accuracy later):<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>armature = None<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>for obj in bpy.context.scene.objects:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> if obj.type == 'ARMATURE':<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> armature = obj<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> break<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>if armature:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> for bone in armature.pose.bones:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> # Access bone name, location, rotation, and scale<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> bone_name = <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbone.name%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cbrutzman%40nps.edu%7Cd209707ee66644e8372008dbb0b933ec%7C6d936231a51740ea9199f7578963378e%7C0%7C0%7C638298081722013666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=k4hUP8YEo0FeVyTDMLqLxOsARfwjKt9pTcEnzetC6OQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">bone.name</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> bone_location = bone.location<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> bone_rotation = bone.rotation_euler<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> bone_scale = bone.scale<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> # Do something with this bone information<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> print(f"Bone: {bone_name}")<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> print(f"Location: {bone_location}")<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> print(f"Rotation: {bone_rotation}")<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> print(f"Scale: {bone_scale}")<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>if armature:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> for obj in bpy.context.selected_objects:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> if obj.type == 'MESH':<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> mesh = obj.data<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> for vertex in mesh.vertices:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> # Access vertex coordinates <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> vertex_coords = <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvertex.co%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cbrutzman%40nps.edu%7Cd209707ee66644e8372008dbb0b933ec%7C6d936231a51740ea9199f7578963378e%7C0%7C0%7C638298081722013666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BuW3jan2ypuFOhl6mekZLUwaZanxAzj4Ihlyg4%2BKVfw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">vertex.co</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> # Do something with this vertex information<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> print(f"Vertex Coordinates {vertex_coords}")<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal># Additionally, getting skin coord information<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal># Replace 'YourMeshObjectName' with the actual name of your mesh object<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>mesh_obj = bpy.data.objects['YourMeshObjectName']<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>vertex_groups = mesh_obj.vertex_groups<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>for group in vertex_groups: l<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> group_name = <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgroup.name%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cbrutzman%40nps.edu%7Cd209707ee66644e8372008dbb0b933ec%7C6d936231a51740ea9199f7578963378e%7C0%7C0%7C638298081722013666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oMf5JEitVRXGeURdZiRr4Iz%2Bn4SrvwbZUgzdpN4DZgY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">group.name</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> for index, weight in group.weight_paint:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> # 'index' is the vertex index, and 'weight' is the weight value<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> print(f"Group: {group_name}, Vertex Index: {index}, Weight: {weight}")<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seems straightforward, if custom per model. group_name is probably analogous to joint name. Combining scripts would probably be best.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Animations are another step. I’m not sure how accessible this is because it refers to selected_objects for one. Also, one will have to convert bones to Joints (hmm, look at an import script?)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry, I couldn’t read the Blender documentation or the ChatGPT English. Just the facts, ma’am.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>