Blender 2.5 is at this point still highly experimental, so this script may well change.

This script places the cursor at the intersection of the vertex normals of selected vertexes.

Requirements

This script is written for blender 2.5 and is currently highly experimental.

Usage

Place the script in your .blender/scripts/op/ folder and when you reload the scripts using F8 or reopen Blender you can add the tool in the Tool shelf.

Dolf

This script helps you to use a bone in an armature as an animated pivot point.

It can be very helpfull in making things like a heel/toe rig for a foot.

Requirements

This script is written for blender versions newer than 2.45

Setting up your rig for the script

You will basicly need 2 bones for the script to work.

1. the bone that the script is assigned to (this bone is affected by the script)

2. the pivot bone that manipulates bone nr 1.

You want both bones to be in exactly the same location/rotation in edit mode when you create them.

In the example file I named the pivot bone pivot and the bone that the script is assigned to foot.

I also made a parent bone for the both of them called location, that way you can move them together, but it’s not nessecary for the script to work.

Assigning the script

You have to have the script open in blender to be able to assign it.

So open it in a text editor window.

Now you can select the bone you want to assign the script to andOadd a script constraint.

The script should be available in the script dropdown box.

Set the spaces to local space and assign the pivot bone as the target.

Options

If you click on Options you will get a small popup with one setting.

If you have Only location selected the rotation of the bone that the script is assigned to isn’t affected by the script.

Normally you want the location and rotation both to be affected, but I thought it might be nice to have the option.

I didn’t add an Only rotation option because then it would just be a copy rotation constraint, and we already have one of those.

Animating with the pivot setup

The idea is that now you have your pivot bone, you don’t need to animate/rotate/move your foot bone anymore. All you use is the pivot bone, and/or the parent(s) of the foot/pivot bones.

For a step simpy think like this… move the location bone (the parent) to where the ground is, then move the pivot to the point the foot rotates around… then rotate the pivot to the angle you need… voila.

If you’re not carefull you can make some really strange things happen, but I purposely left everything simple (script wise). This way it’s up to you to make it usefull ;)

That’s all

It can be a bit tricky to get the hang of this functionality, but I’m sure it’ll prove usefull to some.

enjoy
Dolf

This script is an alternative to the mesh smooth function in blender. The mesh smooth function in blender uses only vertex position.This script uses vertex normals, which is why it’s called normal smoothing.In version 6 the code has been cleaned (versions 2, 3, and 4 were never released). The script now no longer needs you to have part of the mesh selected, and part unselected. So you can run it on an entire mesh, but it still works best for a few edge loops/verts. I also solved the cases in which it made ‘flat surfaces’ “wavy”. You may need more iterations than in older versions.

Requirements

This script is written for blender 2.45 but should work with older versions as well

Example meshes the script was used on (parts of them)

Comparison

Before we get going…. Here is a comparison between blender’s internal function and the script.

Settings

There is only one setting which shows up in a popup when you run the script.

The number of iterations is the total ammount of times the script will run one after the other… normally a value of one or two is enough.

Usage

Select the verticles you want smoothed and run the script.

Pre script example:

Post script example:

That’s it

That’s all for now… I hope someone can help solve the large area issue… untill then it’s already quite usefull to me ;)
Dolf

This script bakes vertex colours into your mesh depending on the angle of the edges of the mesh.

Based on an idea by endi

Optimised by tedi

Requirements

The script is written for use with blender 2.41 but should work with newer and older versions as well.

The interface

The header

Here you can see what version of the script you are currently using

Messages

Here helpfull messages will be printed. It will tell you if the bake was succesfull and if not what went wrong.

The settings

Here are all the functions of the script. The following options are available.

• invert shading
  In regular mode the concave parts of the mesh are made dark and the convex parts of the mesh are made light. By selecting inverted shading mode the reverse will happen.
• invert wind
  When wind is created basicly the faces facing the direction of the wind are made lighter.
• wind direction
  Here you can set where the wind should come from. The direction is set relative to the global coordinates, not local.
• concave
  When selected concave parts of the mesh are coloured. From the dictionary: Concave: hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl.
• convex
  When selected convex parts of the mesh are coloured. From the dictionary: Convex: curved or rounded like the outside of a sphere or circle.
• wind
  When selected the mesh is coloured relative to the wind direction.
• min angle
  Edges with an angle below this value will be assigned the default colour value.
• max angle
  Edges with an angle above this value will be assigned the maximum colour value.
• BAKE
  When pressed this button starts the bake.
• EXIT
  When pressed this button exits the script. Alternatively you can use the escape button on your keyboard.

Tips

If you find this script is too slow for you try the Ma Self script.

For the bake effect to show up in your 3d window you’ll have to view your model in “textured view mode” (Alt + Z). For the bake effect to influense your render you will have to assign a material to your model with VCol Light in the material buttons switched on.

Exporting the result

This based on a tip from patricks. Follow the following instructions

. Assign a uv layout to your object (unwrap it).

2. Open a script window.

3. Run the “texture baker” script you can find in the scripts menu under “UV”. This will export an image but not with the colors. The script will create an object and camera on layer 20.

4. Go to layer 20 (right bottom in the layer selection of your 3d window).

5. select the camera you can find there.

6. Hit CTRL + Numpad 0 to make this your current camera.

7. Set your rendersize to something square.

8. Render it!

Examples

That’s it

Enjoy!
Dolf