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+# ##### BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK #####
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+#  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+#  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+#  Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ##### END GPL LICENSE BLOCK #####
+########################################################
+#
+# Before changing this file please discuss with admins.
+#
+########################################################
+# <pep8 compliant>
+
+import bpy
+import mathutils
+from bpy.props import FloatVectorProperty
+
+
+class AddObjectHelper:
+    '''Helper Class for Add Object Operators'''
+    location = FloatVectorProperty(name='Location', description='Location of new Object')
+    rotation = FloatVectorProperty(name='Rotation', description='Rotation of new Object')
+
+
+#Initialize loc, rot of operator
+def add_object_align_init(context, operator):
+    '''Initialize loc, rot of operator
+    context: Blender Context
+    operator: the active Operator (self)
+    Initializes the Operators location and rotation variables
+    according to user preferences (align to view)
+    See AddObjectHelper class
+    Returns Matrix
+    '''
+    if (operator
+        and operator.properties.is_property_set("location")
+        and operator.properties.is_property_set("rotation")):
+        location = mathutils.Matrix.Translation(mathutils.Vector(operator.properties.location))
+        rotation = mathutils.Euler(operator.properties.rotation).to_matrix().to_4x4()
+    else:
+        # TODO, local view cursor!
+        location = mathutils.Matrix.Translation(context.scene.cursor_location)
+
+        if context.user_preferences.edit.object_align == 'VIEW' and context.space_data.type == 'VIEW_3D':
+            rotation = context.space_data.region_3d.view_matrix.to_3x3().inverted().to_4x4()
+        else:
+            rotation = mathutils.Matrix()
+
+        # set the operator properties
+        if operator:
+            operator.properties.location = location.to_translation()
+            operator.properties.rotation = rotation.to_euler()
+
+    return location * rotation
+
+
+def add_object_data(context, obdata, operator=None):
+    '''Create Object from data
+
+    context: Blender Context
+    obdata: Object data (mesh, curve, camera,...)
+    operator: the active operator (self)
+
+    Returns the Object
+    '''
+
+    scene = context.scene
+
+    # ugh, could be made nicer
+    for ob in scene.objects:
+        ob.select = False
+
+    obj_new = bpy.data.objects.new(obdata.name, obdata)
+    obj_new.update_tag()
+
+    base = scene.objects.link(obj_new)
+    base.select = True
+
+    if context.space_data and context.space_data.type == 'VIEW_3D':
+        base.layers_from_view(context.space_data)
+
+    obj_new.matrix_world = add_object_align_init(context, operator)
+
+    obj_act = scene.objects.active
+
+    if obj_act and obj_act.mode == 'EDIT' and obj_act.type == obj_new.type:
+        bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='OBJECT')
+
+        obj_act.select = True
+        scene.update()  # apply location
+        #scene.objects.active = obj_new
+
+        bpy.ops.object.join()  # join into the active.
+
+        bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='EDIT')
+    else:
+        scene.objects.active = obj_new
+        if context.user_preferences.edit.use_enter_edit_mode:
+            bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='EDIT')
+
+    return base
+
+
+def flatten_vector_list(list):
+    '''flatten a list of vetcors to use in foreach_set and the like'''
+    if not list:
+        return None
+
+    result = []
+    for vec in list:
+        result.extend([i for i in vec])
+
+    return result
+
+
+def list_to_vector_list(list, dimension=3):
+    '''make Vector objects out of a list'''
+    #test if list contains right number of elements
+
+    result = []
+    for i in range(0, len(list), dimension):
+        try:
+            vec = mathutils.Vector([list[i + ind] for ind in range(dimension)])
+        except:
+            print('Number of elemnts doesnt match into the vectors.')
+            return None
+
+        result.append(vec)
+
+    return result