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+#!BPY
+"""
+Name: 'Metaball Generation'
+Blender: 245
+Group: 'ScriptTemplate'
+Tooltip: 'Script template to make metaballs from a mesh'
+"""
+
+from Blender import Window
+import bpy
+
+script_data = \
+'''#!BPY
+"""
+Name: 'My Metaball Script'
+Blender: 245
+Group: 'Misc'
+Tooltip: 'Put some useful info here'
+"""
+
+# Add a license here if you wish to re-disribute, we recommend the GPL
+
+from Blender import Metaball, Mesh, Window
+import bpy
+
+def makeMetaSculpture(sce):
+    #Create a base mesh for our sculpture to use
+    monkey = Mesh.Primitives.Monkey()
+    
+    #Create a new meta datablock to use and give it a name
+    metaObj = Metaball.New()
+    metaObj.name = "MetaSuzanne"
+    
+    #Increase the resolution so it looks better
+    metaObj.wiresize = 0.2
+    metaObj.rendersize = 0.1
+    
+    #The radius for our new meta objects to take
+    metaRadius = 2.0
+    
+    for f in monkey.faces:
+        
+        #Create a new metaball as part of the Meta Object Data
+        newBall = metaObj.elements.add()
+        
+        #Make the new ball have the same coordinates as a vertex on our Mesh
+        newBall.co = f.cent
+        
+        #Assign the same radius to all balls
+        newBall.radius = f.area * metaRadius
+    
+    #Create the new object and put our meta data there
+    sce.objects.new(metaObj, "MetaSuzanne")
+        
+
+def main():
+    scene = bpy.data.scenes.active #Get the active scene
+    
+    Window.WaitCursor(1)
+    
+    #Call the sculpture making function
+    makeMetaSculpture(scene)
+    
+    Window.WaitCursor(0)
+    
+    #Redraw the Screen When Finished
+    Window.RedrawAll(1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main() 
+'''
+
+new_text = bpy.data.texts.new('metaball_template.py')
+new_text.write(script_data)
+bpy.data.texts.active = new_text
+Window.RedrawAll()