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#!BPY
"""
Name: 'Camera/Object Example'
Blender: 245
Group: 'ScriptTemplate'
Tooltip: 'Script template for setting the camera direction'
"""
from Blender import Window
import bpy
script_data = \
'''#!BPY
"""
Name: 'My Camera script'
Blender: 245
Group: 'Object'
Tooltip: 'Rotate the camera to center on the active object'
"""
import Blender
from Blender import Window, Scene, Draw, Mathutils
# Rotate the camera in such a way that it centers on the currently active object
def RotCamToOb(cam, ob):
# Get the camera matrix
camMat = cam.getMatrix('worldspace');
# Get the location of the camera and object and make sure they're vectors
camLoc = Mathutils.Vector(cam.loc)
obLoc = Mathutils.Vector(ob.loc)
# Get the vector (direction) from the camera to the object
newVec = obLoc - camLoc
# Make a quaternion that points the camera along the vector
newQuat = newVec.toTrackQuat('-z', 'y')
# Convert the new quaternion to a rotation matrix (and resize it to 4x4 so it matches the other matrices)
rotMat = newQuat.toMatrix().resize4x4()
# Make a matrix with only the current location of the camera
transMat = Mathutils.TranslationMatrix(camMat.translationPart());
# Multiply the rotation and translation matrixes to make 1 matrix with all data
newMat = rotMat * transMat
# Now we make this matrix the camera matrix and voila done!
cam.setMatrix(newMat)
#Make sure blender and the objects are in the right state and start doing stuff
def SceneCheck():
# Show a neat waitcursor whilst the script runs
Window.WaitCursor(1)
# If we are in edit mode, go out of edit mode and store the status in a var
emode = int(Window.EditMode())
if emode: Window.EditMode(0)
# Get the scene, the camera and the currently active object
scn = Scene.GetCurrent()
cam = scn.getCurrentCamera()
ob = scn.getActiveObject()
# Lets do some checks to make sure we have everything
# And if we don't then call a return which stops the entire script
if not cam:
Draw.PupMenu('Error, no active camera, aborting.')
return
if not ob:
Draw.PupMenu('Error, no active object, aborting.')
return
if cam == ob:
Draw.PupMenu('Error, select an object other than the camera, aborting.')
return
# Start the main function of the script if we didn't encounter any errors
RotCamToOb(cam, ob)
# Update the scene
scn.update()
# Redraw the 3d view so we can instantly see what was changed
Window.Redraw(Window.Types.VIEW3D)
# If we were in edit mode when the script started, go back into edit mode
if emode: Window.EditMode(1)
# Remove the waitcursor
Window.WaitCursor(0)
# Start the script
SceneCheck()
'''
new_text = bpy.data.texts.new('camobject_template.py')
new_text.write(script_data)
bpy.data.texts.active = new_text
Window.RedrawAll()
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