Difference between revisions of "Blender and Openrave"

Latest revision as of 20:31, 10 November 2010

STL is the preffered format to be saved in Blender before exporting to Openrave (IV).

Steps for exporting piece to Openrave from Blender (standard view):

Import the STL. May have to roll the mouse wheel (zoom in/out) to get object in sight.
Press TAB to pass from OBJECT to EDIT mode.
Press CTRL+TAB and go into the FACES option (also be done by the plain triangle button, middle_down-right).
Select -> Triangles (also can be done through CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+3).
Unmark "Double Sided" from "Mesh" (down).
From "Mesh" (middle) -> "Normals" -> "Recalculate Outside" (can all be done by CRTL+n).
These normals can be seen from "Mesh Tools More"(down) "Draw Normals" button.
TAB to return to OBJECT mode.
Ready to export to STL (to backup your work on an editable format) and IV (for Openrave). Yay!

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-* STL is the preffered format to be saved in Blender before exporting to Openrave (IV).
+STL is the preffered format to be saved in Blender before exporting to Openrave (IV).
+Steps for exporting piece to Openrave from Blender (standard view):
+* Import the STL. May have to roll the mouse wheel (zoom in/out) to get object in sight.
+* Press TAB to pass from OBJECT to EDIT mode.
+* Press CTRL+TAB and go into the FACES option (also be done by the plain triangle button, middle_down-right).
+* Select -> Triangles (also can be done through CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+3).
+* Unmark "Double Sided" from "Mesh" (down).
+* From "Mesh" (middle) -> "Normals" -> "Recalculate Outside" (can all be done by CRTL+n).
+* These normals can be seen from "Mesh Tools More"(down) "Draw Normals" button.
+* TAB to return to OBJECT mode.
+* Ready to export to STL (to backup your work on an editable format) and IV (for Openrave). Yay!