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What kind of Python is used in Blender?
Blender includes all libraries that come with every Python installation and venv is one of them. It’s not actually used by Blender. It should also be noted that the Python binary in python/bin is only there for convenience, e.g. if you want to install packages with pip. It isn’t the actual Python interpret Blender uses.
Do you need to install Python modules in Blender?
If you are doing Blender scripting, sometimes you might want to do something very specific that requires one or more third party modules that are not available by default. Let’s see how you can install Python modules in Blender.
Which is the best tool to create a virtual environment in Python?
From Python 3.3 to 3.4, the recommended way to create a virtual environment was to use the pyvenv command-line tool that also comes included with your Python 3 installation by default. But on 3.6 and above, python3 -m venv is the way to go.
How to setup Blender 2.80 for Python development?
Launch Blender 2.80 (to be called as Blender during rest of this article). Let us now step through the process of configuring Blender so that artists and developers can have a better user experience creating Python programs and scripts.
The Blender 2.5x versions feature a completely new Python API based on Python version 3.2, and is integrated deeply, used for generating Blender’s GUI layouts, for import and export of external formats, and with access to all user-accessible data and functionality.
Are there any good add ons for Blender?
The simplest possible add-on above is useful as an example but not much else. This next add-on is simple but shows how to integrate a script into Blender using an Operator which is the typical way to define a tool accessed from menus, buttons and keyboard shortcuts.
What kind of scripting language does blender use?
Blender 2.5 and above use python 3 but latest versions of Blender 2.6x utilize python 3.3 as the main scripting language. See the Blender API documentation. Blender Education & Help has more details if you are new to Blender.
What kind of API is used in Blender?
The Blender 2.5x versions feature a completely new Python API based on Python version 3.2, and is integrated deeply, used for generating Blender’s GUI layouts, for import and export of external formats, and with access to all user-accessible data and functionality. What changes across applications is the API – Application programming interface.