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blender example
import bpy
import random
bpy.ops.object.select_all(action='SELECT')
bpy.ops.object.delete()
from math import sin, pi
bpy.ops.object.empty_add()
cameraPath = bpy.context.active_object
cameraPath.keyframe_insert("location", frame=1)
cameraPath.location.y = 25
cameraPath.location.x = 25
cameraPath.keyframe_insert("location", frame=100)
cameraPath.location.y = 10
cameraPath.location.x = 25
cameraPath.keyframe_insert("location", frame=200)
bpy.ops.object.camera_add()
camera = bpy.context.active_object
camera.location.z = 4
camera.location.x = -24
camera.location.y = 12
camera.keyframe_insert("location", frame=100)
camera.location.z = 8
camera.location.x = -64
camera.location.y = 12
camera.keyframe_insert("location", frame=200)
bpy.ops.object.constraint_add(type='TRACK_TO')
bpy.context.object.constraints["Track To"].target = bpy.data.objects["Empty"]
def setAnimation(o,o_x,o_y, o_z_scale):
frame_number = 0
for i in range(100):
# Set the current frame
bpy.context.scene.frame_set(frame_number)
z = sin(i+o_y+o_x*0.2)
o.location = (o_x+sin(i), o_y+sin(i), z)
o.scale = (1,1, +o_z_scale+sin(i+o_y*0.1))
o.keyframe_insert(data_path='location', index=-1)
o.keyframe_insert(data_path='scale', index=-1)
# why 15 frames? just cause - increasing this number will slow down the animation
# because it takes more frames to pass through the same checkpoints
frame_number += 15
spaceX = 2
spaceY = 2
for x in range(12):
for y in range(12):
z_size = 1*random.random()
specialCube = random.random() < 0.1
if specialCube:
subdivCount = 1
else:
subdivCount = 6
bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_ico_sphere_add(
subdivisions=subdivCount,
radius=1,
enter_editmode=False,
align='WORLD',
location=(x*spaceX, y*spaceY, 0),
scale=(1, 1, z_size))
item = bpy.context.object
setAnimation(item, x*spaceX, y*spaceY, z_size)
if specialCube:
item.data.materials.append(bpy.data.materials["Material.002"])
else:
item.data.materials.append(bpy.data.materials["Material.001"])
bpy.context.scene.frame_end = 500
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you need to manually create two materials ("Material.001" and "Material.002") before running the script. might be nice to automate this as well

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