BlenderPlot

a prototype version of the 📊 plot on Blender using PyCall

Build Blender

• Clone from https://github.com/wookay/blender

cd ~/blender-build
git clone https://github.com/wookay/blender

• Edit for your environment (ref the commit)

• Building Blender for macOS https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Building_Blender/Mac

• Custom linking

cd ~/blender-build/build_darwin/bin/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.79
rm -rf python
ln -s /usr/local/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6 python
cd ~/blender-build/build_darwin/bin/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.79/scripts
rm -rf modules
ln -s ~/blender-build/blender/release/scripts/modules

Install Julia, pyjulia

• Get Julia 0.7-alpha https://julialang.org/downloads/
• Install pyjuila https://github.com/wookay/pyjulia

Install PyCall.jl, BlenderPlot.jl

julia> type ] key

(v0.7) pkg> add PyCall#master
(v0.7) pkg> add ColorTypes#master
(v0.7) pkg> add Colors#master
(v0.7) pkg> add https://github.com/wookay/BlenderPlot.jl#master

• Precompiling packages

julia> using PyCall, ColorTypes, Colors

Blender, Julia Console

• Run Blender

~/blender-build/build_darwin/bin/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/blender

• Julia Console

Examples

julia> plot(sin, -2pi, 2pi)

• press 7 for top orthographic view

julia> lineplot([cos, sin], -π/2, 2π)

julia> scatterplot(randn(50), randn(50))

julia> spy(sprandn(50, 120, .05))

• https://github.com/wookay/BlenderPlot.jl/blob/master/examples/sphere.jl