Forum: Poser Python Scripting


Subject: Documentation

AndyCLon opened this issue on Jul 13, 2007 · 4 posts


AndyCLon posted Fri, 13 July 2007 at 8:29 AM

Attached Link: An example object model for another application

I found the PDF documentation for Poser 6 Python in a PDF file that was installed with Poser. I'm not too impressed. Although it's got all the information it could do with an object model in graphical form and some examples would not go a miss.

Is there an better manual for Poser 7?
Has anyone drawn up an object model? 


nruddock posted Fri, 13 July 2007 at 1:55 PM

Quote - Is there an better manual for Poser 7?

No, it contains the same level of information.
PhilC mentioned in a post at CP, that he's writing a beginners guide, so that is likely to be a more comprehensive treatment.

Quote - Has anyone drawn up an object model? 

Poser Python doesn't really have enough of an object model to warrant drawing a diagram.


AndyCLon posted Fri, 13 July 2007 at 5:27 PM

*Quote: "Poser Python doesn't really have enough of an object model to warrant drawing a diagram."
*I get similar kinds of comments from the developers in the office.... There's actualy quite a lot of the model particularly when you come to document it. The fact that some of the objects have lots of methods is also a classical sign that the model has evolved over time.

Here's my first draft in PDF and Open Office formats.
http://www.aceanim.com/Poser/Poser6PythonR1.pdf
http://www.aceanim.com/Poser/Poser6PythonR1.odg


PhilC posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 3:29 AM

My "Python for Poser 7" manual is now completed. My aim is to provide the document that I would have killed for when I started writing Python scripts. It is 388 pages long, published in PDF format, and contains a full set of bookmarks for easy navigation.

Written by an ex-plumber in terms that I hope a carpenter can understand. :)

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