Workbench

Workbench is lightweight graphics engine written in Python with PyOpenGL

Content:

• Get started
  • Install dependences
  • The init file
  • Commands
  • The GUI
• Classes
  • Context
  • Camera
  • Shader
  • Script
  • Object
  • Path
  • Empty (not implemented yet LMAO)
• Examples
  • Load an Object
  • Load a path

Get started

Install dependences

You can install all the dependences with the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then the you have to run this command to start the engine:

python3 init.py

The init file

The init.py file allows you to control the engine by adding objects to the context or loading scripts. In order to interact with the engine you have to write code in the startEngine() method that is structured in the following way:

def startEngine():
    # Makes the context variable visible in the global scope
    global context
    context = Context(width, height) # Creating the context
    context.initGrid(size) # Creating the grid

    ...

    while True:

        ...

        context.update() # Updating the context

At first it creates a PyOpenGL context where is specified the width and height of the window and then creates a grid a specified size (this optional, but it helps to visualize the scene in an intuitive way).
In the following space you have to write code to setup the engine for the actual use, here you can add objects to the context, load scripts and customize the engine settings.
At the and end of the method the is a while loop everything that is written here will be called every frame.

You can also write your own startEngine() function and set it as the target of the "engine_thread" thread.

Commands

The commands to navigate space in the engine are very simple, the W/A/S/D keys move the camera forward/left/backwards/right relative to its position, the shift/ctrl keys mone the camera up/down in the Y direction. The camera orientation is controlled by mouse, unless you press the < key that toggles the first person control mode and so you can move freely the mouse acrooss the screen.

The GUI

The GUI is currently under development

Classes

Context

 Context(height, width, eyeposition=[1.0, 1.0, 1.0], objects=[], first_person=True)

Parameters

• height : height of the window
• width : width of the window
• eyeposition : the initial position of the camera
• objects : the list of the objects that will be rendered in the scene
• first_person : determines te initial movement system

Camera

 Camera(display, position, forward, near=1.0, far=100.0)

Parameter

• display : a list containing the height and width of the screen
• position : the initial position of the camera
• forward : direction of the camera
• near : near plane distance
• far : far plane distance

Shader

 Shader(vertpath, fragpath)

Parameter

• vertpath : the path of the vertex shader
• fragpath : the path of the fragment shader

Script

 Script(ctx, obj=None,  start_script=None, update_script=None)

Parameter

• ctx : the context in which the script will run
• obj : the object on which the script will run
• start_script : the code that will run immediately after the script is loaded
• update_script the code that will run every frame

Object

 Object(verteces, tris, vertex_path, frag_path, attribs, modeldata, scripts=[])

Parameter

• verteces : the OpenGL vertex array
• tris : the triangles array
• vertex_path : the path of the vertex shader
• frag_path : the path of the fragment shader
• attribs : an array of VertexAttribPointer data ( [ [size, stride, pointer_offset] ... ] )
• modeldata : an array containg the position, rotation and scale of the object ( [x, y, z, rx, ry, rz, sx, sy, sz] )
• scripts : the array of scripts that will run on the object

Path

 Path(position, rotation=None)

Parameter

• position : the set of position of the path ( [x1, y1, z1, ..., xn, yn, zn] )
• rotation : the set of rotation of the path ( [[Rx1, Ry1, Rz1], ..., [Rxn, Ryn, Rzn]] )