Blender with Python Training in Cork, Ireland

This course introduces using Python to extend and automate Blender workflows. Participants will learn the Blender Python API, scripting basics, creating custom tools, and automating repetitive 3D tasks. 

Blender Python Foundations & Automation

Session 1: Introduction to Blender with Python

• Overview of Blender’s scripting environment
• Introduction to the Blender Python API (bpy)
• Exploring the console and scripting editor

Session 2: Object Creation & Manipulation

• Creating and editing meshes with Python
• Transformations: location, rotation, scaling
• Working with collections and hierarchies
• Hands-on

Session 3: Automating Workflows

• Batch operations with Python (renaming, deleting, duplicating)
• Automating material assignment and lighting setups
• Hands-on

Session 4: Procedural Modeling Basics

• Using loops to generate geometry
• Creating parametric objects
• Hands-on

Custom Tools, Animation & Add-ons

Session 1: Animation with Python

• Keyframe insertion via scripting
• Automating object motion
• Procedural animation with math functions
• Hands-on

Session 2: Building Custom Tools

• Creating operators with Python
• Adding UI elements (buttons, panels)
• Hands-on

Session 3: Data Import/Export

• Reading/writing external data (CSV, JSON)
• Automating asset imports
• Hands-on

Session 4: Developing an Add-on

• Structuring a Blender add-on
• Registering/unregistering classes
• Packaging and enabling the add-on
• Final Hands-On Lab