Avorion-OBJ-Export

Simple export app for Avorion Ship XML to OBJ/STL/PLY/VTK format.

OBJ/STL only support mesh export, PLY also exports color data. VTK exports color, block type, build material, and cell index data in addition to the PolyData mesh.

The exported mesh contains the faces of all blocks.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.7
• NumPy
• VTK
• PyVista

Installation

• Repository Clone

  git clone https://github.com/jgersti/avorion-obj-exporter.git
  cd avorion-obj-exporter
  pip install -e .
  

• Archive

  Download archive and execute

  pip install <Archive>
  

Usage

avorion-obj-exporter [-h] [-p [PATH]] [-f [{obj,stl,ply,vtk}]] [-o [OUTPUT]] file

positional arguments:
  file                  XML ship file to render.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -p [PATH], --path [PATH]
                        Path to the file. Defaults to the 'ships' folder of
                        the avorion installation.
  -f [{obj,stl,ply,vtk}], --format [{obj,stl,ply,vtk}]
                        Format to export. [Default: obj]
  -o [OUTPUT], --output [OUTPUT]
                        Output file name. File ending will be ignored.
                        [Default: file argument]