Simple animations using Blender

[set-soft]

A thread in the KiCad Forum about creating animations using 3D View made me think about a few useful options to enable the generation of videos using the blender_export output.

Here is a simple example:

out4.mp4

It was generated using the following configuration file:

# KiBot Blender export test multiple view points
# Multiple points of view
kibot:
  version: 1

outputs:
  - name: '3d_video_export'
    comment: "Generates the frames for a video of a rotating PCB"
    type: blender_export
    options:
      render_options:
        transparent_background: true
        samples: 10
      fixed_auto_camera: true
      auto_camera_z_axis_factor: 1.5
      default_file_id: '_%03d'
      point_of_view:
        - rotate_x: 30
          rotate_z: -20
        - rotate_x: 4
          rotate_z: 4
          steps: 90
      outputs:
        - type: render

To join the generated PNGs into a video I used:

ffmpeg -framerate 24 -pattern_type glob -i '*.png' -c:v libx264  -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4

[N0cynym]

Wow this is amazing 👍

I created a gif using:

convert -delay 15 -dispose Background *.png test.gif

after I exported 30-50 images.

Now I'll use your feature to let kibot do all it self. ☺️