vc-shapenet

ShapeNet rendering scripts for visual concept

Install

• Download ShapeNetCore.v1.zip to this folder.

  Unzip the zip file, the folder structure will looks like ShapeNetCore.v1/02691156/[model_id]. model_id is a very long string and is the unique id for a model.

• Setup code from RenderForCNN

  • git submodule init and git submodule update to get RenderForCNN code into the rendercnn folder.

  • mv global_variables.py.example to global_variables.py and change the configuration for blender

  Notice: The dependency on RenderForCNN is quite heavy and not necessary at all. we can consider get rid of it.

Scripts in this repository

• render_airplane.py

  Batch script to render all airplane model, use the viewpoint file in viewpoints folder

• view_3d_model.py

  Take [model_id] as its input argument. Show this 3D model in blender.

• show_preview.py

  Generate an html file containing rendered images.

Other code

• blender_script.py

  The code to be executed in blender, responsible for setting up camera, loading model, etc.

• render_opt.py

  Rendering configuration code, such as lighting, etc.

Viewpoint

The viewpoint is saved in viewpoints/ folder.