[Edu-sig] Python and 3D

[A Jorge Garcia]

Easy way to get vpython working is to install vidle on Linux. Also. Easy way to get turtle.py working is to install idle!
HTH,
AJG

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On May 29, 2017, 7:25 PM, at 7:25 PM, Kevin Cole <kevin.cole at novawebdevelopment.org> wrote:
>> Good to hear from you Kevin.  Did we get to talk at Pycon?
>
>Not at this last one. I passed by your poster, but at the time, there
>was too much of a crowd around it to get to it, and I didn't make it
>back at a quieter moment.
>
>> Today I'm helping an old college roommate, now a tenured physics
>professor,
>> get VPython up and running in a Linux context (without wine, the
>Windows
>> emulator).
>
>I seem to recall a time when I had that running on Linux. But I
>haven't used it in a very long time. (I think I saw it at a PyCon and
>said to myself "Oooh that looks like it would be fun to play with."
>But I didn't play with it for very long.)  I'm not remembering any
>issue running it in Linux directly but, as I say, 't'was long ago and
>far away, and I could well be suffering from traumatic amnesia. ;-)
>
>> A perennially useful theme on edu-sig, especially these days when
>> subscribers like Wes bring big knowledge to the scene, is taking
>stock,
>> taking inventory, regarding what our assets are w/r to very specific
>niche
>> areas.
>
>Asset: I'm moderately fluent in ASL... Interest: Audio. No particular
>skills above and beyond, when it comes to Python, but I've become
>comfy with PySide (a.k.a. PyQt) and a wee bit o' MicroPython a la the
>PyBoard. I like to think I'm a reasonably clear writer when I set my
>mind to it.
>
>> For example:  what does Python have to offer in the 3D graphics
>department,
>> where the latter breaks down into "rendered" (still) and "real time"
>> (interactive)? I think we can start out by agreeing there's nothing
>in the
>> Standard Library for this.
>
>I've been fooling with OpenSCAD as a user, not a developer, for use
>with our hackerspace's 3D printers. And ImplicitCAD which is written
>in Haskell. Jeff's school ... district? (or some umbrella that his
>school falls under) is now considering OpenSCAD as part of their
>curriculum.
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