Generate low-res thumbnails of OBJ files using python, headless blender and docker

From the directory containing your OBJ file(s):

docker run -v="$(pwd):/var/tn/data" -u="$(id -u):$(id -g)" memowe/thumbnailify:0.0.3 Big.obj --percent 5

with Big.obj being a hi-res OBJ file:

• This will write new GLB data as Big_thumbnail.glb.
• The optional --percent 42 argument defines in percent, which collapse ratio of the Blender Decimate Modifier should be used. Default is 10. If you prefer OBJ output, use the optional --obj argument.

When called with the --all flag instead of an OBJ file name, the tool converts all non-thumbnail OBJ files in the current directory (with the same given --percent and output format setting).

This tool is in early development. Please submit issues and feature requests in the project's ZIVGitLab issue tracker.

(c) 2022-2023 Mirko Westermeier, Service Center for Digital Humanities

Released under the MIT license, see LICENSE for details.