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Hello, I close this topic...

> its not made clear except for just a few lines in the docs I explicitly mentioned it twice: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-render/blob/master/docs/EngineInstall.md#cycles-standalone-1 https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-render/blob/master/docs/EngineInstall.md#notes-on-installing-cycles-for-render-standalone-version So, IMO, I thought I did the job. However,...

Hello, Thank you for your PR (merged). > I think it would be better if we could somehow format template files into .blend files Yes, I do think so too...

> Blender has a python module called bpy Yes this is another option: export in Python. > In what way does the cycles standalone receive model/scene data? Cycles standalone SDL...

Hello, My 2 cents: > I see our support of cycles above all as an effort to show Blender people that Cycles is used outside of Blender and incentivize them...

A few comments: > cycles-standalone is just a thrown togheter ripped out version of cycles No, Cycles Standalone _is Cycles_. It is the development base of Cycles and it is...

> So cycles is a modular component of blender? Yes, absolutely. > I cant find any docs on cycles-standalone There is no documentation, you have to study the code. It's...

Sorry, link was broken, but it's fixed now. Moreover, I've just realized the target page is incomplete, lacking materials/textures features. You may have to study the code for these topics...

That sounds a good idea. Is someone around here skilled in flatpack?

> how does tha addon call the binary? The standard process to run the renderer is: 1. Export the scene from FreeCAD into renderer input format (for Cycles, it's a...