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#!BPY

# A script to convert a curve to an IPO curve which can be used by an object to simulate the path it is flying

# Specifically designed to help with GoW_PyPrp plugin
"""
Name: 'Curve2IPO'
Blender: 246
Group: 'Wizards'
Tooltip: 'Make IPO curves from path'
"""
import Blender

try:
   scn = Scene.GetCurrent()
   Blender.Curve.data.getFlag(3) == true #  Is "CurvePath" flag set.
except:
   Blender.Draw.PupMenu("Curve is not a Path")

myCurve = Blender.Object.GetSelected()[0]    # Assign what is the currently selected curve
myCurveData = Blender.Object.Get(myCurve)   # Get data of curve 
myCurveName = Blender.Curve.Get()[0]      # Assign myCurveName string as the name of the object
myCurvePoints = n = 0

myPathLength = myCurveName.getPathLen()
myCurvedName = myCurveName.getName()
myCurveIPO = Blender.Ipo.New('Object', 'myCurve') # Attmpting  to get the Curve name same as IPO curve set

myCurveData = myCurve.data
myCurvePoints = myCurveData.__getitem__(myCurvePoints)

handleTypes= (Blender.BezTriple.HandleTypes.FREE, Blender.BezTriple.HandleTypes.FREE)

print "\n##############################################\n"
print "Curve is: %s \n" % myCurve
print "Curve name: %s \n" % myCurveName
print "Ipo curves: %s \n" % myCurveIPO
print "Ipo length: %s \n" % myPathLength
print "##############################################\n"

H1x = myCurvePoints
H1y = myCurvePoints
H1z = myCurvePoints
Px = myCurvePoints
Py = myCurvePoints
Pz = myCurvePoints
H2x = myCurvePoints
H2y = myCurvePoints
H2z = myCurvePoints

for nCurvePoints in myCurvePoints:
   # Apparently  BezTriple outputs 9 floats for each handle/knot in 3D space
   # so print out each float value
   print"\n##############################################"
   print"Bezier point number: %s \n" % nCurvePoints
   print"H1x: %s \n" % H1x 
   print"H1y: %s \n" % H1y 
   print"H1z: %s \n" % H1z 
   print"\n"
   print"Px: %s \n" % Px 
   print"Py: %s \n" % Py 
   print"Pz: %s \n" % Pz 
   print"\n"
   print"H2x: %s \n" % H2x 
   print"H2y: %s \n" % H2y 
   print"H2z: %s \n" % H2z 
   print"##############################################\n"

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something = (10.0,10.0,10.0)
<IpoCurve stuff>.append(something)