blender/doc/python_api/examples/mathutils.Quaternion.py
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import mathutils
import math
# a new rotation 90 degrees about the Y axis
quat_a = mathutils.Quaternion((0.7071068, 0.0, 0.7071068, 0.0))
# passing values to Quaternion's directly can be confusing so axis, angle
# is supported for initializing too
quat_b = mathutils.Quaternion((0.0, 1.0, 0.0), math.radians(90.0))
print("Check quaternions match", quat_a == quat_b)
# like matrices, quaternions can be multiplied to accumulate rotational values
quat_a = mathutils.Quaternion((0.0, 1.0, 0.0), math.radians(90.0))
quat_b = mathutils.Quaternion((0.0, 0.0, 1.0), math.radians(45.0))
quat_out = quat_a @ quat_b
# print the quat, euler degrees for mere mortals and (axis, angle)
print("Final Rotation:")
print(quat_out)
print("{:.2f}, {:.2f}, {:.2f}".format(*(math.degrees(a) for a in quat_out.to_euler())))
print("({:.2f}, {:.2f}, {:.2f}), {:.2f}".format(*quat_out.axis, math.degrees(quat_out.angle)))
# multiple rotations can be interpolated using the exponential map
quat_c = mathutils.Quaternion((1.0, 0.0, 0.0), math.radians(15.0))
exp_avg = (quat_a.to_exponential_map() +
quat_b.to_exponential_map() +
quat_c.to_exponential_map()) / 3.0
quat_avg = mathutils.Quaternion(exp_avg)
print("Average rotation:")
print(quat_avg)