API Reference

The Panda3D Python API consists of two packages: the panda3d core library, which is written in C++, and the direct library, which is written in Python. This section of the documentation aims to give a complete overview of all the classes and functions defined in these two libraries.

panda3d - Core library

`panda3d._rplight`
`panda3d.ai`
`panda3d.bullet`
`panda3d.core`
`panda3d.direct`
`panda3d.dtoolconfig`	Alias of `panda3d.interrogatedb`.
`panda3d.egg`
`panda3d.fx`
`panda3d.interrogatedb`
`panda3d.ode`
`panda3d.physics`
`panda3d.skel`
`panda3d.vision`
`panda3d.vrpn`

direct - Python support library

DIRECT is a set of Python-based tools that are layered on top of core Panda3D, which is written in C++. It includes the DirectGUI tools, the task system, the Interval system, a high-level class for animated characters, and several other systems.

There are additional C++ classes to support these modules, which can be found in the panda3d.direct module.

`direct.actor`	This package contains the `Actor` class as well as a distributed variant thereof.
`direct.cluster`
`direct.controls`	This package contains various types of character controllers, handling basic control mechanics and setting up collisions for them.
`direct.directbase`	This package contains modules to quickly set up a Panda environment for quick prototyping in the interactive Python shell.
`direct.directdevices`	This package contains a high-level interface for VRPN devices.
`direct.directnotify`	This package contains notification and logging utilities for Python code.
`direct.directtools`	This package contains the DIRECT tools, a set of tkinter tools for exploring and manipulating the Panda3D scene graph. By default, these are disabled, but they can be explicitly enabled using the following PRC configuration::.
`direct.directutil`	This package contains assorted utility classes.
`direct.dist`	This package contains tools to help with distributing Panda3D applications.
`direct.distributed`	This package contains an implementation of the Distributed Networking API, a high-level networking system that automatically propagates changes made on distributed objects to interested clients.
`direct.extensions_native`	This package contains various Python methods that extend some of Panda's underlying C++ classes.
`direct.filter`	This package contains functionality for applying post-processing filters to the result of rendering a 3-D scene.
`direct.fsm`	This package contains implementations of a Finite State Machine, an abstract construct that holds a particular state and can transition between several defined states.
`direct.gui`	This package contains the DirectGUI system, a set of classes responsible for drawing graphical widgets to the 2-D scene graph.
`direct.interval`	This package contains the Python implementation of the interval system, which is a mechanism for playing back scripted actions.
`direct.motiontrail`	This package contains only the `MotionTrail` class.
`direct.p3d`	This package provides the Python interface to functionality relating to the Panda3D Runtime environment.
`direct.particles`	This package contains the high-level Python interface to the particle system.
`direct.physics`
`direct.showbase`	This package contains .ShowBase, an application framework responsible for opening a graphical display, setting up input devices and creating the scene graph.
`direct.showutil`
`direct.stdpy`	This package contains various modules that provide a drop-in substitute for some of the built-in Python modules.
`direct.task`	This package contains the Python interface to the task system, which manages scheduled functions that are executed at designated intervals.
`direct.tkpanels`	This package provides various GUI panels useful during Panda3D development written using the Tkinter framework.
`direct.tkwidgets`	This package provides various Tkinter widgets.
`direct.wxwidgets`