Blender

a free competitor to Max and Maya

pipeline wiki

• great ref blender native UI N-Panel

random references¶

• Russian wiki (auto translated)
• recommended list of addons (small list)

Blender addon require bl_info.
they only show in the addon manager if they are in the addon folder. in the site package folder they are just normal py modules.

Backlinks¶

• Pyblish
  • Pyblish let’s you create content pipelines, and is aimed at VFX & games.
• Blender addon
  • Blender addons can be enabled in File/Preferences, add-ons tab.
• Blender Python
  • Since Blender dynamically adds paths to the Pythonpath, you need to pass custom sys.paths to subprocess when running commands
• Blender extensions
  • Blender 4.2+ catches this and triggers extension installation
• learn technical art
  • Blender
• file browser
  • Blender has a file browser, which is basic and similar to the experience in explorer.
• script marketplaces
  • Blender
• Blender print icon names
  • Print all Blender icon names from icon items
• BQt
  • BQt enables Qt in Blender
• qt blender addon browser
  • A add-on browser widget, to quickly open Blender add-on folders in explorer.
    https://github.com/hannesdelbeke/qt-addon-browser
  • make a Blender addon to extend the addon preferences.
• Blender pip addon
  • A Python module manager for Blender, using pip
• Blender custom icons
  • By default Blender only supports icons in the icon items enum
• Blender install editable packages
  • The solution is to add the modules folder to the sitedir on Blender startup
  • pass custom sys.paths to subprocess discovered that Blender doesn’t use site packages much
• restore last session
  • restore all previously opened tools in Blender or Autodesk Maya
• learn 3d
  • | app | cost | |
    | Blender | Free | |
    | [[Autodesk Maya | Maya]] | Paid |
    | [[Autodesk 3ds Max | Max]] | Paid |
  • | app | cost |
    | Blender | Free |
    | ZBrush | paid |
    | Mudbox | paid |
    | Sculptris | Free |
• Blender file size browser
  • it’d be great if you could see why a blend file is so big in Blender
    a hidden animation
  • Blender saves individual data blocks, which are readable with bpy.data but we can’t get their size.
• Blender geometry nodes
  • The Geometry nodes system is a node editor for Blender to modify the geometry of an object with node-based operations.
• Blender material editor
  • A node editor to create materials in Blender
• Blender user preferences
  • Blender preferences contains settings for Blender
• Python pip
  • [!example]-
• README
  • Search for something you are interested in, e.g. Blender, Unreal, Maya, Python, gamejam, tool browser
• UCX generator addon
  • A Blender addon to generate UCX meshes for Unreal convex collision
• common blender errors
  • common Blender errors
  • no QApplication
    https://github.com/readyplayerme/blender-deform-test/issues/1
    *todo*{: #todo .hash} move this to its own note, and link in Blender deform test so its private 1way link
    https://github.com/plugget/plugget-qt/blob/main/plugget_qt/__init__.py
• free dcc apps
  • Blender
• icons in Blender
  • Blender ships with the icon viewer addon
• plugin templates
  • Blender plugin template
• transfer shapes
  • transfer shapes in Blender