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Blender Integration Installation & Update

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Installing the Integration

All integrations are separate plugins that the Connecter app installs to the supported host apps, including Blender.

To manage the integration, you need to click on “Integrations” in Connecter’s menu to open the Integrations Hub. Press the “Install Integration” button in Blender’s section to open the integration installation dialog.

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There are several ways to install the Blender integration:

  • Install from Blender.
  • Install from the Blender Extensions Website.
  • Install from Connecter:
    • With the drag-and-drop interaction.
      or
    • Using the installation package from disk.

Install from Blender

Inside Blender:

  1. Open the “Edit” drop down.
  2. Press the “Preferences” button.
  3. Activate the “Get Extensions” tab.
  4. Type “Connecter” in the “Search Extensions” field.
  5. Press the “Install” button.

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Install from the Blender Extensions Website

  1. Go to Connecter’s extension page on Blender’s website.
  2. Click on the “Get Add-on” button.
  3. The button will change to “Drag and Drop into Blender” so you can directly drag and drop the package into the Blender viewport.

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Install With a Drag-And-Drop from Connecter

To install the integration, click on one of the “Drag and Drop into Blender to Install" buttons for the version of Blender you would like to install and drop the package into Blender’s viewport.

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Install Using the Installation Package from Connecter

To install the integration:

  1. Click on the “Download Installation ZIP to Install from Disk" button.
  2. Select a Blender version.
  3. Select a folder where the Blender integration installation package will be extracted.
  4. Drag the package file (for example, BlenderPlugin_0.6.21.zip for Blender 5.0) from the folder and drop it into Blender’s viewport.

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Updating the Integration

When a new version of the Blender integration is released, you’ll receive a notification in Connecter. To update the integration, press the “Install Update” button in the notification and perform the same steps as in the “Installing the Integration” section.

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Uninstalling the Integration

Inside Blender:

  1. Open the “Edit” drop down.
  2. Press the “Preferences” button.
  3. Activate the “Get Extensions” tab.
  4. In the “Installed” section of the right panel, click the arrow button on the left of the Connecter.
  5. Press the “Uninstall” button.

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Access the Integration in Blender

In Blender, the integration is accessed from the right-click context menu in the viewport or the right-click context menu on a collection in the “Blender Scene Explorer” panel to add objects and material assets to Connecter.

To learn more about the features of the Blender integration, check out this guide.

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