tobiasBora / Blender-ArmorPaintLiveLink

This is a live-link tool to switch from Blender to ArmorPaint by only clicking in one button.

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Blender ArmorPaint Livelink

This addon is the current implementation of live link for ArmorPaint inside of Blender 2.8+

Figure 1 - Addon Properties

Figure 2 - Addon tab in the 3D View

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Download latest version of Blender (v. 2.80 minimum) and the latest version of ArmorPaint.

Installing

  1. Clone the repository
  2. Inside of Blender, Edit > Preferences... > Add-ons (Tab) > install.. the armorpaint_livelink.py file
  3. Turn on the addon
  4. Add the ArmorPaint executable path in the "ArmorPaint Executable" field
  5. In the 3D View, open the panel side (N shortcut) and locate the project directory (folder where your Arm file and textures will be saved)
  6. Select your object (he needs to be unwrapped) and click on the "Open in ArmorPaint" to edit it inside of ArmorPaint (* Optionnal:You can use a custom arm name instead of the object name - example: Use "MyBeautifullCube.arm" for the "Cube" object instead of "Cube.arm"*)
  7. When the texturing process is done, export your textures to a subdirectory called "exports" (* Optionnal: You can also use a custom directory for your textures - example: "/highdefTextures/"*)

Feature Request

Your project as a special needed?

Please add your request in "Issues", we will looking for it as fast as possible!

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Authors

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

Donation

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This is a live-link tool to switch from Blender to ArmorPaint by only clicking in one button.

License:GNU General Public License v3.0


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