Add-ons

Fake-bpy-module

Code autocomplete greatly simplifies writing scripts or developing add-ons for Blender. One of the best autocomplete modules for today is developed by Nutti. Last updated 20190718.

The project is hosted on the author’s GitHub: https://github.com/nutti/fake-bpy-module

The modules are distributed via pip or as a pre-generated-modules. Author also provides a module generator with which you can assemble autocomplete modules yourself.

Decorators for node tree updation delay

When we create a field on the add-on interface panel, the value of which changes something in the node tree, each time the user changes the field value the node tree recompiles. If the user changes the value in that field by holding and moving the mouse, too frequent node tree recompilation will cause Blender to hangs.

This problem can be solved using decorators for deferred updating of the node tree.

Code by Skarn.

Class for creating nodes by type

Class for quick node creation by their type.

Code by Skarn.

Quick Instance Add-on: grouping-like workflow

This add-on for Blender 2.8 creates a grouping workflow using Blender 2.7 group style. Add-on doesn’t “brokes” the scene, so you can properly work with groups made with this add-on having no add-on installation.

By Michael Soluyanov.

  • ctrl+g – group selected objects
  • f9 – manage the group name and origin
  • tab – enter/exit group edit mode in separate space

Video with an add-on demonstration:

You can get this add-on at:

Blender Market: https://blendermarket.com/products/quick-instance

Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/l/qinstance