Blender Addons

You can install the Blender ID addon manually within Blender by following these steps:

1. Download or build the addon to obtain a .addon.zip file (located in the dist/ directory after building).
2. In Blender, navigate to User Preferences → Addons.
3. Click Install from file....
4. Select the dist/blender_id*.addon.zip file.
5. Enable the addon under the System category in the Addons list.

Note: You must sign up for an account at the Blender ID site and log in once to authenticate.

The E2F (Edge 2 Face) operator extends a selected edge to a selected polygon (ngon, tri, or quad) within the same object.

How to use:

1. Select a single Edge.
2. Select a single Polygon.
3. Execute via the menu: W > TinyCAD > E2F.

The vtx script provides three CAD-style edge operations. It automatically detects whether to perform a V, T, or X operation based on the selection. Note that geometry must intersect within a tolerance of 1.5E-6.

Operations:

• V (Extend): Extends two edges towards their calculated intersection point.
• T (Trim): Extends the path of one edge towards another edge.
• X (Intersect/Weld): Where two edges intersect, a weld vertex is created, resulting in 4 edges and 5 vertices.

How to use:

1. Select two edges.
2. Press Spacebar and type vtx.
3. Select autoVTX.

1. Select two edges
2. hit `Spacebar` and type `vtx` ..select `autoVTX`

If you are developing or packaging the addon, use the following commands:

• To build the addon: python3 setup.py bdist

• To bundle the addon for Blender release scripts: python3 setup.py bdist bundle --path ../blender-git/blender/release/scripts/addons

Tissue is a computational design add-on. While it is shipped with Blender, it is recommended to manually install the latest version from the official releases for better stability and features.

Installation Steps:

1. Download the latest release zip file from the Tissue GitHub releases page.
2. In Blender, navigate to Edit > Preferences.
3. Select the Add-ons tab.
4. Click the Install... button.
5. Locate and select the downloaded .zip file.

Note for macOS users: If the zip file was automatically extracted by the OS, you must re-zip the extracted folder before attempting to install it in Blender.

Note on duplicate versions: If you see two versions of Tissue in your add-ons list after installation, activate only the newly installed version and ignore the built-in one.

The mesh_tinyCAD addon is included in standard Blender installations from version 2.78 onwards.

To enable it:

1. Open Blender.
2. Navigate to User Preferences > Add-ons.
3. Search for 'tiny' in the search field.
4. Enable 'Mesh: tinyCAD Mesh tools'.

Note for Blender 2.80+ users: If you encounter an older version that fails to load or run, you should reinstall it directly from the GitHub repository.

The XALL (Intersect All) operator programmatically iterates through all selected edges, slices them at every found intersection, and welds them together.

1. Select as many edges as you want to intersect.
2. hit `spacebar` and type `xa` ..select `XALL intersect all edges`

The CCEN (Circle Centers) operator places the 3D cursor at the center of a circle based on one of two selection methods:

• Two adjacent edges on the circumference of an incomplete circle.
• Three vertices (not required to be adjacent).

This example demonstrates how to use blender_id.get_active_profile() within a bpy.types.AddonPreferences class to show the logged-in user's name in the Blender UI.

import bpy

class DemoPreferences(bpy.types.AddonPreferences):
    bl_idname = __name__

    def draw(self, context):
        import blender_id

        profile = blender_id.get_active_profile()
        if profile:
            self.layout.label('You are logged in as %s' % profile.username)
        else:
            self.layout.label('You are not logged in on Blender ID')

def register():
    bpy.utils.register_module(__name__)

def unregister():
    bpy.utils.unregister_module(__name__)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    register()