Questions tagged [export]
Questions involving export-compatibility with other graphics software. Exporting involves converting Blender-native file into an external file type, for the purpose of editing or viewing that file in another program.
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Cut big mesh (plane) in quadratic parts
I am working on a game-engine and the time has come to model a simple map. I thought, since i already use blender for models, why not for the map, since creating a world-editor can be time-consuming. ...
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Import/export 3ds format in Blender 2.8
I need to import and specially export in 3DS format. I know that I can import a file in 2.79 and the copy-paste to 2.8, but then when I copy-paste it back to 2.79 I'm having problems with textures ...
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Right way to stop export operator from saving with empty filename?
If I have a basic save/export operator like this:
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Blender export to Unity
I tried to export blender assets to Unity.
I know it's a common thread in this Stack.
But I still didn't figured it out.
Blender crash like half a time whenever I try to bake.
I figure out how to ...
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Is it possible to export object from Blender with modifiers and use them in external applications?
Can Blender modifiers be exported with the model and work in other 3D software or game engine software?
For example, I have applied the wave modifier on a plant, that automatically set up an "...
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Export File Dialog in Blender 2.80
How can I get bring up a popup file browser in Blender 2.80 invoked by a button click in my addon, to define the name and location of a file to be exported?
In Blender 2.7x, I did this via the ...
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How do I change the default settings of export operators? [duplicate]
I made a panel with an Export Modified Model STL button. Right now I am using...
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FCurve handles to 3D Bézier spline control points
I'm trying to export Bézier curve animations from Blender, but i can't seem to figure out how the control points of FCurves should be interpreted.
A Bézier keyframe for a 3D position typically has ...
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Is there a way to create a Color ID map in Blender?
All of the most powerful texturing applications require a color ID map (Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Quixel DDO). I've been using a Maya plugin called Nightshade Blockout to export color ...
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How do you export bones relative to parent?
I'm currently writing an exporter script. So far, I can export meshes just fine, but I've got some problems with exporting the armature.
According to the python api, there are three different types ...
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Can I export a PDF from Blender?
I would like to have a way of getting the design sheets(aka blueprints) like you can in CAD software.
Is there a plugin or addon or some form of python script that can export a PDF(vector screenshot) ...
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Exporting (bullet) collision shapes
I'm writing a scene exporter from blender to a format to be used by a game. I need to be able to export physics information the game needs, mainly the collision shape of every object (either the one ...
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How to bake animation in blender 2.8?
I'm only starting on blender with the 2.8 version
I want to do several animations by moving the different donuts up and down so I started animating with actions. But I got one action per object and I ...
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Use filemanager to select directory instead of file?
I want my export operator to open the normal file selector but instead of asking for a specific file I want it to ask for a directory. The reason for this is that both my model and the textures should ...
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Ocean modifier and foam data export?
It is there any way to export the foam data generated from ocean modifier to use it in other render engine, like LuxRender? The manual says that the foam data is stored as vertex color data, but there ...
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