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Setup on GNU/Linux:

Run setup_linux.sh

Setup on Windows:

Run this python script from the repository:

script_inception_public\src\blender_scripts\setup_win.py

It will ask you to select your Blender APPDATA directory. Simply select the Blender version for which you want to set up the addons.

It does the setup by:

  • creating junctions in the appropriate subdirectory, i.e.: %APPDATA%\Blender Foundation\Blender\%VERSION%\scripts,
  • and creating a custompath.py startup script in %APPDATA%\Blender Foundation\Blender\%VERSION%\scripts\startup

Old deprecated Blender 2.49 setup information:

To use these scripts in Blender:

  • On Windows: Place them into the following directory:

    • C:\Documents and Settings$USER\Application Data\Blender Foundation\Blender.blender\scripts

  • Or on newer Windows versions (Windows 10 and later):

    • C:\Users$USER\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.93\scripts
$ cygpath "C:\Users\$USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.93\scripts"
/c/Users/${USERNAME}/AppData/Roaming/Blender Foundation/Blender/2.93/scripts
  • On GNU/Linux: Place them into the following directory:
    • ~/.blender/scripts/
    • I recommend creating a symlink to the scripts in the checked out repository instead. That way you can update it easily with "git pull". :)

Considerations for possible Blender-BFDTD system redesign:

How the import currently works:

  • open and parse file to create BFDTDobject
  • loop through those objects and depending on their type call the appropriate blender-dependent function to add them (they are all methods of the FDTDGeometryObjects class)

What we should probably do:

  • get rid of all those type-specific geolists in BFDTDobject (or write corresponding getter functions)
  • get number of different materials used in the BFDTDobject
  • add the usual materials (probes, snapshots, etc)
  • add the geo object materials
  • functions to add new FDTD objects in blender should become operators like bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cube_add()
  • they will define custom ID-Properties for the object
  • a permanent FDTD panel will be added to blender via addon, which will alow seeing and editing the properties of the object, updating the object in the 3D view as well.
  • editing the object in the 3D view will update the ID-properties as well