Installing the Wolvenkit Blender Plugin
Install guide
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Install guide
Last updated
Published: ??? by Last documented update: Nov 29 2024 by
This page will show you how to install the Wolvenkit Blender Plugin from a github release or tag. If you want to install the bleeding edge, please check Installing from github source instead.
If you never installed a previous version of the plugin, you can go straight to Step 1: Install the plugin
Open the Blender Preferences (Toolbar: Edit
-> Preferences
) and select the AddOns
tab
Complete either of the options below:
Remove
buttonThe build-in Blender way. Should work. If it doesn't check the second option
Check the plugin's file
entry. It will usually be something like this:
Navigate there with your Windows Explorer (Hotkey: Windows+R
, paste the path above after changing your Blender version), and delete everything — either the entire folder, or all files inside.
Optional: Close and re-open Blender
If you want to install the current development version of the plugin, read Installing from github source.
Download the latest release of the plugin from github:
On the releases page, find the most recent release
Scroll past the change notes to the Assets section
Download the zip file with the plugin:
Start Blender
Open the Blender Preferences (Toolbar: Edit
-> Preferences
) and select the AddOns
tab
Click the "Install" button and select the zip file you downloaded in step 2
You only need to do this if you never installed the plugin before.
After you have successfully installed the plugin, you can now use the search bar to find it:
Make sure the box is checked and restart Blender.
You can do both by hand. Find your Blender install's plugin folder, the path will look something like this (replace 3.6 with your Blender version):
Inside the plugins folder, the Wolvenkit Blender IO Suite will be installed to the subfolder i_scene_cp77_gltf
.
To uninstall the plugin, delete the entire folder.
To install the plugin, find the folder in your downloaded zip file that contains the file __init__.py
, move it here, and rename it.
Now, restart Blender.