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The Blendertools package is available on the download page:!LINK!http://www.makehuman.org/content/download.html -- http://www.makehuman.org/content/download.html!/LINK!
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The most up to date BlenderTools package (for 1.1.0) is available here: http://download.tuxfamily.org/makehuman/releases/1.1.0/blendertools-1.1.0-all.zip
The current version is 1.0.0, designed to work with MakeHuman 1.0.0 and with Blender 2.69. It's a zip package of four folders:
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* MakeTarget
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BlenderTools roughly follows the releases of MakeHuman. So while it might work to use another version, it is probably better to upgrade BlenderTools whenever you upgrade MakeHuman.
* MakeClothes
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* MakeWalk
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BlenderTools should work with any modern version of Blender.
* mhx_importer
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In practice, BlenderTools is a zip package consisting of three folders:
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* MakeTarget (used to create targets)
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* MakeClothes (used to create clothes, hair, proxies and other mesh items usable in MH)
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* MakeWalk (used for BVH animation)
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To install the addons, these subfolders must first be copied to a location where Blender can find it. Depending on the operating system being used, the addons destination directory where Blender will look for user-defined add-ons, is
 
To install the addons, these subfolders must first be copied to a location where Blender can find it. Depending on the operating system being used, the addons destination directory where Blender will look for user-defined add-ons, is
* Windows 7: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.6x\scripts\addons
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* Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.6x\scripts\addons
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* Windows 7 and later: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\%your blender version%\scripts\addons
* Vista: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\%blenderversion%\scripts\addons (this is valid at least for blender 2.69)
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* Linux: /home/%username%/.blender/%version%/scripts/addons
* Linux: /home/$user/.blender/$version/scripts/addons
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Note that the AppData folder in Windows 7 and the .blender folder in Linux are hidden folders. The location may also be different depending on your choices for setting up your operating system and Blender. For more information see the Blender documentation.
 
Note that the AppData folder in Windows 7 and the .blender folder in Linux are hidden folders. The location may also be different depending on your choices for setting up your operating system and Blender. For more information see the Blender documentation.
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To enable the MH addons, in Blender open the User Preferences window from the File > User Preferences menu, and go to the Addons tab. The Blendertools addons are located in the MakeHuman category. Enable them by checking the box in the upper-right corner, next to the running man symbol.  If you want Blendertools to start every time Blender is restarted, press the "Save User Settings" button.
 
To enable the MH addons, in Blender open the User Preferences window from the File > User Preferences menu, and go to the Addons tab. The Blendertools addons are located in the MakeHuman category. Enable them by checking the box in the upper-right corner, next to the running man symbol.  If you want Blendertools to start every time Blender is restarted, press the "Save User Settings" button.
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  !IMAGE!Pictures/mhx-pref.png!/IMAGE!
 
  !IMAGE!Pictures/mhx-pref.png!/IMAGE!

Revision as of 11:53, 24 May 2016

The most up to date BlenderTools package (for 1.1.0) is available here: http://download.tuxfamily.org/makehuman/releases/1.1.0/blendertools-1.1.0-all.zip

BlenderTools roughly follows the releases of MakeHuman. So while it might work to use another version, it is probably better to upgrade BlenderTools whenever you upgrade MakeHuman.

BlenderTools should work with any modern version of Blender.

In practice, BlenderTools is a zip package consisting of three folders:

  • MakeTarget (used to create targets)
  • MakeClothes (used to create clothes, hair, proxies and other mesh items usable in MH)
  • MakeWalk (used for BVH animation)


To install the addons, these subfolders must first be copied to a location where Blender can find it. Depending on the operating system being used, the addons destination directory where Blender will look for user-defined add-ons, is

  • Windows 7 and later: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\%your blender version%\scripts\addons
  • Linux: /home/%username%/.blender/%version%/scripts/addons

Note that the AppData folder in Windows 7 and the .blender folder in Linux are hidden folders. The location may also be different depending on your choices for setting up your operating system and Blender. For more information see the Blender documentation.

To enable the MH addons, in Blender open the User Preferences window from the File > User Preferences menu, and go to the Addons tab. The Blendertools addons are located in the MakeHuman category. Enable them by checking the box in the upper-right corner, next to the running man symbol. If you want Blendertools to start every time Blender is restarted, press the "Save User Settings" button.

!IMAGE!Pictures/mhx-pref.png!/IMAGE!