Blender Plugin Tutorials
An introduction on how to use the RapidPipeline Processor Blender Plugin.
For installation instructions please refer to the reference documentation for installation.
Basic Usage
- Open a model in Blender.
- In the 3D Viewport open the Sidebar (default hotkey
n
) and chooseRapidPipeline
. - Select the mesh or meshes to be processed.
- Adjust the RapidPipeline settings as desired.
- Click the Run button.
- The selected meshes are processed.
- The source mesh is hidden and a new Collection is created for the results
Usage Guides
Guide 1: Mesh Decimation with RapidPipeline
- Load a Blender scene and open RapidPipeline Processor.
- Navigate to the
Optimize
tab. - Select
Enabled
andOptimization Method
. - Under
Mesh and Material Optimization
chooseDecimator
. - Under
Target
you can adjust the parameter of the decimation. - Select the Objects in the scene that should be decimated and select
Run
.
Guide 2: Remeshing with RapidPipeline
- Load a Blender scene and open RapidPipeline Processor.
- Navigate to the
Optimize
tab. - Select
Enabled
andOptimization Method
. - Under
Mesh and Material Optimization
chooseRemesher
. - Under
Material Merger
there are additional Material related settings. - Under
Target
you can adjust the parameter of the remeshing operation. - Select the Objects in the scene that should be decimated and select
Run
.
Guide 3: Save Processor preset
- Load a Blender scene and open RapidPipeline Processor.
- Adjust the settings throughout the settings tabs. Use
Advanced
orExpert
settings if necessary. - Press
Save
button and choose a location to save the selected settings as a.json
file on disc.
Guide 4: Load Processor preset
- Load a Blender scene and open RapidPipeline Processor.
- Press
Load
button and choose the location of previously saved Processor settings. When loading new settings, all prior changed settings will be overwritten.
caution
Loaded settings must be in RapidPipeline Processor 7.x format.
On the RapidPipeline Web Platform, toggle the button for Preview New Settings to generate settings in 7.x format.