Blender Plugin Tutorials

An introduction on how to use the RapidPipeline Blender Plugin.

For installation instructions please refer to the reference documentation for installation.

Basic Usage

1. Open a model in Blender.
2. Using the Layout workspace tab, in the 3D Viewport, go to the Object menu, and choose RapidPipeline Processor.
3. Select the mesh or meshes to be processed.
4. Adjust the RapidPipeline settings as desired.
5. 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

1. Load a Blender scene and open RapidPipeline 3D Processor.
2. Navigate to the Optimize tab.
3. Select Enabled and Optimization Method
4. Under Mesh and Material Optimization choose Decimator
5. Under Target you can adjust the parameter of the decimation.
6. Select the Objects in the scene that should be decimated and select Run

Guide 2: Remeshing with RapidPipeline

1. Load a Blender scene and open RapidPipeline 3D Processor.
2. Navigate to the Optimize tab.
3. Select Enabled and Optimization Method
4. Under Mesh and Material Optimization choose Remesher
5. Under Material Merger there are additional Material related settings.
6. Under Target you can adjust the parameter of the remeshing operation.
7. Select the Objects in the scene that should be decimated and select Run

Guide 3: Save 3D Processor preset

1. Load a Blender scene and open RapidPipeline 3D Processor.
2. Adjust the settings throughout the settings tabs. Use Advanced or Expert settings if necessary.
3. Press Save button and choose a location to save the selected settings as a .json file on disc.

Guide 4: Load 3D Processor preset

1. Load a Blender scene and open RapidPipeline 3D Processor.
2. 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 3D Processor 7.x format.

On the RapidPipeline Web Platform, toggle the button for Preview New Settings to generate settings in 7.x format.