There is this addon that was built called Window Generator 2. It can be found at this BA thread. However, when I go to the download link it shows up in a new tab as a bunch of code.
How can I download and use this addon in Blender?
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1related when this doesn't work, and why: install-from-file-not-working-to-install-addon and addons-only-some-zips-will-install – zeffii Nov 28 '15 at 07:17
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- Download the script (Right click on on the link or on the page it is on and choose Save As...) and save it with a
.pyextension for example..window_gen2.py. Open User Preferences (Ctrl+Alt+U) and under Add-ons, click Install from File. Then navigate to the file you downloaded and select it.
It should now appear in the window and you can tick the checkbox in the upper right to enable it.
If you would like to have the add-on enabled every time you start Blender, click Save User Settings at the bottom.
Alternatively, you can just save it and open it in the text editor and press Run Script.
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1Will the script be copied to a blender-specific location, or will deleting it from, say, one's download folder cause Blender to fail to load it? – nanofarad Nov 22 '14 at 23:48
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@hexafraction Blender will copy it into its scripts folder, next to where your config is. You can safely delete the file from the download folder. – brita_ Feb 21 '15 at 12:11
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@ikIsR I have created a small script its running fine in text editor when i saved in .py and install and want to activate the check box i cant find it i search in community, testing and official. This is my small script : import bpy bpy.ops.object.delete(use_global=True) – atek Dec 02 '16 at 17:30
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@iKlsR I have an addon that requires restarting Blender to start working. I have compiled Blender as a Python module. How can I restart the
bpymodule? Is that even possible? – Amir Sep 13 '18 at 18:45 -
1@Amir See https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/2691/is-there-a-way-to-restart-a-modified-addon – iKlsR Sep 14 '18 at 01:00
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@iKlsR I have compiled Blender as a Python3 module so I don't have access to the GUI. I install an addon and enable it using the function you pointed. I then save the user preferences using
bpy.ops.wm.save_userpref()and exit Python.Next time that I doimport bpyI don't see the addon API being added to the bpy module.Do you know how I can fix that?If I run the same exact script in Blender terminal (when using the GUI) everything works.(You may answer here) – Amir Sep 17 '18 at 18:53 -
Where is the path so that I can install it manually by copying a folder? – Aaron Franke Jan 31 '20 at 00:53
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This is an alternative method that works well with multiple file addons as well:
Move or create an addon directory into the addons folder of your blender settings:
Example for Linux and Blender 2.69:
/home/$user/.blender/2.69/scripts/addons/m3addon
Example for Windows 7 and Blender 2.69:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.69\scripts\addons
Example for Windows XP and Blender 2.69:
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.69\scripts\addons
Example for Mac OSX and Blender 2.69:
/Users/$USER/Library/Application\ Support/Blender/2.69/scripts/addons
Activate the addon in blender
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2iirc, you can install a zip file as an add-on too (multi-file add-ons are usually downloaded as a zip file), which blender then extracts into its own folder in the right place. – Greg Zaal Nov 02 '15 at 07:57