Support for Blender 2.90.1 about blender3mfformat

[Ghostkeeper]

Yeah, I've developed versions 0.1 and 0.2 using Blender 2.83, but version 1.0 was developed specifically using version 2.90. I've later tested that it still works on 2.83 and 2.80 but I'm fairly sure that it works on 2.90.

However what I'm less sure about is exactly how to package and install it on all systems. I've tested the current installation instructions on my Windows 10 installation and on Ubuntu and it seemed to work for me.

I concur with your assessment of the logs. It should be there.

Are there external dependencies that need to be installed as well?

No, the only dependencies of the add-on are the Python packages that are already in Blender. Blender runs a modified version of CPython 3.7 with their own API added to it. It should work for Blender out of the box.

From PowerShell I ran python __init__.py and it exited silently. After restarting blender again neither the addon nor the File>Import/Export menu entries appear.

This is indeed expected. __init__.py just defines functions that should be called by Blender to load the add-on. It doesn't actually call those functions.

I'll give it another try in the weekend. There was also another issue I needed to test on Windows.

[Ghostkeeper]

I wanted to submit this add-on to be included with Blender as a "community" add-on but it seems that it requires me to create a page on a wiki to document it, but the wiki is closed for a migration :(

[ccurtis0]

Thanks for responding, I figured out that the extension shows up in the "Testing" group instead of either "Official" or "Community", and that has to be searched explicitly. I'm new to Blender so others may already be aware, but it's worth mentioning this in your install instructions.

I used Microsoft's 3D Builder to create a simple cylinder with a copper surface intersecting a cube with a translucent "gel-like" composition. When I imported this .3MF into Blender using your extension it looks very different. The cylinder is copper colored but not metallic, and the cube is a solid gray instead of like a green "mist". Are these currently known limitations or should I expect these attributes to transfer?

I used 3D Builder because learning Blender seems hard, but I'll continue to work with it. I'm a little disappointed in the 3MF format right now though.

[Ghostkeeper]

One limitation is that this plug-in currently supports no 3MF extensions. One 3MF extension developed by Microsoft is support for materials. This includes textures, translucency and rendering parameters such as shine.