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Kurzanleitung: Blender 2.93 Setup für virtuelle Welten

Dies ist meine persönliche Kurzanleitung, Blender 2.93 so einzurichten, dass ich damit bequem arbeiten kann. Die Oberfläche wird damit für die Erstellung von statischen und animierten Inhalten optimiert und die Farben ähnlich des ehemaligen Blender-Forums Elysium angepasst.

Eine Übersicht von How-Tos für ältere Blender-Versionen befindet sich hier.

Vorbemerkungen

Durchzuführende Schritte


(Tested under Windows 7 - change paths as needed on your system)
(some add-ons are exluded with // since they are missing in Blender)

Start Blender
Menu FILE > DEFAULTS > Load Factory Settings

Copy current Workspace
  Right-click LAYOUT tab > Duplicate
  Double-Click Layout.001 tab
  Rename tab into "VW"
  Right-click new tab > Reorder to Front
3D Viewport:
  Header with "Object", "View", "Select"
    Right-click > HEADER > FLIP TO BOTTOM
  Hit T to hide Toolbar
  Disable SHOW GIZMO
  Delete Camera
  Delete Light
  Select cube
  Enable TOGGLE X-Ray
  Enable SNAP DURING TRANSFORM
  VIEWPORT SHADING
    Switch LIGHTING to MATCAP
    Switch COLOR to TEXTURE
    Enable BACKFACE CULLING
    Enable CAVITY (similar to AO)
    Disable OUTLINE
  VIEW > SIDEBAR (or N) to show SIDEBAR
    Select tab VIEW
    Right-click panel COLLECTIONS
      Enable PIN
    Select tab ITEM
    Open panel COLLECTIONS
    Sort panels:
      COLLECTIONS (open)
      TRANSFORM (open)
      ... (closed)
    Enter Edit Mode (TAB)
    Select tab ITEM
    In panel TRANSFORM switch to GLOBAL
    Leave Edit Mode (TAB)
    Make sidebar slim
Time Line:
  switch to UV Editor
UV/Image Editor:
  make it a bit higher
  Right-click Header > Flip To Bottom
  VIEW > SIDEBAR (or N) to enable SIDEBAR
Outliner:
  Header > Flip To Bottom
  Filter > Restriction Toggles
    Disable EXCLUDE FROM VIEW LAYER
    Enable SELECTABLE
  Select SCENE COLLECTION
  Add 4 new Collections
  Rename Collections:
    LOD3
    LOD2
    LOD1
    LOD0
    PHYS
  Hide collections LOD2, LOD1, LOD0, PHYS
  Select collection LOD3
Properties:
  Object Properties:
    Sort Panels:
      Collections (open)
      ... (closed)
  Object Data Properties:
    Sort Panels:
      UV Maps (open)
      Vertex Groups (open)
      ... (closed)
  MATERIAL PROPERTIES

Edit > Preferences...:
  Interface:
    Display:
      Disable SPLASH SCREEN
    Menus:
      Enable OPEN ON MOUSE OVER
      Pie Menus:
        Confirm Threshold: 20 px
  Themes:
    Switch theme to BLENDER DARK
    Hit + to add new theme
    Name: "Blender Dark VW"
    Hit OK
    (theme will be modified below via XML file editing)
  Editing:
    NEW OBJECTS:
      Enable ENTER EDIT MODE
  Addons:
    Enable these addons:
      INTERFACE: 3D Viewport Pie Menus
      INTERFACE: Dynamic Context Menu
      INTERFACE: Collection Manager
      ADD CURVE: Extra Objects
      ADD CURVE: IvyGen
      ADD CURVE: Sapling Tree Gen
      ADD MESH: A.N.T.Landscape
      ADD MESH: Archimesh
      ADD MESH: BoltFactory
      ADD MESH: Extra Objects
      ADD MESH: GEODESIC DOMES
      MATERIAL: Material Utilities
      OBJECT: Edit Linked Library
      MESH: Tissue
        //Source: https://github.com/alessandro-zomparelli/tissue
      UV: Magic UV
      UV: Tube UV Unwrap
        Install...
          Select "uv_tube_unwrap.py"
            (Source: https://github.com/uhlik/bpy)
        Enable this addon:
          UV: Tube UV Unwrap
  Navigation:
    Orbit & Pan
      Disable AUTO PERSPECTIVE
    Zoom
      Enable ZOOM TO MOUSE POSITION
  Keymap:
    Preferences:
      Spacebar Action: TOOLS
      3D View:
        Enable TAB FOR PIE MENU
  System:
    Memory & Limits
      Undo Steps: 128
  Save & Load
    Recent Files: 20
  File Paths:
    Fonts
      F:\Software\System\Windows\Fonts\
    Textures
      F:\
    Scripts:
      F:\Software\Grafik\3D\Blender\Skripte
    Temporary Files:
      C:\Temp\Blender
    Render Cache:
      C:\Temp\Blender
    Image Editor:
      D:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro 2021 (64-bit)\Corel PaintShop Pro.exe
  SAVE PREFRENCES
  Close PREFERENCES window

Preset Collada Exporter:
  FILE > EXPORT > COLLADA (DEFAULT) (.dae)
  Click TOGGLE REGION icon (settings gear)
    Select OPERATOR PRESETS > SL+OpenSim Static
    MAIN
      TEXTURE OPTIONS
        Disable COPY
    GEOM
      Disable TRIANGULATE
    EXTRA
      Enable LIMIT PRECISION
    MAIN
    Hit + icon to add new operator preset
      name it "SL+OpenSimulator Static v08"
    Select OPERATOR PRESETS > sl+opensim rigged
    MAIN
      GLOBAL ORIENTIATION
        Enable APPLY
      TEXTURE OPTIONS
        Disable COPY
        Disable ONLY SELECTED MAP
    GEOM
      Disable TRIANGULATE
      Disable APPLY MODIFIERS
    ANIM
      Disable INCLUDE ANIMATIONS
    EXTRA
      Enable BIND INFO
    MAIN
    Hit + icon to add new operator preset
      name it "SL+OpenSimulator Rigged v01"
  CANCEL to close the export window

Configuration of 3DConnection SpaceMouse
  3D Viewport
    Press left button on SpaceMouse
      Configure 3D SpaceMouse as shown in the screenshot "SpaceMouse Settings B2.92"

Front View (Num1)
VIEW > ALIGN VIEW > CENTER VIEW TO CURSOR
Adjust width and height of all areas as needed
FILE > DEFAULTS > SAVE STARTUP FILE
Close Blender application

Create custom UI theme:
  Edit with text editor:
    blender_dark_vw.xml
    to be found in
      C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.93\scripts\presets\interface_theme
    Replace all color codes 5680C2 with ff7021
    Save .xml file
  Enable new theme
    Start Blender application
    Edit > Preferences...:
      Themes
        Switch Theme to "Blender Dark VW"
    SAVE PREFRENCES
    Close PREFERENCES window
    Close Blender application

Transfer Bookmarks and Recent Files from the previous version:
  Go to
    C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.92\config
  Copy bookmarks.txt and recent-files.txt to
    C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.93\config

Transfer User Presets from the previous version:
  Check in this folder, which presets you want to keep
  (exclude the Collada exporter you already defined above):
    C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.92\scripts\presets\operator
  Then copy them to
    C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.93\scripts\presets\operator

Backup this folder:
  C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.93

To open .blend files on double-click in Blender 2.93:
  Open regedit
  Locate this key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\blend_auto_file\shell\open\command
  Modify path to new Blender version