If you're like me and you love BlenderBIM's fast development ?, BUT you hate having to uninstall/re-install to get access to new updates, you may want to follow this video:
? We look at a manual way to update your BlenderBIM versions, as well as a semi-automatic way through cloning the github repository and creating symbolic links to replace folders - ( if you have administrator privileges).
PS: Is the youtube title catchy enough? haha
Is the youtube title catchy enough? haha
You are making very engaging and informative videos on your youtube channel. :-). One of your next titles could be :
"Software Vendors Of Propriarity Software Don't Want You To Know About This"
"This Incredible Hack Will Speed up Your BIM Workflow Overnight!"
Sorry, I am annoying myself now.
Great Video!
I think just change title to: "Update BlenderBim Automatically like a Pro!"
The automatic update is what sets this apart
@Coen said:
- "Software Vendors Of Propriarity Software Don't Want You To Know About This"
Ouh this one is quite tempting. Controversy sells well haha :D
@Ace said:
I think just change title to: "Update BlenderBim Automatically like a Pro!"
Sweet, done :)
I have recently tried the option to update BlenderBIM with Github sync as shown in the video. It has been successful for sometime until I opened Blender and found that BBIM is no more available eventhough it’s checked in the ‘Add-ons’ in the ‘Blender Preferences’ as shown below;
Could it be due to my last recent ‘git pull’ that might have come with a bug?
It's probably due to the addition of bsdd to the makefile. Just copy the folder /path_to_cloned_repo/IfcOpenShell/src/bsdd into /path_to_blender/3.6/scripts/addons/blenderbim/libs/site/packages/bsdd. Anytime a new lib is added to the makefile, it needs to be manually copied, but fortunately it doesn't happen very often.
@Owura_qu
Can you please check console errors at Blender start? There should me more information to solve the issue. Console can be opened from Window -> Toggle System Console.
It's probably due to the addition of bsdd to the makefile. Just copy the folder
/path_to_cloned_repo/IfcOpenShell/src/bsddinto/path_to_blender/3.6/scripts/addons/blenderbim/libs/site/packages/bsdd.
@cvillagrasa Thank you so much. It has solved the problem and you need to see the giggling on my face ?
A little vid, to show how to use the bat file to create symlinks in windows. With audio this time! :)
Hi everyone! I've just stumbled upon the Blender add-on updater - https://github.com/CGCookie/blender-addon-updater
Is seems somewhat outdated, but it'd be nice to have a tool like this working with BlenderBIM.
@zhukoven said:
Hi everyone! I've just stumbled upon the Blender add-on updater - https://github.com/CGCookie/blender-addon-updater
Is seems somewhat outdated, but it'd be nice to have a tool like this working with BlenderBIM.
Is this so outdated so it does not work anymore or?
@condur well, to be more specific, I am not sure if it works with the recent versions of Blender.
As stated in the repo, This addon has been updated and still works from Blender 2.7 through 3.0
Edit: @Andrej730, also found your issue here https://github.com/CGCookie/blender-addon-updater/issues/85. Have you already tried this repo with BlenderBIM?
@zhukoven yes https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues/2815
@Andrej730, awesome! Is it on the roadmap at some point @Moult ?
@zhukoven it is, on some point I'll implement it ?
@Andrej730 said:
@zhukoven it is, on some point I'll implement it ?
That would be awesome Andrej! Would make things so much easier!
Good afternoon.
I am trying to create a sync with GitHub for Blender 4.2 but this time following the process as described in the BlenderBIM add-on Documentation for Live development environment. Unfortunately I am not able to git clone successfully. Find attached screenshot below;
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Thank you for the help.
The bat file has changed....
https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/blob/v0.8.0/src/blenderbim/docs/devs/installation.rst
and here...
https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/tree/v0.8.0/src/blenderbim/scripts/installation
Thank you so much and will try it out:)
@theoryshaw After updating the path I still have a problem running the dev_environment.bat file. Find the error below;
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Thank you.
Try to put the bat file in the IFCopenshell folder
Yes I tried that too and same problem.
If I understand the new .bat file does not include the "git clone https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell.git" command so I imagine I have to first clone from GitHub. But cloning it is the problem now. How does the .bat file help in the cloning at this stage. I need more understanding. Kindly find the attached .bat file if I missed anything in the update of the paths .
this might help: https://chatgpt.com/share/4c34f9e0-68a7-4314-b28d-c288ee45b3f9
The clone has been successful (I was still using the Windows terminal) and thank you very much. However running the .bat file was completed but with an observation that I don't know if I have to worry about it. You can find the red highlight if it's something to ignore;
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Thank you.
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