The average user does not need the test suite. X-Plane Scenery Developer Blog/Knowledge Base.While older it still explains many of the principles of XPlane2Blender Dan Klaue's 'Using Blender With PlaneMaker' Playlist.See the Introduction to XPlane2Blender Video and download the example files and you'll be well on your way to exporting your first mesh and seeing it in X-Plane! Although the Blender version shown is Blender 2.79, XPlane2Blender is almost entirely the same across versions. Restart Blender even if you see the UI changeįor less stable betas or different versions see the releases page.

Ensure the checkbox next to the words 'Import-Export: Export: X-Plane (.obj)' is checked.

This will automatically unzip to the addons folder

In Blender, open up the Preferences, go to the Addons tab, and click at the bottom 'Install From File.'.

zip file called 'Source Code', do not unzip the io_xplane2blender. Always make backups of your work, especially when beta testing, as newer versions may not be backwards compatibility. Note: This process will override an existing copy of the plugin! To backup your current version of the plugin, see the manual instructions in the manual. An experimental converter for Blender 2.49 projects is also available and is supported. XPlane2Blender for Blender 2.79 can still be downloaded from the releases page, but it isn't supported anymore.

For the greatest stability, use the latest non-beta version of XPlane2Blender.

2.90 seems to work but is not officially supported

Otherwise, e-mail ted at x-plane dot com, especially if you're worried about the security of your models while we debug them.

The best way to contact us is through a bug report. This addon for Blender 2.80 and up makes it possible to export models made in Blender to the X-Plane object format (.obj).Īn experimental importer has been added in 4.2.0-Alpha 1 and can be found here: Contact Us

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