Lightbox

Blender study add-on for various utility functions

Bug Report / Feature Request

_{Eevee Clay material override}

Features

• EEVEE Clay Material Override
  Overrides all materials within the scene with a basic clay material. Toggles back to the original materials on button click.
  Access   Interface    View3D > Lightbox > Toggle Clay

• Focus Selected on Outliner
  Focuses selected object on View3D on outliner on complex scenes.
  Access   Interface    View3D > Lightbox > Focus Outliner
       Keyboard   SHIFT + ALT + W

• Origin to Ground
  Setting object center to ground to provide better control in game engines.
  Access   Interface    View3D > Lightbox > Origin to Ground
       Keyboard   SHIFT + ALT + C

• Origin to Geometry
  Setting object center to geometry center to provide better control for modelling.
  Access   Interface    View3D > Lightbox > Origin to Geometry
       Keyboard   SHIFT + ALT + S

Pre-Release Installation

1. Download lightbox folder from this repository.
2. Use a compression tool like 7-Zip to create .zip file from the folder
3. Open Blender version.
4. In the top bar, open the Edit menu.
5. Select Preferences window.
6. On the left side of the Preferences window, choose the Add-ons tab.
7. In the top right of the Preferences window, click down arrow, then click the Install button.
8. Browse to the Lightbox .zip file you downloaded.
9. In the bottom right of the file browser, click Install Add-on.
10. You should now see Lightbox in the list of add-ons.
11. Tick the box to the left of the add-on name to enable it.
12. On your 3D Viewport press N to open context menus.
13. You should be able to see Lightbox UI on right of your editor.

Architecture

lightbox/
├── __init__.py                     # main entry point       
├── core/                           # core functionality
│   ├── __init__.py
|   └── ...
├── operators/                      # individual operations
|   ├── op_operation1.py
|   ├── op_operation2.py
|   └── ...
├── panels/                         # UI panels
│   ├── main_panel.py
│   └── subpanels/                  # optional sub-panels
├── config/                         # property definitions
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── prefs.py                    # preferences
└── utils/                          # shared utilities
    ├── __init__.py
    └── helpers.py

Work in Progress

Roadmap

Feature: Project Organization Helper A directory and naming convention guide and automation tools for setting up a robust project environment.

Feature: Simple Rig Generator for Cycle Animations A rig builder similar to mixamo rigs. Simplicity on implementing inverse kinematics, copy rotation, location and pole targets with separated base / control rig interfaces.

Feature: Shader Editor Node Previews
A small preview frames on top of each node on shader editor for better comprehension and control of node-based procedural texture creation.

Feature: Renderqueue
A renderqueue function with an interface that allows you to set multiple camera, resolution, keyframe renders in batch.

References

1. This project is conducted by using various addons such as GScatter and bakernode

2. Blender Python API