How to update BlenderBIM manually or sync with Github
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
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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
Ouh this one is quite tempting. Controversy sells well haha :D
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/bsddinto/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.
@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! :)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2itzdqlmp1gk3ret40qif/2023-11-15_08-16-23.mp4?rlkey=yoa3dofmizn7reewuny7t6l38&dl=0
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Is seems somewhat outdated, but it'd be nice to have a tool like this working with BlenderBIM.
Is this so outdated so it does not work anymore or?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 🙂
That would be awesome Andrej! Would make things so much easier!