My 2016 addons, key bindings and prefs - mhulse/3d-wiki GitHub Wiki

Add-ons

Free

Paid

Backup prefs

First, quit Blender and copy your existing prefs to your Dropbox folder:

$ cp -R ~/Library/Application\ Support/Blender ~/Dropbox/blender

Next, replace your prefs with the copy:

$ rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Blender
$ ln -s ~/Dropbox/blender ~/Library/Application\ Support/Blender

Next time you open Blender it’ll use the prefs located in your Dropbox.

When a new version of blender comes around, just duplicate the previous version’s pref folder and re-name the copy to match the new version of blender:

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Tip: Lock the startup.blend file to avoid accidentally overwriting it.

Pie menu

In Blender 2.72, and above, enable the pie menus in the user preferences. CTRL + ALT + U or File >> User Preferences then the Addons tab. Search for "pie", enable the add-on called "User Interface: Pie Menus Official" (more info: https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.72/UI/Pie_Menus).

MacOS keyboard mods

Avoid RSI!!!!!

In MacOS, map CONTROL key to CAPS LOCK; this will save your thumb from reaching under your palm for that damn Blender-useful key!

Blender keyboard mods

First, make a new “Keyconfig Preset”:

3D View / 3D View Global

Don’t forget to “Save User Settings”!

Preferences

Finally, enable “GPU Compute” for “Device”:

Links

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