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BlenderKit Preferences

Andreas Gajdosik edited this page Apr 25, 2023 · 10 revisions

Navigate to Blender Preferences -> Add-ons -> 3D View: BlenderKit Online Asset Library to open BlenderKit add-on preferences. Preferences allow you to configure and fine tune the add-on behaviour to your needs and on the machine you are using.

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Preferences

Show Assetbar when Starting Blender

When checked the assetbar will be automatically shown on startup of every Blender instance.

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Log Out

Log out from BlenderKit.

Your API Key

The BlenderKit API Key. Get it from your page on the website.

apikey
Global Files Directory

Global storage for your asset files, will use subdirectories for the contents.

Project Assets Subdirectory

Where data will be stored for individual projects.

Use Directories:

Which directories will be used for storing download data ( global and subdir, global, local).

Global and Subdir Store files both in global lib and subdirectory of current project. Warning - each file can be many times on your harddrive, but helps you keep your project in one piece.

Global Store downloaded files only in a global directory. This can bring problems when moving your projects, since assets won't be in the subdirectory of current project.

Local Store downloaded files only in a local directory. This can use more bandwidth when you reuse assets in different projects.

Unpack files

Unpack assets after download.

  • With unpack on, you can access your textures easier, and resolution swapping of assets is possible.
  • With unpack off, you can avoid some issues that are caused by other addons like e.g. Megascans. Switch unpack off if you encounter problems like stuck downloads.
Assetbar Thumbnail Size

Size of the asset thumbnails in the Assetbar.

Max Assetbar Rows

Max rows of assetbar in the 3D view.

Use GPU for Thumbnails Rendering (for assets uploads)

By default this is off so you can continue your work without any lag.

Deamon port:

Port to be used for startup and communication with download deamon. Changing the port will cancel all running downloads and searches.

IP version:

Which address family add-on should use for connection.

Use both IPv4 and IPv6 Add-on will use both IPv4 and IPv6 families of addresses for connections.

Use only IPv4 Add-on will use only IPv4 family of addresses for connections. This might fix connection issues on some systems connected to only IPv4 networks.

Proxy:

Which directories will be used for storing downloaded data.

SYSTEM: Use system proxy settings Add-on will use system-wide proxy settings, custom proxy settings in add-on preferences will be ignored.

NONE: Ignore system and custom proxy settings Add-on will ignore both system-wide proxy settings and custom proxy settings defined in add-on preferences. All add-on HTTP requests will not go through any proxy server.

CUSTOM: Use custom system proxy settings (experimental) Add-on will use custom proxy settings, system proxy settings will be ignored. Please set the address in the add-on preferences below in the field “Custom proxy address”. This is an experimental feature, might not work on some systems.

Updater settings:

Auto-check for updates If enabled, auto-check for using an interval.

Enable pre-releases If enabled, updater will also include pre-release versions.

Interval between checks

Months - Number of months between checking for updates. Days - Number of days between checking for updates.

Check now for blenderkit update

Check now for and update to the blenderkit add-on.

(Re)install add-on version

Install a targeted version of the blenderkit add-on.

Restore add-on backup (“Date of your latest backup”)

Restore add-on backup.

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