v2.2.0 for Blender 3.6

Download

Stop Motion OBJ downloads are now hosted on Itch.io. There's also a mirror on Gumroad.com.
Itch.io link: https://neverhood311.itch.io/stop-motion-obj-addon-for-blender-360
(mirror) Gumroad link: https://neverhood311gumroad.gumroad.com/l/rpvlu

Compatibility Note

This version of Stop Motion OBJ supports Blender 2.92.x - 3.6.x. It will NOT work for Blender 4.0.0+.

New Features

Major features

• Fast OBJ and PLY import in Blender 3.3.0+
• Keyframed sequence progression
• Manual sequence creation (for stop motion animation)
• Smooth/Flat shading for Streaming Sequences
• Auto-export modified meshes
• Multiple sequence import
• .X3D and .WRL mesh sequences

Minor features

• Display mesh sequence source path in the Advanced panel
• Display sequence length in the Advanced panel
• Display the number of currently-cached meshes
• Merge duplicate materials

v2.2.0.beta.0

New Features

Major features

• Keyframed sequence progression
• Manual sequence creation (for stop motion animation)
• Smooth/Flat shading for Streaming Sequences
• Auto-export modified meshes
• Multiple sequence import
• .X3D mesh sequences

Minor features

• Display mesh sequence source path in the Advanced panel
• Display sequence length in the Advanced panel
• Display the number of currently-cached meshes
• Merge duplicate materials

v2.2.0.alpha.23

Fix issue checkMeshChangesFrameChangePre (#162)

* Bump version

* Fixed no object selected in checkMeshChangesFrameChangePre

* Bump version

v2.2.0.alpha.22

@Failxxx fixed a bug which prevented users from creating new mesh sequences from a single mesh.

v2.2.0.alpha.21

Wrong/No mesh export issue FIXED

Auto-export modified meshes.

Instructions:

1. Enable Auto-export changes (Object > Stop Motion OBJ > Export)
2. Select an Export Folder or allow Overwrite Source
3. Make changes to the mesh in Object or Sculpt mode (Edit mode NOT supported)
4. Advance to a new frame and SMO will export the mesh if it's been updated

v2.2.0.alpha.19

Auto-export modified meshes.

Instructions:

1. Enable Auto-export changes (Object > Stop Motion OBJ > Export)
2. Select an Export Folder or allow Overwrite Source
3. Make changes to the mesh in Object or Sculpt mode (Edit mode NOT supported)
4. Advance to a new frame and SMO will export the mesh if it's been updated

v2.2.0.alpha.18

Added a Convert to Mesh Sequence button to the Stop Motion OBJ section in the Object Properties panel for non-sequence objects

v2.2.0.alpha.17

Thanks to @ChristopherRemde for adding better support for Alembic sequence exports

v2.2.0.alpha.13

Fixes streaming sequence loading for files that import more than just mesh data (lights, cameras, etc.).

v2.2.0.alpha.12

For multi-object meshes, discard everything but the first mesh.