BlenderChat

Chat with Claude AI to control Blender via natural language.

Installation

Requires Blender 4.2+.

Production (Install from ZIP)

1. Zip the blender_chat/ folder:

   zip -r blender_chat.zip blender_chat/
   

2. In Blender: Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install… → select blender_chat.zip.
3. Enable the BlenderChat checkbox.
4. In the 3D view, click N to show the right tabs, then click the newly added Chat tab.
5. Click Install Dependencies if prompted (installs the anthropic package).
6. Set your API key in the addon preferences, and click away.
7. You may now control Blender by chatting with Claude in the Chat tab.

Add AI credits and manage your API keys at https://platform.claude.com

Development (Symlink)

Symlink the blender_chat/ folder into Blender's addons directory so edits take effect immediately:

# macOS
ln -s "$(pwd)/blender_chat" ~/Library/Application\ Support/Blender/4.2/scripts/addons/blender_chat

# Linux
ln -s "$(pwd)/blender_chat" ~/.config/blender/4.2/scripts/addons/blender_chat

# Windows (run as Administrator)
mklink /D "%APPDATA%\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.2\scripts\addons\blender_chat" "%cd%\blender_chat"

Then enable in Edit > Preferences > Add-ons and use F3 > Reload Scripts (or restart Blender) after changes.

The chat panel appears in View3D > Sidebar > Chat (press N to toggle the sidebar).

Reference Links

• Blender Source Code: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender
• Blender Python API: https://docs.blender.org/api/current/index.html
• Offline Blender Documentation: https://developer.blender.org/docs/contribute/build_instructions/

License

Apache 2.0, by SpaceHendrix