[Distribution] Useful Free Blender Plugins

GutoCrafts

Hello guys, this is a list of useful plugins. Let me know if I should add something more to the list.

 

Name	Description	Where to Download
Daz To Blender Bridge	Official DAZ importer for Blender	https://github.com/daz3d/DazToBlender
DAZ importer	Diffeomorphic DAZ importer for Blender	https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/src/master/
pose-thumbnails	Pose Thumbnails is a simple add-on that adds the ability to have thumbnails for the poses in a Pose Library.	https://gitlab.com/blender-institute/pose-thumbnails
Hair converter add-on for Blender	Convert Daz Hair to particle hair.	https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/445851/hair-converter-add-on-for-blender/p1
Dynamic Parent	Allows the user to create and disable object parents with a single click	https://gist.github.com/jingle1000/be3de2920076e5c55a2e78fe730ce845#file-dynamic_parent-py
Anim Aide	Something like Animbot, but for Blender and Free	https://github.com/aresdevo/animaide
AnimExtras	AnimExtras is an addon for Blender that adds ease-of-use for animators using onion skinning	https://github.com/iBrushC/animextras
DuBlast	Adds a Play Blast Button to the view dropdown	https://github.com/Rainbox-dev/DuBLF_DuBlast
Xin's HD vector displacement map creater	Bake HD morphs to displacement maps or normal maps	https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/issues/357/it-is-possible-to-read-dhdm-files-directly
Faster HD exporter	Faster HD exporter	https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/issues/191/possible-speedup-for-the-hd-exporter
Sagan	A Daz to Blender Alembic Exporter	https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/428856/sagan-a-daz-to-blender-alembic-exporter/p1
HDRI Sun Aligner	HDRI Sun Aligner is a Blender 2.8+ and 2.9+ addon for automatically rotating an object (e.g. a sun) to match the brightest point in a HDRI environment texture	https://github.com/akej74/hdri-sun-aligner
Building Tool	Scripts geared towards creating buildings and environments	https://github.com/ranjian0/building_tools

 

marth_e

Great list. Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

Krys Kryngle

Xin's HD vector displacement map creater.  This thing is awesome.  We can import the base mesh character and generate displacement maps from the original Daz files. 

https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/issues/357/it-is-possible-to-read-dhdm-files-directly

Looks like Thomas is adding this to Diffeo...

 

Padone

@GutoCrafts Those are plugins for professional animation, thank you for pointing them out. Though I don't feel there are many animators around here. Most daz people just do single pictures.

The plugin by Xin is designed to work together with diffeo, so it's a "diffeo addon". Think of it as a "HD booster" for diffeo. There's also the c++ HD exporter by Donald aka @TheMysteryIsThePoint, always for diffeo, that has some limits but it's much faster than the daz script version. And of course sagan.

https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/issues/191/possible-speedup-for-the-hd-exporter

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/428856/sagan-a-daz-to-blender-alembic-exporter

GutoCrafts

Thanks guys. I added those to the list

benniewoodell

This list is great, thanks for sharing! 

juvesatriani

HDRI Sun Aligner is a Blender 2.8+ and 2.9+ addon for automatically rotating an object (e.g. a sun) to match the brightest point in a HDRI environment texture

https://github.com/akej74/hdri-sun-aligner

Building Tool > Crazy fast way to model buildings in Blender!

https://github.com/ranjian0/building_tools

GutoCrafts

thanks, guys. I've updated the list. Great suggestions.