Asset Management
With the Asset Management, you can manage your libraries and add assets directly in Blender with automatic thumbnails creation. Compatible Blender 2.78a for now !
All your Assets in one place !
ASSETS- SCENES - MATERIALS - HDRIs
The only Addon who creates thumbnails for you !
Thumbnail Generator
With the Thumbnail Generator your can create different types of thumbnails : THUMBNAIL RENDER : The Addon generates the Thumbnail of your assets with default scene. You can configure the shaders in the preferences and create a custom render. You can tweak everything, add an Ambient Occlusion(AO) shader, hide the floor, add a contour or use the shaders of your asset. render_possibilitiesTHUMBNAIL OPENGL RENDER : The thumbnail uses the OpenGL rendering with Matcaps, Ambient Occlusion(AO), DOF etc ! This is the fastest way to add an asset to your library with a custom camera angle. You can use all the settings of the viewport, it’s simple and you will like it ;) add_in_secondTHUMBNAIL IMAGE : You can use a picture from your disk or use the Render Result. thumbnail_image
Assets features
Linking : You can link objects or materials. asset_management_link Smart Import : The Asset Management place the asset on the selection ! ASSET TO SELECTION :Nothing Selected : Asset will be placed at center of the scene. Object(s) selected : Asset will be placed at origin of selected object(s). Face(s) selected : Asset will be placed on faces and will use normal orientations of those faces. asset_to_selection REPLACE ASSETS : You can replace one or several assets by another, you can do this for linked assets too. The addon jeeps the orientation of the previous asset. asset_management_replace_linked_assets
EDIT ASSETS : You can Edit an asset directly from the preview. That allows you to make a fast modification of your asset to have it exactly how it should be. The addon will save your current scene, open the asset scene and when you will save it, the addon will open your scene and your asset will be updated.
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AND MUCH MORE : With the Asset Management you can : Choose to use existing materials or group to avoir .001, .002 etc Delete unused datas Use active layer The addon saves automatically your scene in the temp when you add an asset to your library Popup to wotk in full Screen (CTRL + Double LMB) You can choose to put the addon in the panel T or N You can add different types of assets to your library.
Inserts
Booleans Inserts for HardHops
Rigged Characters
Grass Essential Setups
Furnitures for Architecture Visualization
Lights Setups
Etc..
Scenes features
SAVE YOUR SCENES WITH CUSTOM THUMBNAILS You can save complete scenes in the Asset Management. You can create libraries, categories and add custom thumbnails. This is really simple and fast. asset_management_scenes
Materials features
SAVE YOUR MATERIALS You can save you own materials in the Asset Management. You can create libraries, categories and manage your materials. You can link materials too. save_materials You can also add your own material render scene to cusomize your thumbnails ! asset_management_materials_2
HDRIs features
You can save you own HDRI’s maps in the Asset Management. You can create libraries, categories and manage your maps. You can add several maps at one time, you just have to select them and click ok ! You can also edit you map directly in the 3d view :
Rotate the map
Hide it
Blur it
Change the gamma
Change the power
Change the saturation
Etc.
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Compatible with other addon’s like Hardops, Carver, speedflow etc
The Asset Management can be used with all the other addons on Blender like Hardops. You can also use it with other render engines since the Asset Management make an append from the library to your scene. This append keeps all the datas attached to your objects, shaders, textures, particles etc. You can create your library easily and use it directly ! SPEEDFLOW AND CARVER COMPATIBILITY You can use speedflow and Carver to make your assets and you can use those assets directly with Carver. Links :
Speedflow
Carver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efazKwrV_1Q HARDOPS COMPATIBILITY You can have the preview of the Asset Management directly in Hardops. You just have to enable the addon in the preferences. You will have it in the panel and the popup. Link :
Hardops
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Screws & Bolts Free Pack !
With the Asset Management, we offer you a free pack of 43 Assets, Screws & Bolts ! screws_and_bolts To install this pack, look at this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwpyYBy8qI You can use this pack with HardOps or in your normal modeling workflow, it’s really efficient.
We hope you will like this Addon, we worked for months on it and we will continue to improve it ! "Customers will have free updates"
