addon_common

This repo contains the CookieCutter Blender add-on framework.

The main branch works only with Blender 2.79, but development for Blender 2.80 is under the b280 branch.

Example Add-on

As an example add-on for Blender 2.79, see the ExtruCut project.

Creating your own add-on using CookieCutter

Creating a Blender 2.79b add-on

# create new addon folder
mkdir newaddon
cd newaddon

# initialize as new git repo
git init .

# add CC addon_common as submodule
git submodule add git@github.com:CGCookie/addon_common.git addon_common

Creating a Blender 2.80 add-on

# create new addon folder
mkdir newaddon
cd newaddon

# initialize as new git repo
git init .

# add CC addon_common as submodule
git submodule add git@github.com:CGCookie/addon_common.git addon_common
cd addon_common
git checkout b280  # <-- important for b280!

Updating CookieCutter submodule

# update CC addon_common
cd addon_common
git pull

resources

• Blender Conference 2018 workshop slides and presentation