Sketchfab Importer add-on for Blender

bartv · August 15, 2018, 11:20am

I felt this was worth sharing: the new Sketchfab Importer add-on lets you search and import hundreds of thousands of Creative Commons models.

filibis · August 15, 2018, 3:56pm

Thanks for sharing, just tested out on v2.79.5 and it works flawlessly! Sketchfab rocks!

Safetyman · August 16, 2018, 10:34am

Dumb question: Will this work on any model format or does it have to be a .blend?

bartv · August 16, 2018, 10:37am

It works on any model format! We convert all uploads (50+ file formats) to an internal format first, and for download we’ll convert them back to glTF which is them imported into Blender.

I’d say go ahead and give it a try

filibis · August 16, 2018, 10:58am

Hey @bartv , do you know where does the downloaded content go? It would be great if we can define a ’ library path ’ for downloads and reuse them later on. Could addon detect the content from path/folder when we try to download/import the same one (Instead of downloading again)?

I asked this on github as well.

bartv · August 16, 2018, 11:12am

I believe it just goes into your current .blend file. If you want to download to a folder, you can click the ‘download’ button on the website.

Safetyman · August 17, 2018, 10:48am

I tried this last night and it works great! One issue I had: After downloading a model, then starting a new scene – the import options went away and the initial page of thumbnails was different. It wasn’t a big deal; I clicked on the “next page” button and was then able to download again. It’s a bit annoying (not much) to keep initializing the tool each time you start a new scene, but I understand why that is. At least you don’t have to log on each time.
Great tool!

bartv · August 17, 2018, 11:33am

We added the reconnect option to prevent connecting to Sketchfab every time you launch Blender. This would be a bit of a privacy concern. So now we’ll only connect when you really need/want to.

Safetyman · August 17, 2018, 7:34pm

I applaud that decision. Thanks.

CansecoGPC · December 21, 2018, 2:38pm

Don’t know if this is the best place to say this but:

There was a little change on the 2.80 addon API today that broke some plugins, like yours:

https://developer.blender.org/rB63fcbfc3a7325d79b9e916457d64c302ddfeadfa

So next daily build tonight will be affected by this.
At least it was easy to fix by renaming references to user_preferences for preferences on init.py inside sketchfab folder.

bartv · December 21, 2018, 2:42pm

I’ll pass it on to our team, thank you!