Universal Multi Importer : Free Interactive Importer

Tilapiatsu · October 8, 2023, 7:17pm

Hello Blender Artists !

I’m releasing a free addon to help import files in Blender.

Import multiple files of different formats from the same import dialog
The viewport will stay interactive during the import process
Batch process imported objects during the import process, or in a standalone mode.

Download it on my Github :

kkar · February 15, 2024, 4:20am

Nice idea, however it does not seem to work in 4.1 (Win 11)

Universal_Multi_Importer\OP_class_creator.py", line 27, in create_format_class_from_module
    raise Exception(f"Invalid module name passed : {f['module']}")
Exception: Invalid module name passed : IMPORT_SCENE_OT

Tilapiatsu · February 15, 2024, 8:08am

Good morning @kkar
Indeed This addon has been developped in 3.6. I’m currently working on making it compatible with 4.0, which I think will bake it compatible with 4.1 too.

I’ll post an update when it will be ready

kkar · February 15, 2024, 4:15pm

Thanks for the update it. Any plans for GLB too? I was not able to test it, maybe the GLB component already supports the extension.

Tilapiatsu · February 15, 2024, 8:33pm

If GBL is natively supported by blender, It should’nt be an issue for me to support it.
I’ll see what I can do. Thanks for the reminder

Tilapiatsu · March 17, 2024, 7:01pm

Universal Multi Importer 2.0 Released, with many new features

(new) Import Folder Hierarchy
(new) Support Drag and Drop files ( Blender 4.1 only )
(new) Support for Appending and Linking Blend files
(new) Support for Importing images, movies and BVH files
(new) Unified and Improved Import Windows UX
(new) Support for Saving and Loading Import Presets
Full refactor for cleaner and more future proof code

Tilapiatsu · July 26, 2024, 8:14am

Hello Everyone!

Universal Multi Importer has been update for Blender 4.2, and is also availabe on extensions.blender.org
Which means you can simple find it in the extension section of the preferences

This release comes with some fixes, but also with a way to check Import formats dependencies and fix them easily

Cheers !