Blender 4.2 Extensions VS Add-ons Explained 

It will be out in about 6 hours

Awesome, thank you! Working on it! 🙂

@@CGPython Patiently waiting for that video. Thanks 😉

Thank you!! > I've found it helpful to think of "Extensions" as a wrapper for add-ons and themes yeah, that is a great way to think about it!

The video will be out within 6 h. :)

I have already sent it to my email list subscribers and will publish it in about 6 hours.

Yes, I have that planned

Thank you! This was not an easy UI/UX change, but I am confident that with a little time, we will all adapt to it. 💪 I don't know how I would have solved this UI/UX problem differently. Initially, the Add-ons tab was removed and replaced by the Extensions tab, but after feedback from the community, the Blenders devs updated the UI to look how it is now.

Thank you

Thanks I need to do an update on the building block package. Some of the functionality might have gotten old.

@@CGPython Thanks a lot^^ I’m subscribing your email and waiting for your new videos.

Glad you liked it! Yes, this is what I plan to cover in the next video (the video that I pointed to). I am currently working on it 🙂 Stay tuned!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P1IcaBn3ej0.htmlsi=wlLedmZJeab9DXMM Is there any way we can use this technique in Blender? If it is possible.

I don't think that would be possible 🤔

@@CGPython okay no problem

It's there.

it should be there, you should get the official release. IIRC it was not available in the initial Beta

Great question! Unfortunately, Blender does not have a C++ plugin API. You can find the official answer here: developer.blender.org/docs/handbook/new_developers/faq/#can-a-c-plugin-api-be-added That said, you can write a C/C++ lib and create Python bindings for it. Then, create an add-on extension using the Python API and your custom C/C++ Python module. So, you will need to use the Python API to pass the data to the C/C++ part of your add-on extension. There is a Rust example that does what I mentioned. You can speed up geometry processing with Rust from the World Blender Meetup Day 2022 Part 3 (link with timestamp) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TJXtio1YDCw.html

@@CGPython thanx god. If it happens, blender will be end

Could you share what part you find messy? Is it the UI updates or, the website or something else?

I am about to publish this video, it was a work in progress at the time I uploaded this video.

What part of the Extensions you don't like? There was a public discussion about this devtalk.blender.org/t/2024-05-23-extensions-project/34787 devtalk.blender.org/t/changes-to-add-on-and-themes-bundling-4-2-onwards/34593/200