{"id":7567,"date":"2024-03-02T11:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/?post_type=manual_documentation&#038;p=7567"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:27:28","slug":"addons-menu","status":"publish","type":"manual_documentation","link":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/manual\/interface-and-navigation\/addons-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Addons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Addons system introduced to connect scripts developers and users. It allows easy sharing the scripts, providing instructions, funding information (if the author needs it). <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/addons_menu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/addons_menu.jpg 604w, https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/addons_menu-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Several useful examples included, for example, the realistic destruction with random cracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f1f1f1\">\n<p>Addons scripts are included into regular File->Create extensions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Install Extensions: <\/strong>Install 3DCoat extension &#8211; (file with extension .3dcpack). It may contain textures, Shaders, Alphas, Smart Materials, Stencils, Objects, scripts, or any other content provided by the package creator.<br><strong>Look for addons: <\/strong>Go to the forum and seek scripts.<br><strong>Browse addons folder:<\/strong> Browse addons folder where you downloaded the 3DC extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Several official examples are provided to demonstrate the usage of Addons. <br>Addons are placed in the UserPrefs\/Addons\/ folder as a set of folders and subfolders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may add .py and .cpp files there. 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