[Solved] 3DCoat applink to blender

[lemsway]

17 hours ago, lemsway said:

 

hi thanks again...now i got this message..which 1 i delete? thanks

 

Edited August 16, 2020 by lemsway

[haikalle]

It seams that you have installed one applink version and it will conflict now with the one that comes with blender. Try to remove these addons and then replace zip file with /program files/blender fou.../.../addons/io_coat3d/

[haikalle]

When I send these zip files its better to replace blenders default addon with them. Using 'install external addon' is not good option in this case.

Edited August 16, 2020 by haikalle

[lemsway]

18 hours ago, lemsway said:

 

so i deleted the "IO" in the program files..did a test..but when i press the "getback" this error:

 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\I9-9900K\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.83\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\__init__.py", line 339, in invoke
    workflow1(ExportFolder)
  File "C:\Users\I9-9900K\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.83\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\__init__.py", line 1356, in workflow1
    blender_3DC_blender(texturelist)
  File "C:\Users\I9-9900K\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.83\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\__init__.py", line 1130, in blender_3DC_blender
    tex.matlab(objekti,mat_list,texturelist, is_new)
  File "C:\Users\I9-9900K\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.83\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\tex.py", line 697, in matlab
    readtexturefolder(objekti,mat_list,texturelist,is_new, udim_textures)
  File "C:\Users\I9-9900K\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.83\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\tex.py", line 300, in readtexturefolder
    createnodes(index_mat, texcoat, create_group_node, objekti, ind, is_new, udim_textures)
  File "C:\Users\I9-9900K\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.83\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\tex.py", line 441, in createnodes
    with open(json_address, encoding='utf-8') as data_file:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 2.83\\2.83\\scripts\\addons\\io_coat3D\\data.json'

location: <unknown location>:-1

[haikalle]

Its again that data.json error. Can you check if there is data.json file in C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 2.83\\2.83\\scripts\\addons\\io_coat3D\\data.js

location

Edited August 16, 2020 by haikalle

[haikalle]

Can you take a screenshot of files in that location?

[lemsway]

18 hours ago, lemsway said:

 

hi initially thers no "IO folder" i decided to make a copy of what you sent me..the "Getback button" works..but still the textures is jumbled up.

 

the other screenshot is i believe the duplicate copy.

[haikalle]

Can you send picture of your uv maps?

[haikalle]

Could you send me a file to test out? You can send private message if you dont want to share it with every one.

Edited August 16, 2020 by haikalle

[lemsway]

19 hours ago, lemsway said:

 

sent a test. thanks again

[AbnRanger]

On 8/15/2020 at 7:29 AM, lemsway said:

ok, but how come my other models..which i worked using 3Dcoat applink before..is not working now? other than this ship..i sent other samples. thanks for being patience.

When I have trouble getting the applink to work, the first thing I do is delete or move the BLENDER folder from MYDOCS/APPLINKS/3D-COAT/EXCHANGE. Then,  export something from Blender to 3DCoat, to re-establish a connection.

[lemsway]

16 hours ago, AbnRanger said:

When I have trouble getting the applink to work, the first thing I do is delete or move the BLENDER folder from MYDOCS/APPLINKS/3D-COAT/EXCHANGE. Then,  export something from Blender to 3DCoat, to re-establish a connection.

thanks will try this.

[lazyghoul]

Hello guys,

Same issue here. After installing Blender 2.90 I had the same problem. I removed the addon that came with Blender with the one above. Also, tried what Carlosan suggested, no luck.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 2.90\2.90\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\__init__.py", line 579, in invoke
    bpy.ops.export_applink.pilgway_3d_coat()
  File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 2.90\2.90\scripts\modules\bpy\ops.py", line 201, in __call__
    ret = op_call(self.idname_py(), None, kw)
RuntimeError: Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 2.90\2.90\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\__init__.py", line 613, in execute
    coat3D.exchangedir = set_exchange_folder()
  File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 2.90\2.90\scripts\addons\io_coat3D\__init__.py", line 137, in set_exchange_folder
    if(source != coat3D.exchangedir and coat3D.exchangedir != '' and coat3D.exchangedir.rfind('Exchange') >= 0):
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'source' referenced before assignment

location: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 2.90\2.90\scripts\modules\bpy\ops.py:201

location: <unknown location>:-1

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Thank you for your support!

 

Edit: If it helps, I also have Hops and Boxcutter installed, just like Lemsway has. Just saying....

[haikalle]

@lazyghoul

Please delete ../Documents/3DC2Blender/Exchange_folder.txt and try again. Now it should work.

[lazyghoul]

3 hours ago, haikalle said:

@lazyghoul

Please delete ../Documents/3DC2Blender/Exchange_folder.txt and try again. Now it should work.

Now it works. Thanks a lot!

[liok]

Each time I get back to using the applink I forgot about this txt file prevent it to work, deleted it and now the applink finally works! thanks haikalle !

[Britain]

The app appears to be broken in Blender 4.1. You can send but not get back. Works in Bender 3.6 

Edited April 22, 2024 by Britain
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[Oleg Shapov]

24 minutes ago, Britain said:

The app appears to be broken in Blender 4.1

As far as I know, OneDrive is not compatible with the correct operation of 3DCOAT.

[Carlosan]

“3DCoat” is trying to create a user data folder (which contains user settings and assets) inside “C:\Users\USER_NAME\OneDrive\???????\3DCoat”.
That is incorrect. It should create it inside “C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\3DCoat”.

To workaround this problem:
Start > start typing “Edit the system environment variables” > Environment Variables… > System variables > New… >
Variable name: COAT_USER_PATH
Variable value: C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\My3DCoatData (specify your user name inside)

Source

[Britain]

4 hours ago, Carlosan said:

“3DCoat” is trying to create a user data folder (which contains user settings and assets) inside “C:\Users\USER_NAME\OneDrive\???????\3DCoat”.
That is incorrect. It should create it inside “C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\3DCoat”.

To workaround this problem:
Start > start typing “Edit the system environment variables” > Environment Variables… > System variables > New… >
Variable name: COAT_USER_PATH
Variable value: C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\My3DCoatData (specify your user name inside)

Source

I'm Lost here. I'm on Windows 11 and 3D coat version 4.9.72. There's no Start and no My3dcoatData. Where do I find the place to change the Path? Thanks!

Edit: Blender 3.6.1 works fine. 3D coat is written in the same place. Yet I can pull back with that version its only Blender 4.1 that it fails.

Edited April 22, 2024 by Britain

[Carlosan]

Sorry, this step is valid for version 2024+
 

Follow this walkthrough. Hope this help.

 

[Britain]

7 hours ago, Carlosan said:

Sorry, this step is valid for version 2024+
 

Follow this walkthrough. Hope this help.

 

Thanks Carlos but the issue I feel is with the Blender version 4+.  Using the Blender 3+ everything works fine. Has soon as you go to version Blender 4 it fails. I did the step above and nothing. LOL that onedrive is dangerous and intrusive.

[Ctc_nick]

On 4/23/2024 at 11:24 PM, Britain said:

Thanks Carlos but the issue I feel is with the Blender version 4+.  Using the Blender 3+ everything works fine. Has soon as you go to version Blender 4 it fails. I did the step above and nothing. LOL that onedrive is dangerous and intrusive.

 

Did you copy the new files from C:\Program Files\3DCoat-2023\data\ToolsPresets\InstallAppLinks\Blender\files 

to your actual Blender folder? I use the breakiest Blender Alpha Versions most of the time, for now 4.2 alpha 

I dont use the installed versions, because i sometimes fetch each day a fresh version, and then I just copy that files to that Download Folder.

C:\Users\ME\Downloads\blender-4.2.0-alpha+main.2d5a83f2941f-windows.amd64-release\4.2\scripts\addons\io_coat3D

And it works! So it is not Blender 4. But if it is working for your Blender 3, then you could look if something is pointing to blender ver3 maybe.

All the best!

 

[Ctc_nick]

4 minutes ago, Ctc_nick said:

 

Did you copy the new files from C:\Program Files\3DCoat-2023\data\ToolsPresets\InstallAppLinks\Blender\files 

to your actual Blender folder? I use the breakiest Blender Alpha Versions most of the time, for now 4.2 alpha 

I dont use the installed versions, because i sometimes fetch each day a fresh version, and then I just copy that files to that Download Folder.

C:\Users\ME\Downloads\blender-4.2.0-alpha+main.2d5a83f2941f-windows.amd64-release\4.2\scripts\addons\io_coat3D

And it works! So it is not Blender 4. But if it is working for your Blender 3, then you could look if something is pointing to blender ver3 maybe.

All the best!

 

Well for me it does actually not work, because I have Ocio Aces Colorprofiles in use. I still hope that Applink can handle this in the future. I dont know Is anybody still using ACES for VFX production today? Anyhow if you use ACES color-correction profiles in Blender, Applink or Blender still does not know what to do with the textures. 

TypeError: bpy_struct: item.attr = val: enum "Non-Color" not found in ('ACES - ACES2065-1', 'ACES - ACEScc', 'ACES - ACEScct', 'ACES - ACEScg', 'ACES - ACESproxy', 'Input - ADX - ADX10', 'Input - ADX

 

[Carlosan]

I found Blender ACES settings not best suited like Maya Color Management. It lacks on this point.

At work I was forced to work on ACES -I duno if industry changed to another standard for VFX-

For personal work I stay on Blender vainilla.

This addon helpme to change CM easily

 

Edited May 19, 2024 by Carlosan
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[Ctc_nick]

11 hours ago, Carlosan said:

I found Blender ACES settings not best suited like Maya Color Management. It lacks on this point.

At work I was forced to work on ACES -I duno if industry changed to another standard for VFX-

For personal work I stay on Blender vainilla.

This addon helpme to change CM easily

 

Hi Carlosan!!

I had my great time up to maya 8.5, 2007-8 that was before aces, then i left maya, Duncan Brinsmeads Fluids etc that was soo cool. How can he switch between? I have to try. Thank you for your perfect finding.