# 3D

### General Info:

These guidelines are written with [Blender](https://www.blender.org/) in mind, so we recommend using that, but the principles should translate to any 3D software.

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### Software:

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Blender
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#### Blender Plugins (Add-ons):

These plugins are NOT required but are recommended by our developers. Links are added for plugins not included in blender by default.

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*Highly* Recommended:
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* [**Simple Renaming Panel**](https://github.com/Weisl/simple_renaming_panel) - Tools for renaming objects. Useful for mass renaming.
* **Material Utilities** - Tools for managing materials. Useful for mass replacing duplicate materials.

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Recommended:
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* **tinyCAD Mesh tools** - Some additional mesh manipulation tools.

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### Templates:

* [3D Modeling Template](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11SMsOzh78-vNTq3Az5c-mUFpFw-5EOb8?usp=share_link) (Blender)
* [3D Model Rigging Template](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NCkoh1Sl7QWpKAqI0fH2p3ujQdDJGZBi?usp=share_link) (Blender)
* [3D Example Models](https://drive.google.com/file/d/16enZDXImnerlTOs0M8qpTuxxxihd6wP9/view?usp=share_link) (Blender)
* [3D Animation Kit](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1V8QAE9651nYJffCSz9zjjygextDHN-GQ?usp=share_link) (Maya)

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### Tasks:

* 3D Modeling tasks can be found here: <https://trello.com/b/ZVcDitv0/ss3d-models>
* 3D Modeling tasks that include rigs can be found here: <https://trello.com/b/cyDuUYyv/ss3d-rig-models>
* 3D Animation tasks can be found here: <https://trello.com/b/xZ5bhNWw/ss3d-animations>


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