Nice to see Mecabricks put to good use. Both the Lite and advanced Add-ons are now compatible with Blender 2.80. The file downloaded from Mecabricks shall be unzipped in order to select the correct version for Blender 2.79 or Blender 2.80. The folders also contain a PDF with instructions on how to install and how to use the add-ons. For the advanced version, a tool panel is available to directly update the materials all at once without going through each shader as well as a randomize slider.

*Everybody gangsta until Lego changes the bricks to Mecabricks scale*

Watched this about 8 times in the past month, it's just so helpful and I think I got it all in the bag now

I love it man! Especially the intro!

please make more of these, they helped a lot

lovely video man! i'm getting started with blender and mecabricks at the moment, so this video was really helpful for me!

Can’t wait for this hope some of my models come in handy

Really nice you're doing this you really helped a lot of us out!thnx bro!

dude you are really good at explaining things, great video. very helpful!

thank you so much. I have been doing this on my own for years and it was never this good. Close but this makes me so happy! THANK YOU!

great video. i'm going to buy the advanced one. thank you for making this

I would like to point out that stud.io can export .dae files, so it might be possible to cut out the middleman a little. Edit: I am wrong.

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Nice to see that you found Mecabricks. You forgot to mention to load the Template scene first. ;-) The Mecabricks addon has now an own format. If you still use Collada and the old addon you need to export with "Group by geometry and colour" and turn on "Link Material to Meshes". This will create real instances what is important for bigger scenes. I would recommend to turn off the "Geometry Options" and replace the OSL Bevel node with the new Cycles Bevel node. This saves geometry and looks perfect. The "Geometry Options" don't work for all models. They can mess up some geometry and they produce different bevel sizes. I use a modified Template scene for the Bevel node and the latest Daily Builds of 2.79. But with the new addon from this month and the own format the Template Scene has been updated to this and there's now a version for 2.80. Just check this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5aoa7KTtdHVeYk.html

Cant wait brothaaa!

Nice video man respect

amazing!

Great stufa ad always !!!! Super cool

nice, very helpfull!

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Ow, i am studying animation and game design in college. And i am going to do a Lego animation for sure. Think that would be fun and really original.

Really good video! I have a question though, doesn’t Blender 2.79 come with Filmic already? Does downloading from github offer any advantage over the Filmic which is already in 2.79?

Really useful video. I've been toying with blender and mecabricks recently. I do find the surfaces very reflective... Is turning up the roughness manually the only real way to decrease it or have you found a more generic setting to do it for the whole scene? Thanks for HR uplooad!

It’s so life like !!

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Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks soooo good U should totally make a LEGO ww2 FPS lol

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Hey Snooperking, amazing work! I was wondering, do you know anywhere to get german soldiers? I can't seem to find any.

Hi! Good video! I tried this method of importing with a minifigure, is it possible to change the texture of the torso, head... so we can set on the minifigs a custom decal texture, without changing the material properties?

Hi Snooper. I was curious about importing minifigs into blender-for example, many of my minifigs aren't available in mecabrick and cannot be imported into mecabrick after being built in stud.io because mecabrick doesn't have the parts uploaded. What workaround do you suggest? I ask because I want the high quality mecabricks offers in the render vs the quality of stud.io which isn't bad but not as good as meca.

Please link THIS video in the OLD video description. Took me about 10 minutes to find this.

Does the mb_solid node only come with the advanced version? With the lite version it doesn't seem to be as glossy as the tank in the video.

Do a Lepin Black Pearl Review

Would you be able to do a video explaining how you animate scenes rather than just an image?

Can I use this same idea for making lego brick films?

Have you any progress on the Dance Macabre ballroom lego stopmotion? If you gave up, I totally understand. I've tried my hand at stop motion a few times in the past (mostly when I was a pre teen), and I know how hard it is, and how long it takes to do it.

ok so I have been using Mechabricks but every time I import my project into blender with minifigs the faces and the images of there clothes don't apper if you can help me with that thanks.

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Hi, do you know why some parts of the assembly are missing when exporting to MecaBricks?

Hi, I have the Lite version and ABS plastic materials(similar to Blego) addons. How can I select the bricks in order to apply the materials?

may I ask how do u get those minifigure lego guns file

Okay so, Can you make another video updated to 2.8, because I downloaded Blender 2.8 and I have no idea what is happening :(

thanks for the video. the problem is: Mecabricks doesnt support all parts you have in Studio 2.0 - so importing a studio file into Mecabricks works but with the loss of some parts.

Hi snooperking i was wondering if i can hire you to blender something

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Is there another way to get stud.io files into blender without losing any parts/ having the complications of no color/ no custom pieces? Sorry I am new to this, any help is appreciated.

It's odd, because when I installed the blender lite add on, the option to import a mecabricks file doesnt show up

how do you render an animation? it must take agaes :D

Hi, not sure if anyone will reply but.. Here goes. I have made a mesh in studio, I saved it as .io, as I went to import it into mecabricks, it imports but theres no meshes there. Any Idea? In other words, it says it imports but no mesh has imported.

Any way to do this without mecabricks? It has horrid support for EV3.

I can't get blender advanced to work, it still doesn't show the meccabricks file in the import menu, I even bought the advanced version and it still doesn't work

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32 threads? Lucky. I only have four xD

can i use this model in unity?

I tried to use Mecabricks to transfer a moc using ccbs. It only loaded half the parts of the actuall desighn. Can anyone help whith this?

Does anyone know where i could find specific models like guardians of the galaxy? or other marvel Lego models? Thanks in advance!

where you get the army?

This is not working for me. : ( I click to use add-on and I then click on the "Blender Lite" zip. I go to import and the Mecabricks option is not there...Any ideas?

Can't you just save directly from Stud.io and import to blender using LDraw Importer?

It looks like Mecabricks doesn't want to receive any large file, mines got like 5000pcs

can i do this in maya?

i tried this but the hdr image went on my lego bricks instead of the background

Hey I ordered something from military blocks since Monday and it hasn’t been shipped

WHAT App are you using for this so how do I do this

My textures aren't showing up on my minifigures

q : were do you get ur lego rigs?

The colors didn't save in workshop :(

but Studio program can already export as dae? why use Mecabricks?

the files aren't showing for some reason

hey, i purchased mecabricks advanced and the option to add scratches and fingerprints isn't on the node editor.

Im soby

It's took long time to render cuz it's too big so you have to scale it down

You're rendering with your CPU!?

I cant export my Character to my computer

my mecabrick.dae import selection is missing?

it just crashes

Still waiting for the ballroom

cgi lego nazis me likey

Yooo Lego Nazis!

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