Material

Material Utilities

Menu of material tools (assign, select..) in the 3D View

Maintained by Community

Last updated: March 27, 2026

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What This Add-On Is For

  • This extension was part of Blender 4.1 bundled add-ons. It is now offered as it is, with limited supported.

What It Helps You Do

  • Use the official docs and screenshots to understand the main workflow before changing a production scene.

How To Install It In Blender

  • Install it from Blender Extensions inside Blender when available.
  • If you need the ZIP directly, use the official download from the Blender Extensions page and Blender’s Install from Disk flow.

How To Use It In Blender

  • Start with the official extension page description and screenshots before changing your production scene.

Using It On A Render Farm

Simple guidance for rendering node setup, and safer submissions.

Background Rendering: review
Worker Install: review
External Files: review
Conservative install assumption

Conservative default: assume workers also need this add-on installed unless you have verified that its output is fully baked or converted into native Blender data.

Warnings

  • Local path or asset-library signals were detected. Paths that work on the artist machine can still fail on remote workers.

Safest Workflow

  • Check whether the add-on launches its own render operators locally and avoid assuming that workflow maps cleanly to farm orchestration.
  • Open the scene in desktop Blender, run any interactive setup steps, save the file, then validate a small background render before scaling up.

Packing Checklist

  • Assume every worker needs the same add-on version installed unless you have verified that the scene renders correctly after baking or exporting the result to native Blender data.
  • Upload any external textures, presets, asset libraries, exports, or helper files referenced by the add-on workflow.
  • Run a small local background render or one short farm test before full submission.

Common Issues

  • The scene opens on the farm but renders incorrectly because local assets or helper files were never uploaded.

Quick Facts

Version
2.2.3
Compatibility
Blender 4.2.0 and newer
Downloads
80306
Published
Tuesday 14th, May 2024 - 15:20
Licenses
SPDX:GPL-3.0-or-later

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