User Interface

Building nodes panel

3d Viewport -> property panel

Building properties

Error massage

It is shown if there was an error during building style execution.

Show in edit mode

In edit mode base mesh and building panels will be displayed simultaneously. Editing base mesh will force to update building style. Read about Limitations / roadmap of this mode.

Realtime

If enabled any changes in a tree of a building style will cause rebuild the building model.

Show in render

Show building style during render.

Apply style (to active)

Operator which bakes building style into the base mesh.

Apply style (to selected)

Operator which bakes building style of selected objects.

Apply current style (to all)

Operator which bakes building styles of all visible objects in case if the style is the same with the style of active object.

Link style to selected

It works similar to other linking functionality of Blender. The operator assign building style of active object to selected objects. Also it can remove building style in case if active objects does not have any style. It also is available via Link/Transfer data menu Ctrl + l.

Select with the same style

The operator selects all visible objects which have the same building style as active object.

Building style tree

Node tree which should be used to generate building

Panel properties

Set scope

This is an operator which serves two purposes. It sets origin of the active object and its bounding box which is used by Building style editor during distribution of panels. In order to use it a panel should be in edit mode and at list two points, corners of bounding box, should be selected. Don’t use the operator in edit mode of multiple objects.

Node tree interface

In case if you are nof familiar with Blender tree interface here is official documentation about them.

Unlike Blender build-in nodes in the add-on nearly all nodes have settings. To open the settings press on the gear picture located in first output socket of a node. Settings are divided on two parts:

Node properties

Properties of a node are presented as sockets of some elementary data structure as number, string, enum etc. By default most of them are hidden. It’s possible to change them without showing them in tree UI or it’s possible to show them py switching show property.

Properties are associated with logic of node where they are defined or with data structure which is produced by this node. For example parameter height of a Floor Node is associated with floor which is generated by the node. Also properties can be used by another upstream nodes.

Also this properties can be found in property panel -> node -> properties.

Node remote properties

The difference between normal node properties is that the remote properties are not define in a node where they are shown but in some downstream node. It shows which remote properties are used by the node.