Selecting the database
This section introduces the add-on’s interface in Blender and explains how to navigate its main features, such as selecting data, customizing version labels, and managing version history.
How to select the Blender data in the 3D DBB?
Click on the file selector in the first row
to choose the 3D Digital Backbone database file to load: select an existing file in which the content will be saved. If the file does not exist, it will be created at the first save operation.Choose a Blender database name:
If it is the first save, write a name in the Name field.
If it is a model already saved in the 3D DBB, click on
to display the names of the models stored in the 3D DBB.
Customizing the version label
Each time you press the save button, the current state of the data in Blender is saved in the 3D DBB with a label of the username and tags. By default, in the interface, the username is set to the computer username. If you leave the username field empty, the version will be labeled Anonymous user ”.
You can use the optional tag to more easily identify the version.