Document new install location on 4.2

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Dion Moult
2024-08-02 15:55:43 +10:00
parent ff44f4f395
commit 38759348cd
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ Installation
`Download BlenderBIM Add-on <https://blenderbim.org/download.html>`__
.. warning::
If you are not using Blender version >=4.1, please follow the **Unstable installation** instructions. :doc:`Read more </devs/installation>`
3. **Install the BlenderBIM Add-on**
Open up Blender, and click on ``Edit > Preferences``.
@@ -89,14 +85,10 @@ installed>`.
If you do not restart Blender, the add-on will fail to remove correctly, and you
will need to uninstall manually.
.. _installation_location:
Where is the add-on installed?
------------------------------
Upon installation, the BlenderBIM Add-on is stored in the
``scripts/addons/blenderbim/`` directory, within your Blender configuration
Upon installation, the BlenderBIM Add-on is stored in Blender configuration
folder. However, the location of your Blender configuration folder depends on
how you have installed Blender.
@@ -106,7 +98,7 @@ is the Blender version:
::
/path/to/blender/X.XX/scripts/addons/blenderbim/
/path/to/blender/X.XX/
Otherwise, if you installed Blender using an installation package, the Blender
configuration folder depends on which operating system you use.
@@ -115,29 +107,34 @@ On Linux, if you are installing the add-on as a user:
::
~/.config/blender/X.XX/scripts/addons/blenderbim/
~/.config/blender/X.XX/
On Linux, if you are deploying the add-on system-wide (this may also depend on
your Linux distribution):
::
/usr/share/blender/X.XX/scripts/addons/blenderbim/
/usr/share/blender/X.XX/
On Mac, if you are installing the add-on as a user:
::
/Users/{YOUR_USER}/Library/Application Support/Blender/X.XX/scripts/addons/blenderbim/
/Users/{YOUR_USER}/Library/Application Support/Blender/X.XX/
On Mac, if you are deploying the add-on system-wide:
::
/Library/Application Support/Blender/X.XX/scripts/addons/blenderbim/
/Library/Application Support/Blender/X.XX/
On Windows:
::
C:\Users\{YOUR_USER}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\X.XX\scripts\addons\blenderbim\
C:\Users\{YOUR_USER}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\X.XX\
Inside the Blender configuration folder, the BlenderBIM Add-on is stored in two
different locations. The extension itself is stored in
``extensions/blender_org/blenderbim`` whereas the Python packages are installed
into ``extensions/.local/lib/pythonX.XX/site-packages/``.