Add Windows install docs for BlenderBIM for devs

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Dion Moult
2021-07-07 16:10:47 +10:00
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@@ -198,6 +198,28 @@ changes, you'll need to fix your setup manually. But this is relatively rare.
$ ln -s src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api /path/to/blender/2.XX/scripts/addons/blenderbim/libs/site/packages/ifcopenshell/api
$ ln -s src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util /path/to/blender/2.XX/scripts/addons/blenderbim/libs/site/packages/ifcopenshell/util
On Windows:
::
$ git clone https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell.git
$ cd IfcOpenShell
# Remove the Blender add-on Python code
$ rd /S /Q "\path\to\blender\2.XX\scripts\addons\blenderbim\bim\"
# Replace them with links to the Git repository
$ mklink /D "\path\to\blender\2.XX\scripts\addons\blenderbim\bim" "src\blenderbim\blenderbim\bim"
# Remove the IfcOpenShell dependency Python code
$ rd \S \Q "\path\to\blender\2.XX\scripts\addons\blenderbim\libs\site\packages\ifcopenshell\api"
$ rd \S \Q "\path\to\blender\2.XX\scripts\addons\blenderbim\libs\site\packages\ifcopenshell\util"
# Replace them with links to the Git repository
$ mklink \D "\path\to\blender\2.XX\scripts\addons\blenderbim\libs\site\packages\ifcopenshell\api" "src\ifcopenshell-python\ifcopenshell\api"
$ mklink \D "\path\to\blender\2.XX\scripts\addons\blenderbim\libs\site\packages\ifcopenshell\util" "src\ifcopenshell-python\ifcopenshell\util"
After you modify your code in the Git repository, you will need to restart
Blender for the changes to take effect. In ``Edit > Preferences > Add-ons`` you
will see that the version number of BlenderBIM has changed to ``0.0.999999``,
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ repository, and see the changes in our Blender installation.
$ ln -s src/ifcsverchok /path/to/blender/2.XX/scripts/addons/ifcsverchok
On Windows:
::
$ git clone https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell.git
$ cd IfcOpenShell