DA Wand for Blender

Add-on that runs Richard Liu and 3DL's DAWand in Blender. (https://github.com/threedle/DA-Wand)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b66537a4-4f9a-4595-ba66-99f2b80f24c5

⭐️ Extensions Store ⭐️

DAWand is now available on the Blender extensions store! Link here

Installation

1. Code -> Download ZIP
2. Open Blender
3. Open the addons menu (Edit->Preferences->Add-ons)
4. Click 'install' in the top right
5. Click DAWand-Blender-main.zip
6. You may have to restart Blender
7. Go back to Edit->Preferences->Add-ons and search for 'DA Wand'
8. Click the check next to DA Wand
9. Click 'Install Dependencies', which will take a few minutes to install.

Windows users: Run Blender with administrator privileges for the install stage

Usage

1. Load in or create a triangle mesh. (You can triangulate any mesh using Blender's 'Triangulate Faces' option.
2. Put the mesh into edit mode by pressing tab, or go the UV editing workspace on Blender.
3. Press n to open the side panel, and click 'DAWand Options' to see the rest of the settings.
4. To get DAWand, find the Wand icon in the tools in Edit mode.
5. Click on a face to select the region.
6. Then, in the right-side settings menu, you can see more options and even unwrap the mesh.

Videos

Selection

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/de6b9705-f640-4ade-94eb-0bb0b9758c03

Unwrapping and adding image textures

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f9b2acaa-0dc5-42f9-9b21-a801cd13ee35

Using SLIM unwrap

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/87a015ea-8c86-424c-953a-d9cf9027498d

Credit

• Code used for dependency install: https://github.com/robertguetzkow/blender-python-examples/blob/master/add_ons/install_dependencies/install_dependencies.py
• Much of the organization is based on Rignet's, so thanks to them: https://github.com/pKrime/brignet