Surface Lab works with Blender’s Asset Browser. There is no Addon to install.

HOW TO ADD

  1. Make sure that you are using Blender 5.0 or above.
  2. Download the “Surface Lab .zip” file and extract its contents (unzip the file). You will get a folder with 2 files inside it (a .blend file and a .txt file). No need to open the folder or any of the files.
  3. Place this “Surface Lab” folder somewhere safe on your hard drive.
  4. Now in Blender, go to Edit > Preferences > File Paths and click the ‘+’ button under Asset Libraries.
  5. In the new window that pops up, navigate inside the “Surface Lab” folder and press the ‘Add Asset Library’ button. (The folder will seem empty here, but don’t worry, this is how it works)
  6. IMPORTANT With the ‘Surface Lab’ asset library selected, change the ‘Import Method’ to ‘Append’.
  7. Click on ‘Save Preferences’ and restart Blender.

HOW TO ACCESS

  1. In Blender, open an Asset Browser window. (Or change any window to an Asset Browser type using the button at the top-left corner of each workspace window).
  2. Once inside the Asset Browser, you will see a slightly bigger drop-down button at the top-left that lets you pick asset libraries. Click on it to see the list of available libraries, and select ‘Surface Lab’ from that list.
  3. Now you will see all the Surface Lab assets in the Asset Browser. Everything is sorted in catalogs here, simply drag-n-drop them on your models. :)

NOTE If you can’t see any assets, make sure that all Filters are checked (turned on) in the top-right corner of the Asset Browser window and that the Search bar is empty.

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