Blender Development for PyCharm
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Integrated Blender extension development directly into your PyCharm workflow. This plugin provides a comprehensive suite of tools to streamline the creation, testing, and deployment of Blender extensions.

The Hot-Swapping Protocol and Auto-load bootstrap is lifted almost directly from the `Blender Development extension for Visual Studio Code <https://github.com/JacquesLucke/blender_vscode>`_ by Jacques Lucke and adapted for use in PyCharm with the software's more robust Python development tools.

.. note::
   Throughout this documentation, references to the **Kotlin project**, **plugin source**, or **BlenderExtensions** refer to the core plugin development repository (the "Kotlin project").

Goal
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The primary goal of this project is to provide a first-class development experience for Blender Extensions (4.2+) within PyCharm/IntelliJ, including reliable hot-reloading and seamless project management.

Getting Started
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- :doc:`getting-started/index`: How to build and install the plugin from source.
- :doc:`usage/index`: Setting up your first Blender run configuration.
- :doc:`getting-started/features`: A detailed look at what the plugin can do.

For Developers
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- :doc:`core-concepts/index`: Understand the core design and service-oriented structure.
- :doc:`contributing/index`: How you can help improve the plugin and our standards.

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*This Project is not sponsored, affiliated, nor associated with the Blender Foundation or JetBrains s.r.o. All Rights reserved.*
*This Project is licensed under GNU/GPL V3. For more details, see the LICENSE file in the project repository or visit https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html*

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   getting-started/index
   usage/index
   core-concepts/index
   contributing/index
   changelog