v0.3.1

This release includes support for Ollama server and additional release architectures.

Thanks to:

• @AidanNelson for adding Ollama server support #13
• @zosman1 for adding more release architectures #15

Before installing, uninstall any previous release, then restart Blender.

Installation

Windows/Mac/Linux (CPU)

This version is slow, but supports more devices. If you meet the requirements, the GPU version is recommended.

Requirements

• Blender 4.2

Steps

• Download meshgen-cpu-{platform}.zip in Assets below, depending on your platform
• In Blender, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Click the arrow in the top right then Install from Disk
• Choose meshgen-cpu-{platform}.zip
• In addon preferences, click Download Required Models

Windows/Linux (NVIDIA GPU)

This version is much faster, but requires a high-end NVIDIA GPU.

Requirements

• An NVIDIA GPU with at least 8GB VRAM
• CUDA 12.1
• Blender 4.2

Steps

• Download meshgen-cuda-{platform}.zip in Assets below, depending on your platform
• In Blender, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Click arrow in the top right then Install from Disk
• Choose meshgen-cuda-{platform}.zip
• In addon preferences, click Download Required Models

Usage

• Press N -> MeshGen (or View -> Sidebar -> Select the MeshGen tab)
• Click Load Generator (this will take a while)
• Enter a prompt, for example: Create a 3D obj file using the following description: a desk
• Click Generate Mesh

Troubleshooting

• Find errors in the console:
  • Windows: In Blender, go to Window -> Toggle System Console
  • Mac/Linux: Launch Blender from the terminal
• Report errors in Issues

v0.3.0

This release dramatically improves performance and memory requirements. It does so by replacing the transformers backend and full model with a llama-cpp-python backend and quantized model.

Before installing, uninstall any previous release, then restart Blender.

Installation

Windows/Mac/Linux (CPU)

This version is slow, but supports more devices. If you meet the requirements, the GPU version is recommended.

Requirements

• Blender 4.2

Steps

• Download meshgen-cpu.zip in Assets below
• In Blender, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Click the arrow in the top right then Install from Disk
• Choose meshgen-cpu.zip
• In addon preferences, click Download Required Models

Windows/Linux (NVIDIA GPU)

This version is much faster, but requires a high-end NVIDIA GPU.

Requirements

• An NVIDIA GPU with at least 8GB VRAM
• CUDA 12.1
• Blender 4.2

Steps

• Download meshgen-cuda.zip in Assets below
• In Blender, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Click arrow in the top right then Install from Disk
• Choose meshgen-cuda.zip
• In addon preferences, click Download Required Models

Usage

• Press N -> MeshGen (or View -> Sidebar -> Select the MeshGen tab)
• Click Load Generator (this will take a while)
• Enter a prompt, for example: Create a 3D obj file using the following description: a desk
• Click Generate Mesh

Troubleshooting

• Find errors in the console:
  • Windows: In Blender, go to Window -> Toggle System Console
  • Mac/Linux: Launch Blender from the terminal
• Report errors in Issues

v0.1.0

This initial release contains a minimal integration of LLaMa-Mesh in Blender.

Installation

Windows/Linux

Requirements

• An NVIDIA GPU with at least 16GB VRAM
• CUDA 12.1
• Blender 4.2
• [7-Zip] (https://7-zip.org/download.html)

Steps

• Download meshgen-win-linux-cuda.7z in Assets below
• Right click -> Show more options -> 7-Zip -> Extract Here to extract the meshgen.zip file
• In Blender, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Click arrow in the top right then Install from Disk
• Choose meshgen.zip

Mac (untested)

Requirements

• Blender 4.2

Steps

• Download meshgen-macos-arm.zip in Assets below
• Extract the contained meshgen.zip file
• In Blender, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Click arrow in the top right then Install from Disk
• Choose meshgen.zip

Setup

• In MeshGen addon preferences, click Download Required Models
• If set up correctly, addon preferences should display the message `Ready to generate. Press 'N' -> MeshGen to get started.'

Usage

• Press N -> MeshGen
• Click Load Generator (this will take a while)
• Enter a prompt, for example: Create a 3D obj file using the following description: a desk
• Click Generate Mesh

Troubleshooting

• Find errors in the console:
  • Windows: In Blender, go to Window -> Toggle System Console
  • Mac/Linux: Launch Blender from the terminal
• Report errors in Issues