IMPORTANT Compatibility Note

This version of Stop Motion OBJ supports Blender 2.92.x - 3.6.x. IT WILL NOT WORK FOR BLENDER 4.0.0

Highly encouraged donation

On Itch.io and Gumroad where the downloads are hosted, there's a minimum price of $5. However, since this is still an open-source project, there's nothing preventing you from copying the files from the repo and installing them yourself for free. The $5 price tag buys you some convenience since it's easier to install the addon using the .zip file, as well as my eternal thanks.

Download

Stop Motion OBJ downloads are now hosted on Itch.io. There's also a mirror on Gumroad.com.
Itch.io link: https://neverhood311.itch.io/stop-motion-obj-addon-for-blender-360
(mirror) Gumroad link: https://neverhood311gumroad.gumroad.com/l/rpvlu

New Features

Major features

• Fast OBJ and PLY import in Blender 3.3.0
• Keyframed sequence progression
• Manual sequence creation (for stop motion animation)
• Smooth/Flat shading for Streaming Sequences
• Auto-export modified meshes
• Multiple sequence import
• .X3D and .WRL mesh sequences

Minor features

• Display mesh sequence source path in the Advanced panel
• Display sequence length in the Advanced panel
• Display the number of currently-cached meshes
• Merge duplicate materials

New Features

Major features

• Keyframed sequence progression
• Manual sequence creation (for stop motion animation)
• Smooth/Flat shading for Streaming Sequences
• Auto-export modified meshes
• Multiple sequence import
• .X3D mesh sequences

Minor features

• Display mesh sequence source path in the Advanced panel
• Display sequence length in the Advanced panel
• Display the number of currently-cached meshes
• Merge duplicate materials

@Failxxx fixed a bug which prevented users from creating new mesh sequences from a single mesh.

Wrong/No mesh export issue FIXED

Auto-export modified meshes.

Instructions:

1. Enable Auto-export changes (Object > Stop Motion OBJ > Export)
2. Select an Export Folder or allow Overwrite Source
3. Make changes to the mesh in Object or Sculpt mode (Edit mode NOT supported)
4. Advance to a new frame and SMO will export the mesh if it's been updated

Auto-export modified meshes.

Instructions:

1. Enable Auto-export changes (Object > Stop Motion OBJ > Export)
2. Select an Export Folder or allow Overwrite Source
3. Make changes to the mesh in Object or Sculpt mode (Edit mode NOT supported)
4. Advance to a new frame and SMO will export the mesh if it's been updated

Added a Convert to Mesh Sequence button to the Stop Motion OBJ section in the Object Properties panel for non-sequence objects

Thanks to @ChristopherRemde for adding better support for Alembic sequence exports

Fixes streaming sequence loading for files that import more than just mesh data (lights, cameras, etc.).

For multi-object meshes, discard everything but the first mesh.