by Skarmuse·Workflow
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Boardtyper 3D earns its place in the Blender extensions library for handling the full pipeline from 3D model to playable TTS prototype, from typing components to generating the .json save file.
Boardtyper 3D turns Blender into an authoring environment for Tabletop Simulator game components. Working from the Boardtyper 3D tab in the 3D Viewport sidebar, you assign native TTS properties to mesh objects, choosing types such as Generic, Bag, Figurine, Coin, Board, Infinite, Dice, or Chip, along with a material like Plastic or Wood. From there the extension handles mesh extraction, texture mapping, hierarchy management, and JSON generation.
A Smart Bag System lets you create bags and populate them with other named scene objects at specific quantities. Visibility controls decide whether a piece spawns in the world, appears in the bag picker, or can be stored in a bag, generating Lua filters where needed. You can also inject custom .lua scripts onto any object from Blender's text editor or external files.
An Auto-Layout Grid arranges top-level objects into a clean grid based on your spacing, columns, and origin settings, preventing physics collisions when the game loads. Local export produces file:/// paths for rapid testing on your own machine, generating the JSON file, .obj meshes, and texture images. Boardtyper 3D is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
Boardtyper 3D is best for blender users preparing and exporting 3D game components for Tabletop Simulator.
Boardtyper 3D is completely free to download and use.
Boardtyper 3D is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer. The installation steps direct you to open Blender 4.2 or later, go to Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions, and use the Install from Disk option. When prompted, you enable the extension and grant the necessary permissions. On older Blender releases below 4.2, compatibility is not listed, so 4.2 LTS is the baseline version to run it on.
Boardtyper 3D can be installed by dragging and dropping the add-on into Blender, or by downloading the .zip and using Install from Disk. Open Blender 4.2 or newer, go to Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions, click the drop-down menu in the top right corner, and select Install from Disk. Choose the downloaded .zip file, then enable the extension and grant the requested Files permission, which is needed for exporting the OBJ and JSON files to your local drive.
Boardtyper 3D generates the files a Tabletop Simulator save needs. On export it produces the .obj meshes, extracts textures as image files, and compiles the final TTS .json save file. Local export uses file:/// paths, which the developer describes as best for rapid prototyping on your own machine. You set the Game Name, which names the output .json, and choose an Export Folder before clicking Export to process all meshes, materials, and Lua scripts into a ready-to-play file.
Boardtyper 3D is listed as free here and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. It is developed by Skarmuse and distributed through the Blender extensions platform. For current licensing details and the latest release, check the developer's GitHub page at github.com/BooleanMuse/boardtyper_3d. The extension requests the Files permission so it can export OBJ and JSON files to your local drive during the export process.
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