This add-on makes anari backends available as renderers in blender.
It is work in progress should be treated as experimental.
The plugin will install itself if the blender install directory is
set as BLENDER_DIR in the sdk cmake configuration (only tested on linux).
The add-on can then be enabled in the blender preferences.
Alternatively, after building the SDK including Python bindings, the add-on
(CustomAnariRender.py) and the Python bindings can be manually copied to a
location where Blender Python sees them. Additionally the cffi module needs
to be installed to the Python install Blender uses.
See the CMakeLists.txt in this directory for inspiration.
When launching Blender the anari install directory needs to be in the library search path for it to find the actual anari library and devices.
- Supports only objects that can be converted to meshes
- Only supports part of the principled material shader
- Only supports directional (Sun) and Point lights
- The renderings are subject to limitations of the anari backends