HowTo:Install Wings3d

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Install Wings3D and the Wings Export Plugin

Download Wings3D

• Download the latest STABLE release of Wings 3D from the website.
  Unstable versions may work and may have more features, but they may also be more unstable (obviously);
• Follow the installation instruction;
• For a downloadable manual see here;

• Mandrake users see here

Get and install the Xmesh Export Plugin

Stable Plugin

New users use this.

Download the latest stable release (1.5a) (located here: http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/users/pontiac/xmesh)

• For Wings3D before 0.98.16:
  • Extract the compressed file into your Wings3D application directory;
  • Check if all .beam-files have the right permissions (chmod 644);
  • Start Wings3D.
• For Wings3D 0.98.16 and following:
  • Start Wings3D;
  • Select the [Install Plug-In] option in the [File]-menu and select the .tgz file you downloaded.

For Mac OSX version of Wings3d

• Extract the two files e3d_xmesh.beam and wpc_xmesh.beam either from the nightly download or from the expanded files in the stable .zip package.
  You'll need to right-click on the Wings3d application and click [show package contents], then navigate to
  Wings3d.app/Contents/Resources/erlang/lib/wings-x.xx.xx/
  (where the x stands for the version);
• Copy all of the .beam-files into the directory
  Wings3d.app/Contents/Resources/erlang/lib/wings-x.xx.xx/lib/wings-x.xx.xx/plugins/xmesh
  or wherever the plugins directory is located;
• Start Wings3D.

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