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Mitsuba Blender Add-on

Nightly Release

This add-on integrates the Mitsuba renderer into Blender.

Main Features

  • Mitsuba scene import: Import Mitsuba XML scenes in Blender to edit and preview them. Materials are converted to Cycles shader node trees.

  • Mitsuba scene export: Export a Blender scene to a Mitsuba XML scene for rendering.

More in-depth information about the features of the add-on are available on the wiki.

Installation

  • Download the latest release from the release section.
  • In Blender, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Install.
  • Select the downloaded ZIP archive.
  • Find the add-on using the search bar and enable it.
  • To point the add-on to the Mitsuba dependencies, either click on Install dependencies using pip to download the latest package, or check Use custom Mitsuba path and browse to your Mitsuba build directory.

You can refer to the Installation & Update Guide on the wiki for more detailed instructions.

Supported versions

Blender version should be at least 2.93. The addon has been extensively tested on LTS versions of blender (2.93, 3.3). We recommend using those whenever possible.