Blender s&box Bridge — Blender Addon

• Blender 5.1+
• s&box with the Blender Bridge library installed

1. Download sbox_bridge.zip from the latest release
2. In Blender: Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install from Disk
3. Select the downloaded sbox_bridge.zip
4. Enable "s&box Bridge" in the addon list

1. Open your s&box project — the bridge server starts automatically on port 8099
2. In Blender, open the N-panel (press N) > s&box tab
3. Set your Assets Path to your s&box project's Assets/ folder (needed for materials)
4. Click Connect

• Mesh streaming — Create/edit meshes in Blender, they appear in s&box in real time
• Bidirectional transforms — Move objects in either editor
• Light sync — Point, Spot, and Sun lights sync between Blender and s&box
• PBR materials — Principled BSDF nodes auto-generate .vmat files with textures
• Chunked transfer — Large meshes (20k+ vertices) stream without freezing
• Auto-reconnect — Connection recovers automatically if s&box restarts
• Send to Scene — Manually push selected objects with one click
• Grid alignment — Match Blender's grid to s&box units

• Can't connect: Make sure the bridge server is running in s&box (Editor > Blender Bridge)
• Objects don't appear: Check that Auto Sync is enabled, or use Send to Scene
• Materials show pink/error: Set your Assets Path. New .vmat files need a moment to compile in s&box
• Area light warning: s&box doesn't support area lights — use point or spot instead
• Frozen UI on large mesh: If you hit this, the mesh exceeded the chunk threshold. Try reducing polygon count
• Hammer editor might need to be open to place meshes can be closed after.
• To Play a scene you might need to save (ctrl + S) the scene after editing to see geometry appear in Play mode (s&box).

GitHub

GitHub - SanicTehHedgehog/blender-sbox-bridge: Blender Addon for s&box that allows you to model, transform, texture, and map from blender directly to the s&box scene editor.

Blender Addon for s&box that allows you to model, transform, texture, and map from blender directly to the s&box scene editor. - SanicTehHedgehog/blender-sbox-bridge