Export Buddy Pro – Documentation

🔹 Overview

Export Buddy Pro is a Blender add-on that makes sending your assets into Unreal Engine 5 or Unity a one-click process. No more fighting FBX export settings, broken materials, or scale mismatches — this tool is designed to give you predictable, clean imports every time.

🔹 Installation

1. Download the .zip file from your Blender Market account.

2. Open Blender.

3. Go to Edit → Preferences → Add-ons → Install.

4. Select the ExportBuddyPro.zip file.

5. Enable the add-on by checking the box next to Export Buddy Pro.

6. The add-on will appear in the N-Panel under the tab: Export Buddy Pro.

🔹 Quick Start

1. Select your mesh(es) in Blender.

2. Open the Export Buddy Pro panel.

3. Choose your target engine (Unreal or Unity).

4. Click Export to Engine.

5. Your .blend will be exported with correct scale, names, collisions, and optional LODs.

✅ That’s it — no FBX wrangling required.

🔹 Key Features

⚡ 1-Click Export

• Skip FBX. Send your assets straight from Blender into UE5 or Unity.

📏 Scale Handling

• Automatically matches scale to the target engine (no tiny/giant imports).

📝 Auto Name-Fix

• Cleans up Blender’s messy names (Cube.001, Material.003).

• Ensures engine-safe naming for materials, meshes, and textures.

🎨 Material Preservation

• Keeps materials/textures linked on import (no more reassigning).

🛠 Collision Helpers

• Automatically generates collisions, or respects UCX/UBX naming conventions.

• Batch-apply collision settings with one click.

📉 Auto LODs

• Export LOD0, LOD1, LOD2 in one pass.

• Per-profile poly targets for optimization.

🔄 Export Profiles

• Save your export settings as profiles (JSON).

• Reuse across projects for consistent pipelines.

🔂 Auto-Migration

• Profiles are versioned.

• Survive Blender 4.x updates without breaking.

🔹 Profiles (Advanced)

• Create a new profile by clicking Save Profile.

• Load a profile anytime to instantly reapply your export settings.

• Profiles are stored as JSON in your user folder → portable & team-friendly.

🔹 Compatibility

• Blender: Supported from 4.0 → 4.4 (actively maintained for current + previous 4.x release and latest LTS).

• Engines: Unreal Engine 5, Unity (latest stable).

• OS: Windows, macOS, Linux.

🔹 Troubleshooting

Q: My export doesn’t appear in Unreal/Unity.

• Make sure your object(s) are selected before clicking Export.

Q: Scale looks wrong.

• Check that the target engine is set correctly (UE vs Unity).

• Apply transforms in Blender (Ctrl+A → Apply All Transforms).

Q: Materials look missing.

• Ensure textures are packed or saved relative to the project folder.

Q: A Blender update broke something.

• Check your Blender Market account for the latest Export Buddy Pro patch.

🔹 Support & Updates

• This add-on is actively maintained for Blender 4.x.

• Compatibility patches are released quickly if Blender point updates cause issues.

• For support, contact via your Blender Market account or email provided in the product page.