Install

1. In Blender go to Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions, open the dropdown in the top right and pick Install from Disk.
2. Choose christmas_gift_generator_1.1.0.zip.
3. Open the sidebar in the 3D View (press N) and click the Gifts tab.

Make a gift

1. Pick a Look (or leave it on Random) and press New Gift. It appears at the 3D cursor.
2. With the gift selected, use the Selected Gift panel to change the shape, size, lid, paper, ribbon, bow and tag. Changes show at once.

Wrap an object

1. Select one or more objects.
2. Press Box It or Round to put each one in a box, or Gift Wrap (follow shape) to wrap paper around its shape.
3. Padding sets the room inside the box. Hide Object Inside hides the object and keeps it inside the gift. Wrap Together makes one gift for the whole selection.
4. For Gift Wrap, Tightness goes from paper pulled taut (0) to paper pressed into the shape (1). Looseness, Crumple and Paper Detail change the paper.
5. Unwrap removes the gift and brings the object back. Refit to Object measures the object again after you change it.

Paper

• Pick one of the 10 looks, or press Surprise Me.
• Pattern has 11 built-in patterns. Pattern Repeats and Pattern Turn set the size and angle.
• Custom Image uses your own picture as the pattern.
• Use My Own Material wraps the gift in a material you made. The add-on never changes it.
• Mapping: Object needs no UVs. Switch to UV before baking or exporting.

Ribbon, bow and tag

• Ribbon: None, Single or Cross. None gives a stick-on bow only.
• Bow: Classic, Double or Pom-Pom, with size, turn and tails.
• Bow Offset moves the bow off-centre, or up and down. The ribbon follows it.
• Gift Tag adds a paper tag on a string.

Gift Pile

Set Gifts, Spread, Gift Size and Seed, then press Gift Pile. The pile is made around the 3D cursor in its own collection. The same seed gives the same pile.

Good to know

• Each gift is one mesh with three materials: paper, ribbon and tag.
• Gift Wrap covers holes and dents like real paper does. It does not reach inside them.
• A duplicated gift shares its materials with the original, so colour changes affect both.