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<sup> [LuxCoreRender.org](https://luxcorerender.org/) | [Forums](https://forums.luxcorerender.org/) | [Wiki](http://wiki.luxcorerender.org/LuxCoreRender_Wiki) </sup>

## BlendLuxCore
## BlendLuxCore Wheels

This addon integrates the LuxCore render engine into Blender. It offers advanced features like accelerated rendering of indirect light and efficient rendering of caustics.

### Supported Blender Versions
**This is a special version of the add-on, based on LuxCore Python wheels.**

* Blender 4.2 is supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.9 beta1 (Windows only)](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.9beta1)
### Supported Blender Versions

* Blender 4.1 is supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.9 alpha1](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.9alpha1)
* Blender 4.2 is supported for Windows, Linux, MacOS Intel, MacOS ARM

* Blender 4.0 is supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.8 alpha1](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.8alpha1)
### Installation

* Blender 3.6 LTS (3.6.x, not 3.6 itself) is experimentally supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.7 beta1](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.7beta1)
#### From latest release (recommended)

* Blender 3.0 - 3.5.1 are supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.6 alpha1](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.6alpha1)
Find latest release of **BlendLuxCore Wheels** (https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases) (caveat: do not get confused with plain BlendLuxCore)
From the release assets, download extension `BlendLuxCore*.zip`
Open Blender and follow "Install from disk" procedure (https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/preferences/extensions.html)

* Blender 2.93 is supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.6](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.6)
Beforehand, you may want to uninstall previous version of BlendLuxCore: look in "Get Extensions" panel.

* Blender 2.83-2.92 are supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.5](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.5)
#### From last commit

* Blender 2.83 is supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.4](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.4)
Build extension:
- clone this repository: `git clone https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore.git`
- checkout branch: `git checkout for_blender_4.2_wheels`
- configure: `cmake -S BlendLuxCore -B blc-build`
- build: `cmake --build blc-build`
The extension should be in `blc-build` subfolder

* Blender 2.80, 2.81 and 2.82 are supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.2](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.2) and [BlendLuxCore v2.3](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.3)

* Blender 2.79 is supported by [BlendLuxCore v2.0](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.0), [BlendLuxCore v2.1](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.1) and [BlendLuxCore v2.2](https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases/tag/blendluxcore_v2.2)
Open Blender and follow "Install from disk" procedure (https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/preferences/extensions.html)

### [Installation and usage](https://wiki.luxcorerender.org/Category:BlendLuxCore)
Beforehand, you may want to uninstall previous version of BlendLuxCore: see in "Get Extensions" panel.

### [Gallery](https://luxcorerender.org/gallery/)

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