Arma 3 Object Builder borrows it's name from the infamous Object Builder application that's used for importing models to the P3D model format of Arma 3. While Object Builder bares some modelling functionality, it's by no means adequate by today's standards. Because of this, the need arose to create an alternative, and so Alwarren developed the ArmAToolbox, which makes it possible to import and export animation and model files for Arma 3.

This project's goal is to build a new, more modern add-on based on the ideas of the original ArmAToolbox, which has been in use by modders for many years. Since it's release, the code base of the ArmAToolbox became quite cluttered with unused code and broken features (eg.: due to Blender API changes). This project aims to correct this, and bring elements of the workflow more in-line with the design of Blender, while also creating new tools to further aid mod development.

The project is originally a fork of Alwarren's repository, but in reality, instead of consisting of smaller changes to be merged into the main repository, it turned into a full rewrite of the add-on.

Excerpt from the ArmAToolbox readme:

Arma Toolbox for Blender
This is a collection of Python scripts for the Blender 3D package
that allows the user to create, import and export unbinarized
Arma Engine .p3d files.

• Blender v2.90.0 or higher
• Arma 3 Tools (optional for some features to work)

The add-on is developed on Blender v2.90.0 for convenience reasons, which also has the side effect that it supports older versions, not just the latest releases. The add-on is tested on newer releases regardless. If a new release of Blender in the future renders it impossible to keep the add-on compatible with both old, and new releases, support will be dropped for legacy versions in favor of the new API.

As inherited from the ArmAToolbox, the Arma 3 Object Builder add-on is released under the GNU General Public License version 3.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Files created using this software are not covered by this license.