{"id":9860,"date":"2025-08-20T14:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=9860"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:19:48","slug":"toolkit-mac-blender-4-5-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-mac-blender-4-5-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"Install IMVU Toolkit on Mac (Blender 4.5 LTS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2b250968beb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2b250968beb\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-mac-blender-4-5-lts\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-mac-blender-4-5-lts\/#toolkit-installing\" >Toolkit Installing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-mac-blender-4-5-lts\/#library-folder-not-visible\" >Library Folder Not Visible<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-mac-blender-4-5-lts\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZtitPEEnbXY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Installing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">IMVU Toolkit for Blender<\/a> on a MacBook or other MacOS device may results in the &#8220;<strong>FILE NOT FOUND! : IMVUMegaScene.blend<\/strong>&#8221; error message displaying in the Status Bar despite the *.py script successfully installing. When this happens, to fix the issue, the Toolkit ZIP file will need to be manually copied into place. Once this is done the Toolkit can then be used to create content properly for IMVU.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 5 mins hr (00:05:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 1080p.<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: n\/a.<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: n\/a.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: some additional considerations when installing the Toolkit to Blender 4.5 LTS;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"toolkit-installing\"><\/span>Toolkit Installing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The IMVU Toolkit doesn&#8217;t speficailly need to be installed but doing so alleviates the need to manually extract and place <strong>IMVU_Studio_Toolkit.py<\/strong>, and\/or manually create the necessary folders or directory structures. Once installed, this information is then available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/user-preferences\/\">Preferences<\/a> [1], typically; <\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; width: 98.5%; font-family: courier; font-size: 90%\">\/Users\/[username]\/Library\/Application Support\/Blender\/[version]\/scripts\/addons\/<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/macos\/macos-toolkit-file-path.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/macos\/macos-toolkit-file-path.jpg\" alt=\"MacOS installation File path\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The <strong>File<\/strong> path [1] where Blender 4.5 LTS installs the IMVU Toolkit&#8217;s *.py script on a MacBook (MacOS).<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"library-folder-not-visible\"><\/span>Library Folder Not Visible<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The Library folder and its contents are generally hidden from view because its a system location. It will need to be made visible to fix the missing <em>MegaScene<\/em> issue. In <strong>Finder<\/strong>, and from within the User folder i.e. &#8220;<em>katsbits<\/em>&#8220;, <strong>Control<\/strong> + <strong>Click<\/strong> (<span class=\"shortcutkey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/keyboard-symbol-control.png\" alt=\"Control icon (MacOS)\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" \/><\/span> + <span class=\"shortcutkey\">LMB<\/span>) or from the <strong>View<\/strong> menu &#8211; <strong><em>View \u00bb Show View Options<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; to access the context menu and select <strong>Show View Options<\/strong>. Here, click the <strong>Show Library Folder<\/strong> checkbox [2] in the panel that appears. The folder will appear in Finder allowing access to the appropriate directories and folders.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #dedede; color: #000; width: 98.5%; padding: 1em;\"><strong>Aside<\/strong>: for more information about finding the scripts folder and other aspects of manual set-up see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-toolkit-macbook\/#addon-file-path\">Addon File Path<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/macos\/mac-show-library-folder.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/macos\/mac-show-library-folder.jpg\" alt=\"Show Library Folder\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The <strong>Library<\/strong> folder isn&#8217;t visible by default so must be shown. Do this in <strong>Show View Options<\/strong> by enabling <strong>Show Library Folder<\/strong> [2].<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n &#8211; n\/a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,1045,230],"tags":[797,1054,835,1049,1043,1044,796,798],"class_list":["post-9860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imvu","category-macos","category-tutorials","tag-addons","tag-finder","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-imvu-toolkit","tag-macbook","tag-macos","tag-scripts","tag-scripts-folder"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9860"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9882,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9860\/revisions\/9882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}