# Reforge - Defold Scene Exporter (Blender Add-on) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Defoldmine\ **Created:** [January 20, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254 "2026-01-20T13:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/alexander_bulatov/32/27139_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum.defold.com/u/Alexander_Bulatov)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/1 "2026-01-20T13:56:28Z")
![cover](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/9/f/9faed12789ddebfb46af88ceb369ae1767532684.jpeg) Reforge is a Blender add-on for exporting scenes into Defold projects. It converts Blender mesh objects into Defold-ready assets: - .glb meshes - .model files with multi-material support - .go prefabs (never overwritten) - .collection scenes with grouped instances Reforge supports optional convex collision export, texture copying into the Defold project, and safe cleanup of exporter-specific custom properties. Designed for clean and repeatable Blender → Defold pipelines. > **[GitHub - ufgo/reforge](https://github.com/ufgo/reforge)** > > Contribute to ufgo/reforge development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![Asatte](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/asatte/32/39093_2.png) [@Asatte](https://forum.defold.com/u/Asatte)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/2 "2026-01-20T14:04:05Z")
Just what I needed! Thank you 🙂 I was working on a tutorial on model import when it is done and after getting familiar with the add-on a little, I will make a tutorial on this add-on too ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/alexander_bulatov/32/27139_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum.defold.com/u/Alexander_Bulatov)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/3 "2026-01-20T18:32:01Z")
added baking support ---
**Author:** ![Pawel](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/pawel/32/24623_2.png) [@Pawel](https://forum.defold.com/u/Pawel)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/4 "2026-01-20T18:51:57Z")
This might be very useful for a ton of developers! Thank you very much for creating it and sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/alexander_bulatov/32/27139_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum.defold.com/u/Alexander_Bulatov)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/5 "2026-01-25T14:27:57Z")
**Reforge is now officially available via Blender Extensions.** ![image](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/0/3/0379b443dbf4815c03ba4d01d97b7e0ce6268a29.jpeg) The add-on can be installed directly from Blender without manual downloads. Just open **Edit → Preferences → Extensions** , search for **Reforge** , and install it with one click. No more ZIP files — updates are handled automatically through Blender. > **[Reforge](https://extensions.blender.org/add-ons/reforge/)** > > Reforge Blender scenes into Defold assets ---
**Author:** ![Asatte](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/asatte/32/39093_2.png) [@Asatte](https://forum.defold.com/u/Asatte)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/6 "2026-01-25T20:04:05Z")
It is working great! This has all the hierarchical model import features I have been waiting for. You’re great 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asatte](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/asatte/32/39093_2.png) [@Asatte](https://forum.defold.com/u/Asatte)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/7 "2026-01-26T16:35:16Z")
One suggestion I can make is saving the solid colors as textures too when exporting them. Currently, when I export a scene, if a mesh has a solid color as texture, its texture is not exported. Here is a script I use to export solid colors as 1 pixel texture image which may help: ```lua import bpy import os import shutil # Set your export directory here export_dir = r"C:\YourExportDirectory" # Change this to your desired path os.makedirs(export_dir, exist_ok=True) def save_color_texture(color, name, export_dir): # Create a new image img = bpy.data.images.new(name=name+"_color", width=1, height=1) # Set pixel color img.pixels = [color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3]] filepath = os.path.join(export_dir, f"{name}_color.png") img.filepath_raw = filepath img.file_format = 'PNG' img.save() print(f"Saved flat color texture: {filepath}") bpy.data.images.remove(img) # Iterate over selected objects for obj in bpy.context.selected_objects: if obj.type == 'MESH': for mat_slot in obj.material_slots: mat = mat_slot.material if mat and mat.use_nodes: has_texture = False for node in mat.node_tree.nodes: if node.type == 'TEX_IMAGE' and node.image: has_texture = True image = node.image filepath = bpy.path.abspath(image.filepath) if os.path.exists(filepath): dest_path = os.path.join(export_dir, os.path.basename(filepath)) shutil.copy(filepath, dest_path) print(f"Exported: {dest_path}") else: dest_path = os.path.join(export_dir, image.name + ".png") image.save_render(dest_path) print(f"Saved packed image: {dest_path}") if not has_texture: for node in mat.node_tree.nodes: if node.type == 'BSDF_PRINCIPLED': base_color = node.inputs['Base Color'].default_value save_color_texture(base_color, mat.name, export_dir) print("Texture export complete.") ``` ---
**Author:** ![Asatte](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/asatte/32/39093_2.png) [@Asatte](https://forum.defold.com/u/Asatte)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/8 "2026-01-27T10:55:49Z")
Shared a tutorial on it 🙂[REFORGE tutorial](https://youtu.be/HVq4UCyJ1IA) with credits of course ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/alexander_bulatov/32/27139_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum.defold.com/u/Alexander_Bulatov)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/9 "2026-01-27T14:06:18Z")
You can use this option in Blender for bake textures: ![image](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/c/b/cbec761087f8ea840f4e98ce569e4e59c7ff78db.png) or here: ![image](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/e/7/e72aec8c456a63595ffb2fe3f02b6cb0b252da01.png) ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/alexander_bulatov/32/27139_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum.defold.com/u/Alexander_Bulatov)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/10 "2026-01-27T14:13:12Z")
![image](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/7/c/7cb47851bc7b31d45b36f6b46fc15cdf0848e04f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Asatte](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/asatte/32/39093_2.png) [@Asatte](https://forum.defold.com/u/Asatte)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/11 "2026-01-27T16:06:25Z")
Oh, it’s my bad then. Thank you for the answer. I’ll leave a link to this thread so people can see the intended way of using it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/alexander_bulatov/32/27139_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum.defold.com/u/Alexander_Bulatov)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/12 "2026-10-10T11:07:59Z")
![cover](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/2/6/26d1622d7f13e776b425fa274b5cdaae405fd56c.jpeg) Hi everyone! 👋 I’m excited to share a major update to **Reforge (v0.6.0)** — an open-source Blender add-on & extension designed to streamline exporting 3D scenes, prototypes, materials, and collisions directly into your Defold projects. Since the initial release, the tool has evolved significantly to solve real-world 3D pipeline headaches in Defold. Here is a breakdown of what’s new in **v0.6.0** : * * * ### 🌟 Key Highlights in v0.6.0 #### 1. 💡 Native Support for Defold Illumination & Multi-Sampler Models If you use Astrochili’s popular [Defold Illumination](https://github.com/astrochili/defold-illumination) forward-shading library, you know the pain of configuring 5 texture samplers per model by hand (and remembering to plug `/illumination/textures/empty.png` into every unused slot so the shader doesn’t crash). Reforge now automates this completely! When your material points to `/illumination/materials/model.material`: - **`DIFFUSE_TEXTURE`** : automatically mapped from Principled BSDF Base Color (or baked albedo). - **`DATA_TEXTURE`** : automatically points to `/illumination/textures/data.png`. - **`LIGHT_TEXTURE`** : extracted from Emission socket (or `/empty.png`). - **`SPECULAR_TEXTURE`** : extracted from Specular / Roughness (or `/empty.png`). - **`NORMAL_TEXTURE`** : extracted from Normal (with automatic traversal through `Normal Map` nodes to locate the source image!). - All unlinked slots are automatically safely filled with `/illumination/textures/empty.png`. #### 2. 🎨 In-Engine Color Texture Baking (Cycles EMIT) Blender’s standard glTF exporter cannot export procedural textures, color ramps, vertex colors, or layered paint graphs like **Ucupaint**. Reforge now includes an automated background baking pipeline: - Bakes pure albedo via an unlit Cycles Emission pass (no lighting/shadow artifacts). - Automatically isolates material slots to prevent Blender’s _“No active image found”_ errors. - **Solid Color Fallback** : If a mesh doesn’t have UV unwrapping but uses a solid color, Reforge outputs a clean, lightweight 1×1 PNG instead of failing. - Configurable per material (enable/disable, custom resolution 512–4096, and padding margin) directly in Blender’s Material tab. #### 3. 🔄 Non-Destructive Scene Re-exports Previously, re-exporting a `.collection` would wipe out your manual changes in Defold. Reforge now parses the existing collection and safely preserves: - Instance **`component_properties`** (script properties, uniforms, tints set in the Defold Editor). - Custom **`embedded_instances`** (lights, cameras, custom GOs, scripts added inside Defold). - Referenced **`collection_instances`** (sub-collections). - `scale_along_z` collection setting. #### 4. 📁 Sub-Collections & Group Pivots (`defold_group` & `group_center`) - Tag objects with `defold_group = "name"` to organize instances under named embedded groups in Defold (`root -> -> instances`). - Mark any object as `group_center = True` to act as the group’s pivot. The group in Defold receives the world transform of the center object, and all child instances are exported with local relative coordinates! #### 5. 🎯 Duplicate Name Detection (`detect_duplicates`) Duplicating objects in Blender creates names like `Rock.001`, `Rock.002`. With duplicate detection enabled, Reforge automatically maps them to the base prototype (`Rock`), exporting **a single `.glb` / `.model` / `.go`** while placing each instance with its unique transform in the `.collection`. This drastically cuts build size and disk space! #### 6. 🛠 Transform Fixes & Blender 4.2+ Extensions - **Origin Snap** : Prototype objects are temporarily snapped to world `(0, 0, 0)` during `.glb` export, eliminating double-transformation offsets in Defold instances. - **Blender 4.2+ Ready** : Packaged as a native Blender Extension (`blender_manifest.toml`) with one-click installation and automatic updates via Blender’s extension repository. ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/alexander_bulatov/32/27139_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bulatov](https://forum.defold.com/u/Alexander_Bulatov)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/reforge-defold-scene-exporter-blender-add-on/82254/13 "2026-10-15T12:19:17Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ttCCyDJfrhc/maxresdefault.jpg "Как использовать Reforge? Из Blender в Defold") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttCCyDJfrhc)