Developer Docs

Tutorials and how to’s:

Note that you could also use the Blender documentation. Bforartists is based at Blender.

Installing and building the repository

For Windows with VS 2019

Building_Bforartists_with_Cmake_and_VS_2019_on_Windows.pdf

For Windows with VS 2017 (old version)

Building_Bforartists_with_Cmake_and_VS_2017_at_Windows.pdf

Legacy docs:
The older version for Windows with VS 2013. Note that this version is outdated.

Building_Bforartists_with_Cmake_and_VS_2013_at_Windows_7.pdf – 1.6 Mb

For Linux

Building_with Ubuntu 17.pdf – 1.18 Mb
There is a Youtube video available that explains the same steps at Ubuntu 20: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUhM2YSw1gQ

For Mac

Please see the Blender documentation.

Misc

Implementing a new editor – pdf, 421 kb
Github Pull Request tutorial – pdf, 748 kb

Note that with Bforartists 3.2 we will update Bforartists to work with Inkscape 1.2 for the icon creation.
Before 3.2 there is Inkscape 0.9.2 required. They work a bit different, and the scripts to create the icons are also a bit different.
The old tutorial will stay in place.

Icontutorial Inkscape 1 and higher – pdf 1.25 Mb – This tutorial explains how to add a new icon in Bforartists with Inkscape 1 and higher.
Icontutorial – pdf 1.3 Mb – Legacy version. This tutorial explains how to add a new icon in Bforartists with Inkscape 0.9.2 and lower. 

How to create and edit icons in the toolshelf. Youtube link!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrz_vZa1psM

Libre Office PDF Export Settings.  www.bforartists.de/data/tuts/Libre_Office_PDF_export_values.pdf