Installing EM Tools: yEd and the Blender Add-on

▶ Installing EM Tools: yEd and the Blender Add-on (~~5 min)

Clip: 12 | Duration: ~5 min | Recording segment: 57:29 → ~1:03:00

Prerequisites

Blender 3.x, yEd Graph Editor (free download from yworks.com).

Overview

Step-by-step installation: download the EM add-on from GitHub releases, install it in Blender via Edit → Preferences → Add-ons, enable it, then import the EM palette into yEd via Edit → Manage Palette → Import New Section. Both tools are now ready to create and visualise Extended Matrices.

Fig. 34 The ExtendedMatrix.org homepage — the central hub for downloads and documentation.

Key Concepts

Download the OS-specific build from the GitHub Releases page.
Blender: install from disk, enable via checkbox — no restart required.
yEd: the EM palette appears in the right panel after import.
Both tools read/write the same GraphML file format.

Screenshots

Fig. 35 Download page listing software requirements (Blender version, yEd version).

Blender: Add-ons preferences with 'Install from Disk' highlighted. — Fig. 36 Blender: Add-ons preferences with ‘Install from Disk’ highlighted.

Fig. 37 The EM add-on enabled in Blender preferences (checkbox checked).

Fig. 38 yEd: Edit → Manage Palette → Import New Section dialog.

Fig. 39 The EM palette visible in the yEd right-hand panel after import.

Try It Yourself

Install the add-on and confirm the EM panel appears in Blender’s sidebar (N key) and the EM palette is visible in yEd.

Note

A video walkthrough for this tutorial will be available on the Extended Matrix YouTube channel.