v1.0.0

blender-ue

Blender utilities for Epic Games FAB marketplace and Unreal Engine workflows. Auto-fixes FAB material imports, bridges assets between Blender and UE, and integrates with Claude Code MCP tools.

FAB Material Auto-Fix Addon v1.0.0 — Blender 3D View sidebar panel

Addon

FAB Material Fixer v1.0.0

Platform

Blender 4.5 / 5.0 / 5.1

Vault

Cross-platform auto-detect

What's New in v1.0.0

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Smart Collection Grouping

Correctly groups FBX hierarchy (EMPTY → ARMATURE → MESH) into single collection

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Multiple Vault Path Support

Auto-detects textures from various FAB vault locations across platforms

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Dynamic Texture Matching

No hardcoded prefixes — scans vault and matches by material name keywords

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Empty Collection Cleanup

Automatic removal of leftover FBX collections after import

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Texture Filter Panel

Filter "All Textures" by material name for easy selection

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Manual Texture Mapping

Full panel for assigning textures to specific materials manually

How It Works

1.Import FAB model (FBX/GLTF/OBJ) into Blender
2.Handler detects new objects automatically
3.Creates collection with FAB item name
4.Detects vault folder from object naming
5.Scans textures from vault (PNG, TGA, JPG)
6.Applies textures to Principled BSDF materials
7.Clean up empty collections automatically

Installation Guide

You only need ONE file: fab_material_fixer_free.py

Copy the addon file

laptop_macMac

copy

fab_material_fixer_free.py

to:

~/Library/Application Support/Blender/5.1/scripts/addons/

desktop_windowsWindows

copy

fab_material_fixer_free.py

to:

%APPDATA%\Blender Foundation\Blender\5.1\scripts\addons\

Enable in Blender

1.Open Blender

2.Go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons

3.Search for "FAB"

4.Enable "FAB Tools"

Start Using

1.Import a FAB model (FBX/GLTF/OBJ) into Blender

2.The addon will automatically create a collection with the model name

3.Detect textures from the FAB vault

4.Apply textures to materials

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Manual Mode (if auto-fix doesn't work)

1.Select the imported objects

2.Open the FAB panel in 3D View sidebar (press N)

3.Click "Set Up Collection"

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Troubleshooting

Textures not found?

-Make sure FAB vault exists at: /Users/Shared/UnrealEngine/Launcher/VaultCache/FabLibrary
-Click "Re-scan Textures" in the FAB panel

Empty collections left behind?

-Click "Clean Collections" button in the FAB panel

FAB Vault Locations

Platform	Vault Path
macOS	/Users/Shared/UnrealEngine/Launcher/VaultCache/FabLibrary
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/Epic/FabPlugins
macOS	~/Library/Caches/com.epicgames.fab
Windows	C:\Program Files\Epic Games\Launcher\VaultCache\FabLibrary
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Epic\FabPlugins
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\com.epicgames.fab\Caches
Linux	~/.local/share/Epic/FabPlugins
Linux	~/.cache/com.epicgames.fab

Panel Features

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Auto-Fix: ON/OFF — Toggle auto-detection on import

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Set Up Collection — Manual trigger for selected objects

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Re-scan Textures — Refresh vault texture cache

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Rescan All — Re-process all objects in scene

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Clean Collections — Remove empty FBX collections

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Open FAB Vault — Open vault folder in file explorer

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Manual Texture Map — Full panel for texture assignment

Supported Asset Types

Type	Extensions	Detection
PNG	.png	Auto-scan vault
TGA	.tga	Auto-scan vault
JPG	.jpg, .jpeg	Auto-scan vault
.blend	.blend	Embedded images

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