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Getting started

Physical Celestial Objects (PCO) is a Blender add-on that lets you create realistic, real-scale planets with ease. Compatible with Eevee and Cycles, it enables quick and accurate celestial object creation for visually stunning space scenes.

Requirements

Latest Physical Celestial Objects version is supported by Blender 3.3+.

Installation

Info

"Physical Celestial Objects" is only available for purchase on Blender Market or Gumroad. Get your latest version there.

  • Download the "physical-celestial-objects-[version here].zip" file.
  • Open Blender.
  • Go to Edit/Preferences.
  • Choose "Add-ons" tab and press "Install..." button.
  • Locate the .zip file and press "Install Add-on".
  • You will see the newly installed add-on, enable it by checking the checkbox.
  • Wait till it registers. Voila!

First Run

  • Locate the Physical Celestial Objects panel in the Sidebar also called N Panel. Click on the tab Planets to reveal it.
  • Enable the add-on by clicking + Enable Planets button.

Important

To see the planets, you have to be in "Rendered" Viewport Shading mode.

Info

When adding the planet, it will first appear in the scene origin and will seem small. You can add realistic sizes, distances in the transform options eg. moon size/distance.

Enable PSA

Presets

Presets store a snapshot of a predefined celestial object. Currently there is one predefined preset - Earth & Moon available in Earth&Moon.blend file.