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  Installation
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Requirements
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To run the Blender CrowdSim3D add-on you need:

* Blender 3.3 (or higher).
* An official Blender 64 bit platform

  * Windows
  * Mac
  * Linux

* We advice at least 32/64 GB of internal memory. Working with large crowds requires
  a lot of memory.


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Download
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Once you have purchased CrowdSim3D you can download it from https://www.crowdsim3d.com/.

* Go to the website https://www.crowdsim3d.com/.
* Login with your Blender-ID.
* Go to the `your products` section.
* Here you find the add-on that suits your system.


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Install
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You can extract and import the add-on using Blender:

* Open Bender.
* Go to the `Add-ons` section of the `Preferences`. You can find this in
  `Edit => Preferences => Add-ons`.
* Select `Install...`.
* Select the downloaded zip file.
* Select `Install Add-on from File...`.

Now Blender displays the add-on in the list.

* From the list of add-ons enable `Animation:CrowdSim3D`.
* Save the Preferences.
* Close the Preferences.

Your Blender is now ready to use the CrowdSim3D add-on.


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Remove Installation
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The CrowdSim3D add-on consist out of a binary and the add-on.
The add-on can be removed by following the next steps

* Go to the `Add-ons` section of the `Preferences`. You can find this in
  `Edit => Preferences => Add-ons`.
* From the list of add-ons remove `Animation:CrowdSim3D`.


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Upgrading
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The best way to upgrade is to remove the existing installation
and install the new version. Blender needs to be restarted after an upgrade
to be sure that the old version has been unloaded.