Boardtyper 3D
Export Blender models to Tabletop Simulator JSON.
Boardtyper 3D is a Blender extension designed to automate the preparation, arrangement, and export of 3D game components directly into Tabletop Simulator (TTS). It generates the required .obj files, extracts textures, and compiles the final TTS .json save file, offering seamless local testing.
Features
- TTS Component Typing: Assign native TTS properties (Generic, Bag, Figurine, Coin, Board, Infinite, Dice, Chip) and materials directly in Blender.
- Smart Bag System: Create bags and automatically populate them with other scene objects.
- Visibility Control: Keep utility objects hidden from the table while keeping them available inside bags.
- Auto-Layout Grid: Automatically arrange spawned objects in a clean grid to prevent physics collisions upon loading the game.
- Lua Injection: Attach custom
.luascripts to any object directly from Blender's text editor or external files. - Export for Tabletop Simulator: Export locally for rapid testing with a JSON file.
What's New
1.0.1 May 18th, 2026
v1.0.0 - Initial Release: Complete TTS Export Pipeline
This is the first official public release of Boardtyper 3D, transforming Blender 4.2+ into a complete authoring environment for Tabletop Simulator game components.
This extension streamlines the entire pipeline from 3D modeling to playable TTS prototype, handling mesh extraction, texture mapping, hierarchy management, and JSON generation automatically.
Key Features in this Release
- Native TTS Properties: Configure objects directly in the Blender viewport as Generic, Bag, Figurine, Coin, Board, Infinite, Dice, or Chip objects.
- Advanced Bag Management: visually define the contents of Bags and Infinite Bags. Add items from your scene and set exact quantities without touching a line of JSON.
- Granular Visibility Control: *
Spawn in World: Keep utility pieces out of the main table but available for bag contents.Show in Bag Picker: Hide background objects from the bag population menus.Can be stored in a Bag: Automatically generates Lua filters to prevent specific items from being bagged by players.
- Lua Script Injection: Attach custom
.lualogic to any piece via external files or direct text input. - Auto-Layout Grid: Automatically calculates a spawning grid based on custom origin and spacing parameters to prevent physics collisions when the game loads in TTS.
- Local Export: Generates standard
file:///paths for offline testing and rapid iteration(JSON file, .obj, Texture images).