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Installation

This is a guide to install this plugin on Blender. The minimum version required is 2.75

Open Blender

Open User preferences

Click Install From File

Select the zip file from the location where it was downloaded to

Select the file and click Install from File button

Save the User settings

Click the User tab, and enable the plugin

Enabling can be done by clicking the checkbox next to the plugin

You will see the plugin now enabled

Save User settings again

Close the User settings window

Now add an UV sphere to the blender scene

You will see that a sphere is added, but wait it still is in QUADS

Though Chenhan-Shiqing works in QUAD too, it is much good to see in Triangulated ones

Click the Modifiers tab to triangulate the Sphere

Add the Triangulate Modifier, and select the Triangulate option

Now its time to apply that Modifier

Let us now test the Geodesic paths, Select the Geodesic tab on the screen as shown,

Select the Chenhan Geodesics button

Click to add a seed point

Move the mouse over the mesh to see the path from the seed