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AWS deadline-cloud: Add Blender 5.2 support and rename add-ons section

Service: deadline-cloud · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/blender.md

Summary

Adds Blender 5.2 to the version/conda support tables, renames the 'Blender add-ons' heading to 'Use custom Blender add-ons', and adds guidance on distributing custom add-ons via Deadline Cloud plugin sync from the queue's job attachments bucket in addition to conda packages.

Security assessment

Content is product-version support and add-on distribution workflow guidance; the added text documents plugin sync from the job attachments bucket but introduces no new security controls, permission guidance, or vulnerability information.

Evidence

+## Use custom Blender add-ons

Diff

diff --git a/deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/blender.md b/deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/blender.md
index 84fbe558b..3e5298f31 100644
--- a//deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/blender.md
+++ b//deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/blender.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-Support overviewBlender version compatibilityDeadline Cloud Conda ChannelGetting startedInstallationUsing the Blender submitterAdvanced configurationsBlender add-onsBlender render enginesOpen source resources
+Support overviewBlender version compatibilityDeadline Cloud Conda ChannelGetting startedInstallationUsing the Blender submitterAdvanced configurationsUse custom Blender add-onsBlender render enginesOpen source resources
@@ -38,0 +39 @@ Major Version | Submitter Support | Conda Support | Render Engines
+5.2 | Windows, macOS, Linux | Linux | Cycles, Eevee, Workbench  
@@ -50,0 +52 @@ Linux | blender | 5.1 | Includes all built-in render engines
+Linux | blender | 5.2 | Includes all built-in render engines  
@@ -246 +248 @@ If you require an unsupported version of Blender, you have the following options
-## Blender add-ons
+## Use custom Blender add-ons
@@ -248 +250,3 @@ If you require an unsupported version of Blender, you have the following options
-You can make Blender add-ons available on service-managed fleet workers by building a conda package from a conda recipe and adding it to a custom conda channel. When the conda environment activates on a worker, the add-on is installed through Blender's API; when it deactivates, the add-on is removed. For more information about custom conda channels, see [Creating custom conda channels](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/configure-jobs-s3-channel.html).
+You can make custom Blender add-ons available with Deadline Cloud plugin sync or a conda package. Plugin sync copies an add-on from your queue's job attachments bucket when the worker session starts. For setup options, see [Use custom plugins with Deadline Cloud](./custom-plugins.html).
+
+For add-ons that require installation steps or dependency resolution, build a conda package from a conda recipe and add it to a custom conda channel. When the conda environment activates on a worker, the package installs the add-on through Blender's API. When the environment deactivates, it removes the add-on. For more information, see [Create a conda channel using S3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/configure-jobs-s3-channel.html) in the _Deadline Cloud Developer Guide_.