Blender Plugins

Hardops 26: Lead is a hard surface modelling toolkit for Blender, built around a non-destructive or destructive modifier workflow. It covers modelling through rendering, with tools reached via menu, pie, N-panel or active tool.

Magic UV is a UV toolset add-on for Blender, developed by nutti. Originally part of Blender 4.1's bundled add-ons, it is now offered as an extension with limited support and configured through the Add-ons Preferences.

Retopoflow 4 is a retopology toolkit for Blender that helps create clean mid or low polygon meshes over high-resolution sculpts or scans. Version 4 is a complete rewrite integrating the tools into Blender's Edit Mode.

Screencast Keys is a Blender add-on that displays keyboard and mouse status along with the last executed operator, using customizable on-screen UIs. It's aimed at making tutorials for Blender.

3D Viewport Pie Menus is a Blender add-on that provides a range of gesture-based pie menus to speed up various workflows. Some of the menus also add new operators for copying, keyframing and camera controls.

Align Tools is a Blender add-on that aligns selected objects to the active object. Previously bundled with Blender 4.1, it's now offered as a standalone extension with limited support.

Autodesk 3D Studio (.3ds) is a Blender extension for importing and exporting .3ds files, covering meshes, materials, textures, cameras, lights, ambient and atmosphere settings, and animations. Maintained by NRGSille.

Grid Modeler is a modeling add-on for Blender that builds 3D models using a grid-based workflow. It handles Boolean cuts from drawn shapes and creates new mesh geometry on top of existing surfaces.

Kit Ops 2 Pro is a kitbashing tool for Blender by Chipp Walters, built to create, store and apply custom INSERTS with materials. This version is deprecated and no longer supported, superseded by Kit Ops 3 Pro.

Tri-lighting is a Blender add-on that places a three-point lighting setup on the selected or active object. Found under View3D → Add → Lights, it was previously bundled with Blender 4.1.

Camera Shakify is an add-on for Blender that lets you easily add realistic camera shake to your cameras. It works from captured real-life camera shakes, applied to the cameras in your scene from a panel in the camera's properties.

Construction Lines is an accurate CAD-style modelling add-on for Blender. It builds snappable guide points and edges, draws lines and primitive shapes in place, automatically fills faces in closed geometry, and cuts through meshes with extrude.

Export Autocad DXF Format (.dxf) is a Blender add-on that exports Blender geometry to the DXF r12 file format. Once part of Blender 4.1's bundled add-ons, it is now offered as-is with limited support.

Grease Pencil Tools is a Blender add-on by Samuel Bernou that bundles extra utilities for Grease Pencil, including box deform, canvas rotation, timeline scrubbing, stroke straightening and a layer navigator.

Lens Sim is a Blender addon that simulates camera lenses using real-world optical data. It extends the standard Blender camera so you can choose and render dozens of lenses in Cycles.

Sun Position is a Blender add-on that positions and animates the Sun to simulate real-world natural lighting, using geographic location, time and date based on the NOAA online calculator.

UV Squares is a Blender addon for the UV Editor that reshapes selected UV faces into a grid of squares. It respects vertical and horizontal face ratios and can stretch any selection shape.

Bonsai is a Blender add-on from IfcOpenShell, covering areas from modeling and import-export to rendering and animation. It ranks 37 on the Blender extensions site and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Bsurfaces GPL Edition is a modeling and retopology add-on for Blender, accessible from the Edit tab in the View3D sidebar in Edit Mode. Distributed under the GPL v3, it was previously bundled with Blender 4.1.

Divine Cut is a Blender tool for creating character clothing through cloth generation and a set of styling tools. It moves a garment from a simple starting shape to a more complex one within Blender.

Dynamic Sky is a Blender add-on that creates dynamic sky for the Cycles render engine. Originally authored by Pratik Solanki, it was part of Blender 4.1's bundled add-ons and is now offered as-is.

A non-destructive hard-surface add-on with live booleans, panels and a powerful trim tool.

Fluid Painter is a Blender add-on that uses Geometry Nodes to paint fluids over any 3D surface with a curve. It ships with 30+ presets compatible with Eevee and Cycles.

MPFB is a human character generator and editor for Blender that builds a humanoid mesh in one click, then handles parametric body modeling, rigging, procedural materials, and an asset library.