by VFX Grace·Workflow
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Particle Pie Menu covers a wide range of hair particle actions across Object and Edit modes, with confirmation dialogs guarding the weight-reset and transfer functions.
Particle Pie Menu, developed by VFX Grace, is a Blender add-on focused on editing hair particle systems through pie menus. It organizes options by mode so tools are reachable while you work. In Object Mode you can change the hair display color, modify the order of particle systems and their settings, adjust particle render options such as strand shape, render and display steps, and material assignment, and switch children types between None, Simple, and Interpolated.
In Edit Mode you can pick a particle brush from the pie menu with one click, along with particle editing options including displaying children, setting path steps, enabling symmetry on the X axis, preserving strand lengths, and preserving root position. Additional functions include toggling X-ray, setting random hair colors, keyframing the particle system display, moving the modifier to the top or bottom, and resetting or transferring hair weight to a selected item.
Reset Hair Weight and Copy Hair Weight to Selected Item both open a confirmation dialog before running. The weight transfer uses the generic data transfer, moving from the selected object to the active one, and suits transferring weights between an object and its copy.
Blender Addon | Particle Pie Menu is best for blender artists grooming and editing hair particle systems who want mode-specific options gathered in pie menus.
Blender Addon | Particle Pie Menu is completely free to download and use.
Particle Pie Menu lists support for Blender 2.79b, 2.80, 2.81, 2.81a, 2.82, 2.83, 2.92, 2.93, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4. That range covers older 2.7x and 2.8x releases through the 3.x series. If you run a version outside this list, check the developer's page to confirm current compatibility before relying on the add-on in production.
Particle Pie Menu installs through Blender's standard add-on process: open the menu, go to Edit, then Preferences, then Add-ons, and choose Install. Locate the add-on file to install it. Once enabled, its options appear in the pie menus for Object Mode and Edit Mode. The developer's page provides documentation for further reference on setup and usage.
Particle Pie Menu transfers hair weight from the object on the current particle system to a target object. Select the target object first, then the source object, and execute the function. A confirmation dialog appears before the operation runs. The tool uses the generic data transfer, moving from the selected object to the active one, and suits transferring weights between an object and its copy. The target particle system should have been edited in Hair Edit mode.
Particle Pie Menu is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change over time, so check the developer's page for the current details before downloading. A demo video is also available if you want to see the add-on before installing. The add-on includes documentation covering its functions across Object Mode and Edit Mode.
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