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Earns its place for consolidating routine weight-painting actions into a single pie menu, aimed at making weights more convenient to paint.
Weightbrush Pie is an add-on for Blender from VFX Grace that collects common weight painting functions into a pie menu. It brings together tools such as add, subtract, and blur, and lets you quickly set the weight value of a selected vertex, keeping frequently used weight-painting actions within a single menu.
The pie menu is laid out so the preset weight value sits in the lower-left corner and the built-in weight function sits in the lower-right corner. An expanded panel holds additional weight tools. The add-on works in both Weight Paint mode and Edit mode, so you can reach these functions from either context.
In Edit mode, the Reset function returns the weight value of a selected vertex to its original value, while Reset All returns the weight value of the whole object to its original value. Weightbrush Pie is released under the GPL license and supports a range of Blender versions from 2.83 through 3.4.
Blender Addon | Weightbrush Pie is best for blender artists painting and adjusting weights across Weight Paint and Edit modes.
Blender Addon | Weightbrush Pie is completely free to download and use.
Weightbrush Pie lists support for a wide span of Blender releases, including 2.83.5, 2.90.1, 2.91, 2.92, 2.93, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4. The changelog notes that version 1_4, dated April 15, 2022, added support for Blender 3.1, while version 1_3 from June 17, 2021 added support for Blender 2.93. If you are on one of the listed versions, the add-on is intended to run there; for anything newer, check the developer's page from VFX Grace for current compatibility before downloading.
Weightbrush Pie installs through Blender's standard add-on flow: open Preferences, go to the Add-ons section, click Install, and select the add-on's .py file. Once it is enabled, the pie menu becomes available in the modes it supports. This is the same method Blender uses for most single-file add-ons, so setup should be straightforward. If you run into any trouble during installation, the developer's page from VFX Grace is the best place to confirm the current steps and reach out with questions.
Weightbrush Pie operates in both Weight Paint mode and Edit mode. It gathers common weight-painting tools such as add, subtract, and blur, and lets you quickly set the weight value of a selected vertex. In Edit mode, the Reset function returns the weight value of a selected vertex to its original value, and Reset All returns the weight value of the whole object to its original value. The pie menu also includes an expanded panel that holds more weight tools alongside the preset value and built-in weight function.
Weightbrush Pie is listed as free in this catalog. Because pricing and licensing can change over time, the developer's page from VFX Grace is the best place to confirm the current terms before downloading. VFX Grace also lists contact channels if you have questions about the add-on. A demo video is available as well, which you can watch to get a sense of the tools before installing. For the license itself, the add-on is released under the GPL.
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