by C-You FX·Rendering
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Stands out in the superhive library because it consolidates C-You FX's procedural tools into one add-on, so you install and update everything through a single engine.
COREnodix - Procedural Tools is the tool engine and demo for all C-You FX tools in Blender. A single copy covers every tool, with limited and locked content that unlocks once you purchase a specific tool. Because it works as a combined single app, all updates are handled inside the COREnodix Tool-Engine, and each tool only needs to be installed once.
Alongside the engine, COREnodix ships a set of material utilities: copy material from a selected object, paste material to a selected object, and clone material to a selected object.
The included tool demo is a procedural materials creator for Cycles only, built without nodes or code. You combine premade procedural textures and either use masks or draw them by vertex painting, then add effects and modules like dirt and edge wear. It uses a multi-layer concept and exposes hundreds of parameters for tweaking detail. SHADERnodix, a Cycles procedural materials creator, is coming soon with its demo available now, while LOGOnodix, a logo and shape designer, is being redesigned from scratch. A demo video is available.
Corenodix - Procedural Tools is best for blender artists who want to test C-You FX's procedural tools before purchasing and design Cycles procedural materials without touching nodes.
Corenodix - Procedural Tools is completely free to download and use.
COREnodix - Procedural Tools is built as a Blender add-on for Blender 5.0 and up, and it's listed as Blender Extension compatible. It installs as an extension-type add-on and serves as the tool engine for C-You FX's procedural tools. If you're on Blender 5.0 or a later release you should be covered, but it's worth checking the developer's page for the most current compatibility details before installing.
COREnodix - Procedural Tools works as a combined single app, so you only need one copy for every C-You FX tool. Content stays limited and locked until you purchase a specific tool, at which point installing it once unlocks that tool. From then on, all updates are handled inside the COREnodix Tool-Engine rather than through separate installs, so you manage the whole set from a single place.
COREnodix - Procedural Tools is listed as free in this catalog, and the add-on itself is released under the GPL license. The C-You FX tools it unlocks carry a commercial license, and the engine is designed so you can test tools before deciding to buy one. For current licensing and any purchase details, check the developer's page, since those terms can change over time.
COREnodix - Procedural Tools includes a procedural materials creator demo that works without nodes and without code. You design materials by combining premade procedural textures, then either apply masks or draw them directly by vertex painting. On top of that you can add effects and modules such as dirt and edge wear. It uses a multi-layer concept and exposes hundreds of parameters, so you adjust detail visually rather than editing a node graph.
COREnodix - Procedural Tools ships its procedural materials creator as a tool demo for Cycles only. It's built around Cycles as the render engine, so the material design workflow, effects, and multi-layer setup are aimed at that engine. Alongside it, SHADERnodix, a Cycles procedural materials creator, is coming soon with a demo available now, while LOGOnodix, a logo and shape designer, is being redesigned from scratch.
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