by lapineige·Workflow
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Earns its place in the superhive library as a grab-bag of small, user-requested utilities—handy if you'd rather install one package than track down ten separate add-ons.
Lapineige's Tools V2.9 bundles ten small add-ons into a single package for Blender, grouped so installation and use are faster than adding each one separately. The tools were coded from user ideas by the developer, lapineige.
Inside the pack: AutoMirror sets up a mesh with a mirror modifier and adds symmetry; Tweak Area makes opening and closing windows easier and faster; Precise Render Border Adjust precisely adjusts the render border; Origin Placing Tools add more ways to place the origin; and Multi-Camera Render renders and saves sequentially with several cameras. A render-panel option lets you choose the graphics card on multi-GPU computers, a Lock Camera To View button sits on the 3D view header, a text-editor pie menu holds tools for script coders, Incremental Save writes a copy of the file with an incremental suffix, and Advanced Material Override adds exclusion options such as excluding mesh lamps.
All the add-ons are released under GPL v3 and are available separately on the developer's GitHub. It's listed as free here, and buying the pack acts as a donation, with 40% going to the Blender Foundation. The collection isn't yet compatible with 2.8x versions.
Lapineige's Tools V2.9 - Add-Ons Compilation To Make Your Life Easier is best for blender users who want a set of small quality-of-life utilities for mirroring, render borders, cameras, origins, and file saving in one package.
Lapineige's Tools V2.9 - Add-Ons Compilation To Make Your Life Easier is completely free to download and use.
Lapineige's Tools V2.9 is not yet compatible with Blender 2.8x versions, and the developer notes an upgrade is in progress. One tool from the collection, AutoMirror, is integrated into Blender itself and works with 2.80. If you're on a 2.8x build, keep this in mind before installing the full pack, and check the developer's page for the latest status on the upgrade and which tools currently run on your Blender version.
Lapineige's Tools V2.9 includes ten small add-ons. AutoMirror sets up a mesh with a mirror modifier and symmetry, Tweak Area speeds up opening and closing windows, and Precise Render Border Adjust fine-tunes the render border. Origin Placing Tools add more ways to place the origin, Multi-Camera Render renders and saves sequentially with several cameras, and a render-panel option lets you pick the graphics card. Rounding out the set are a Lock Camera To View header button, a text-editor pie menu for script coders, Incremental Save, and Advanced Material Override.
Lapineige's Tools is listed as free here and released under GPL v3, which means you're free to use it as you want. The individual add-ons are also available separately, without the compilation, on the developer's GitHub. Buying the pack functions as a donation that supports the developer's work, and 40% of the price goes to the Blender Foundation. For current licensing terms and downloads, check the developer's page.
Lapineige's Tools includes an add-on that adds an option to the render panel for choosing the graphics card, which the developer describes as useful on multi-GPU computers. Alongside it, Multi-Camera Render can render and save sequentially with several cameras, and Precise Render Border Adjust lets you set the render border precisely. Together these cover a few render-setup tasks within the pack, and a demo video of the tools is available for a closer look.
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