by IliaVerpa·Workflow
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Navigation Puck Addon earns its place for porting a familiar Sketchbook Pro interaction into Blender's viewport, with three activation modes and adjustable sizing in a tidy, Python-based add-on under the GPL.
Navigation Puck Addon is a Blender extension by IliaVerpa that adds a compact viewport navigation menu, inspired by Sketchbook Pro's navigation puck. From the current editor context it provides quick access to orbit, pan, zoom, camera flip, and related view actions.
The default activation mode is Hotkey: press and hold V to open the Navigation Puck menu, then drag toward an action and release. The hotkey can be changed in the add-on preferences. Two alternate activation modes are available. Shortcut Button shows a small shortcut icon near the cursor that fades in as the pointer approaches it, while Menu Near Cursor opens the full puck menu near the cursor without that small button.
The add-on preferences let you adjust shortcut placement, button sizes, menu sizes, the drag-select threshold, and debug bounds. It runs on Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, requires no special permissions, and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Version 2.0.1 restored standard Blender keymap registration for the hotkey and changed the default hotkey back to V.
Navigation Puck Addon is best for blender artists who want a compact puck-style menu for orbit, pan, zoom, and camera flip in the viewport.
Navigation Puck Addon is completely free to download and use.
Navigation Puck Addon requires Blender 4.2 or newer and is listed as compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer. If you're on a version earlier than 4.2, you'll need to update before the add-on will run. It's written entirely in Python and requires no special permissions, so once you're on a supported Blender release you can enable it from the Extensions preferences without granting extra access.
Navigation Puck Addon installs from a downloaded release zip. In Blender, open Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions, use Install from Disk, choose the zip file, and then enable Navigation Puck Addon. Once enabled, the default Hotkey activation mode lets you press and hold V to open the puck menu, so you can start using it straight after installation without any further configuration.
Navigation Puck Addon uses Hotkey as its default activation mode: press and hold V to open the menu, then drag toward an action and release. You can change the hotkey from the add-on preferences. Version 2.0.1 restored standard Blender keymap registration for the Navigation Puck hotkey and set the default back to V, so the V shortcut works after you enable the add-on.
Navigation Puck Addon offers three activation modes. The default is Hotkey, where you press and hold V, drag toward an action, and release. Shortcut Button shows a small shortcut icon near the cursor that fades in as the pointer approaches it. Menu Near Cursor opens the full puck menu near the cursor without that small button. You can adjust shortcut placement, button sizes, menu sizes, the drag-select threshold, and debug bounds from the add-on preferences.
Navigation Puck Addon is listed as free here in the catalog. It's released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later and requires no special permissions to run. For the latest licensing details, source code, and releases, check the developer's page on GitHub. The add-on is written entirely in Python, and its version history shows several releases leading up to 2.0.1.
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