by JMT Production·Modeling
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Quick Screws earns its place in the superhive library by focusing on one job: adding procedural screws, from full screws to head-only quick details and boolean cutter variants. The Standard and PRO split lets you choose between Full Screws alone or the full set with quick screws, cutter screws and arrays. Note that the Auto Cutter is flagged as experimental and may not always perform as intended.
Quick Screws is a Blender add-on from JMT Production for adding fully customizable procedural screws for hard surface design and mechanical prototyping. It ships with 33 heads, two materials and two thread profiles, and offers four screw types: a Full Screw with a head and body, a Quick Screw that is just the head, a Full Cutter Screw with a cutter object around the head that cuts into the object it sits on, and a Quick Cutter Screw pairing a head with that cutter.
Screws can be added from the N-Panel or with the LShift + Q shortcut, and a selected screw's parameters are edited from the Properties menu in the Ultimate Screws panel. The Finish Screw button applies the GeoNodes modifier, cleans the geometry and unwraps the screw, after which parameters can no longer be changed. Cutter Screws are applied through the Cutter Screw Tools menu opened with Shift + Alt + Q, plus an experimental Auto Cutter for cutting screw holes.
Quick Screws comes in Standard and PRO editions, PRO adding quick screws, cutter screws and array options for full and quick screws. Version 1.0.3 supports Blender 3.1 through 4.1 and is distributed under the GPL license.
Quick Screws is best for hard surface design, mechanical prototyping and similar work in Blender that calls for adding customizable procedural screws.
Quick Screws is completely free to download and use.
Quick Screws supports Blender versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.0 and 4.1, giving it a broad range across those releases. The add-on is distributed under the GPL license. If you're on a newer Blender build than the ones listed, check the developer's page for updated compatibility details before installing, since the listed versions reflect what the add-on officially supports at version 1.0.3.
Quick Screws lets you add screws either from the N-Panel in the 3D Viewport or by pressing the LShift + Q shortcut. Once a screw is selected, you can adjust its parameters from the Properties menu that appears in the Ultimate Screws panel. When you're happy with the result, the Finish Screw button applies the GeoNodes modifier, cleans the geometry and unwraps the screw. After finishing, its parameters can no longer be modified, so make your adjustments beforehand.
Quick Screws handles Cutter Screws through a dedicated workflow. Pressing Shift + Alt + Q opens the Cutter Screw Tools menu, where you select the cutter objects you want to use, then the object you want to cut into, and choose Boolean Screws. There's also an experimental Auto Cutter tool under the tools menu: select only the object you want to cut into and it automatically cuts the holes for the screws. Being experimental, it may not always perform as intended.
Quick Screws comes in Standard and PRO editions. Both include fully customizable procedural screws along with all 33 head assets, two materials and two thread profiles. The PRO version adds Quick Screws, Cutter Screws and array options for Full Screws and Quick Screws, though arrays don't support cutter screws for now. The Standard edition includes Full Screws only, so the choice comes down to whether you need the quick and cutter screw types or the array options.
Quick Screws is listed as free in this catalog, so there's no price to quote here. Licensing and edition availability can change over time, so for the most current terms, and to confirm what's included in the Standard and PRO editions, visit the developer's page. The add-on is distributed under the GPL open-source license. A demo video is also available.
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