by Cuzmic·Workflow
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Sculpt Navigation earns a place in the blender_extensions library for a focused approach to tablet sculpting: it maps orbit, pan, dolly, roll, and zoom onto canvas and mouse gestures so a middle mouse button is not required. Its preferences let you toggle individual gestures and choose the modes it runs in.
Sculpt Navigation is a Blender add-on from Cuzmic that recreates ZBrush and 3D-Coat style viewport navigation. On empty canvas space, left-click orbits the view and Shift+click pans, while clicking on a mesh sculpts or paints. The result is a pen tablet workflow that works without the middle mouse button.
Right-click drag handles dolly on the vertical axis and roll on the horizontal, and Shift+right-click zooms. A dedicated roll keybinding defaults to Shift+Alt+LMB. Double-clicking empty space frames the selected object, and a visual ring gives feedback when adjusting brush size and strength. A configurable safety border zone always triggers navigation.
Preferences live under Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > SculptNavigation, where you can enable or disable individual gestures, choose which modes the add-on runs in, adjust orbit, dolly, and roll sensitivity, invert axes, set pass-through object types, and remap mouse buttons and modifiers. It targets Blender 5.0 and newer and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.
Sculpt Navigation is best for blender artists sculpting or painting with a pen tablet who want orbit, pan, dolly, roll, and zoom without a middle mouse button.
Sculpt Navigation is completely free to download and use.
Sculpt Navigation requires Blender 5.0 or newer, so it will not run on Blender 4.2 or earlier releases. The add-on is listed as compatible with Blender 5.0 and newer, and it activates automatically in supported modes once enabled. If you are on an older Blender build, you would need to update to at least version 5.0 before installing it. Version 1.0.2 is the release covered here, published in February 2026, so check the developer's page for any newer builds.
Sculpt Navigation installs like a standard Blender extension. Download the latest release zip, then open Blender and go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons, click Install from Disk, and select the downloaded zip file. Enable the add-on by ticking its checkbox. Once enabled, it activates automatically in the supported modes, and you can reopen its settings from Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > SculptNavigation to adjust gestures, keybindings, sensitivity, and pass-through object types.
Sculpt Navigation is built around a pen tablet workflow that does not require the middle mouse button. You orbit by left-clicking empty canvas space, pan with Shift and left-click, and sculpt or paint by clicking directly on a mesh. Right-click drag handles dolly and roll, while Shift plus right-click zooms. This maps the common navigation moves onto canvas and mouse gestures, which suits working with a stylus that lacks a middle button.
Sculpt Navigation is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later (GPL-3.0-or-later). It is listed as free here, and you can find the source code and latest details on the developer's page on GitHub. The extension also notes that it does not require any special permissions. For the most current licensing and release information, check the developer's page directly before relying on any specific terms.
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