by jfmatheu·Workflow
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Sculpt-Paint Wheel earns its place in the Superhive library as a radial toolset spanning Blender's sculpt, paint and weight modes. It targets Blender 4.2 and lower and does not support 4.3 or newer, and it isn't recommended on Apple Silicon Macs. It sits at rank 197 on Superhive.
Sculpt-Paint Wheel adds on-screen wheel widgets to Blender's sculpt and paint workflows. It ships with three wheels: the Sculpt Wheel for Sculpt mode, the Paint Wheel for Texture Paint, Vertex Paint, Grease Pencil Draw and Grease Pencil Vertex modes, and the Weight Wheel for Weight Paint and Grease Pencil Weight modes. Hold the Space key in the relevant mode to trigger a wheel, then release it to dismiss. The Sculpt Wheel arrives prefilled with default brushes and tools.
The trigger key is configurable, defaulting to the spacebar, and the Paint Wheel can be set to stay open and close again when the hotkey is pressed. Custom buttons are saved and loaded, wheel panels sit in the 3D Viewport sidebar under the Sculpt and Paint tabs, and recent versions unify wheel data so it is shared across multiple scenes in the same .blend file.
Version 3.0.X supports Blender 3.6.5 and 4.0, and is recommended only for Blender 4.2 or lower, as it does not support Blender 4.3 or greater. It is not recommended on Apple Silicon Macs due to incompatibility.
Sculpt-Paint Wheel is best for blender artists on version 4.2 or lower who want radial, on-screen access to brushes and tools across sculpt, paint and weight modes.
Sculpt-Paint Wheel is completely free to download and use.
Sculpt-Paint Wheel runs on older Blender releases, with version 3.0.X supporting Blender 3.6.5 and 4.0. The developer recommends acquiring it only if you need a working version for Blender 4.2 or lower, as it does not support Blender 4.3 or greater. Some API features the addon relies on are no longer available in newer Blender versions. If you are on 4.3 or above, check the developer's page before purchasing, since a future addon may be required for those versions.
Sculpt-Paint Wheel is not recommended for Macs with newer dedicated hardware and software such as Apple Silicon and Metal. The developer notes you may run into drawing artifacts, install issues, or an inability to use the addon correctly on those systems, so the guidance is to avoid acquiring it for now. MacOS support may return with a future addon, though no release date has been given.
Sculpt-Paint Wheel appears when you hold the Space key in the relevant mode, then disappears when you release it. In Sculpt mode this opens the Sculpt Wheel, prefilled with default brushes and tools, and in Texture Paint and Vertex Paint modes it opens the Paint Wheel. The trigger key is configurable, and you can set the Paint Wheel to stay open and close again when you press the hotkey. Wheel panels also live in the 3D Viewport sidebar under the Sculpt and Paint tabs.
Sculpt-Paint Wheel is updated by first disabling it, unchecking the addon in Blender's preferences. Next, click Remove to take the addon out of Blender, then close Blender and open it again. Once restarted, install the new addon version. Following this order helps avoid issues when moving between versions. Custom buttons and toolsets are saved and loaded by the addon, and in recent versions wheel data is unified and shared across multiple scenes within the same .blend file.
Sculpt-Paint Wheel is listed as free in this catalog. For current licensing and to download the latest builds, check the developer's page, and note that newer addon versions are also published on the developer's GitHub repositories. Licensing and availability can change, so the developer's page is the best place to confirm details before installing. The project can still be supported through Superhive.
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