by 7bitretro·Modeling
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Strange Attractors earns its place in the Blender extensions library as a maintained fork of mtyka's original Attractors, updated for Blender 3.6 and above with a TSUCS1 curve added. It holds a 5.0 rating from 8 reviews.
Strange Attractors adds strange attractor curves inside Blender's 3D View. A strange attractor is a concept in chaos theory that describes the behaviour of chaotic systems. One famous example is the Lorenz attractor, which emerged from a mathematical experiment in weather prediction and revealed an unexpected link between weather, chaos and fractals. These attractors show properties such as points being arbitrarily far apart at different times, making their behaviour unpredictable.
This version is a fork of mtyka's Attractors, maintained by 7bitretro with corrections from Spirou4D. The code was fixed and updated to work with Blender 3.6 and above, and a TSUCS1 attractor curve was added to the list.
To create a curve, press Shift + A in the 3D View, open the Curve menu, select Strange Attractors and choose from the available list. Further settings sit in the Geometry section of the object data properties. The 2.1.0 release updated the manifest to reflect website changes. It is released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later and requires no special permissions.
Strange Attractors is best for blender artists who want to generate chaos-theory curves such as the Lorenz attractor directly in the 3D View.
Strange Attractors is completely free to download and use.
Strange Attractors lists compatibility with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer. The add-on is a fork whose code was fixed and updated to work with Blender 3.6 and above, so recent Blender releases are covered. If you are on an older or newer build, check the developer's page for the version details before installing so you can confirm it matches your current setup.
Strange Attractors places its curves in Blender's Curve menu. In the 3D View, press Shift + A to add an object, open the Curve menu, select Strange Attractors and choose one from the available list. Once the curve is created, you can adjust its settings in the Geometry section of the object data properties to change how the shape is built.
Strange Attractors is released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later. It is listed as free here in the catalog, though that reflects this listing rather than the developer's own terms. For current licensing details and any conditions attached to the GPL, refer to the developer's page. The add-on is also noted as requiring no special permissions when installed in Blender.
Strange Attractors does not require any special permissions. The extension is a compact add-on, listed at 11.2 KB, that adds attractor curves through Blender's Curve menu once installed. That keeps setup straightforward through Blender's standard extension system, with nothing extra to grant or configure. For the exact install steps and the version notes for release 2.1.0, the developer's page is the place to check.
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