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Vox stands out in the superhive library for pairing hands-on voxel drawing with a rule-based tile map system in a single Blender add-on.
Vox works as a voxel editor inside Blender, and each voxel can be swapped for a tile. It adds three tools to edit mode: add voxels, paint voxels, and remove voxels. The add mode covers a default option for drawing a voxel or rectangle and a draw-and-extrude option, while painting offers a brush mode that draws color or a tile set inside a sphere of a given radius, plus a per-voxel mode, with strength, falloff and spacing controls.
Through the Vox panel you define whether an object belongs to a tile set or uses tile sets to build a larger model. Each tile is one object at 1x1x1, centered in the middle. Placement rules cover the layer above, the same layer, and the layer below, alongside custom weight, random probability, and an allow-rotation option. Using tile sets, you can build houses and cities in different shapes and variations and apply colors and geometry nodes effects.
Vox comes in Lite, Full, and Full+Demo editions, and you can start with Lite and switch to Full later. It was updated for Blender 4.2 and 4.3.
Vox - Voxel Tools And Tile Map Generator is best for blender users building voxel models and tile maps, including houses and cities assembled from tile sets.
Vox - Voxel Tools And Tile Map Generator is completely free to download and use.
Vox was updated for Blender 4.2 and 4.3 in its 1.1 release, so those are the versions noted in its update history. Later updates through late 2024 and into 2025 continued to refine the add-on, including improved selection overlay performance and a fix for the color brush. If you run a different Blender version, check the developer's page for current compatibility details before installing.
Vox ships in three editions. Lite includes the core voxel tools for adding, coloring and deleting voxels, along with snap, rebuild and other voxel operators. Full adds optimized voxels, the tile map designer for setting tile rules, and the Vox panel for using voxels as tiles. Full+Demo layers on demo files and example tile sets. You can start with Lite and later switch to Full when you need the extra features.
Vox places tiles using rules you define for each tile, based on what sits in the layer above, the same layer, and the layer below. For example, setting a same-layer-front rule to 'Empty or Other' means the tile is used only when nothing is in front of it. Tiles with more rules carry more weight, and the highest-weight tile that passes its rules is selected. Custom weight, random probability and an allow-rotation option give you further control over which tile appears.
Vox is listed as free in this catalog. The add-on comes in Lite, Full and Full+Demo editions, with an upgrade path that lets you start on Lite and move to Full later. For current licensing terms and the details of each edition, check the developer's page, since availability and options can change over time. Once installed, its voxel tools and tile map designer work inside Blender's edit mode.
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