DimFlow 2.5 — free update for all owners

Old scenes upgrade themselves on load. Your values, links and keyframes survive untouched.

DIMENSIONS NOW DRIVE THE MODEL

Type a length, angle, radius or diameter into the sidebar and the model moves until the measurement really is that number. The bound vertex or object slides, turns or scales to match.

- A pin picks which end holds still — first point, second point, or the middle so both ends move out evenly

- Driving a radius resizes the whole ring, so the circle keeps its shape and its plane

- Works on Linear, Angular and Radius, on any dimension bound to geometry

STRAIGHT DIMENSIONS

- Straight — draw the Linear dimension line flat along a world axis, with the extension lines reaching each point separately at their own lengths. The reading becomes the distance along that axis

- Straight Axis — Auto, or force X, Y or Z when the span is nearly square

STYLE PRESETS

- Save a complete look — colour, text, thickness, materials, plate settings, arrows — and apply it to any dimension with one click

- Pin a preset as the default so every new dimension is born with your style

- Shared across all four types, and stored with Blender rather than the .blend, so they follow you between projects

SMARTER PLACEMENT

- Measure between two objects in Edit Mode — pick one vertex on each and the dimension tracks both

- Select a whole circle in Edit Mode and Radius fits it, in the circle's own plane

- New dimensions are built flat in the view you are working in, instead of always facing front

- An annotation added in Object Mode now hangs on the selected object

PLACEMENT AND CONTROLS

- Three independent offsets — Distance Offset (across), Sideway Offset (along) and Normal Offset (off the drawing plane) on Linear, plus Normal Offset on Angular and Radius

- Offset X / Y on the Bind modifier to nudge a bound callout off the surface it sits against

- Extension Line 1 and 2 — hide either side of a Linear dimension on its own

- Text Offset X on all four types

- Roughness / Strength — one plate control, roughness on glass materials and emission strength on emissive ones

- Show Image and Show Text Background are now collapsible panels with their own header checkbox, and their controls grey out when switched off

FIXES

- 180° angles now work, and the label flips itself when Reflex Angle is switched on

- Face Camera now faces the camera squarely at any camera roll

- Angle measurement rewritten with atan2 — the old method lost precision near 0° and 180°

- Arrow and dot heads are smooth-shaded, and the leader now lands on the centre of the dot

- Extension lines grow out of the arrow points during a reveal, rather than from their far ends

- Radius callouts sit exactly in the circle's plane instead of a hair off it

RENAMED

Offset Distance is now Distance Offset, and Offset Sideways is now Sideway Offset, so the three offsets read together. Your saved values carry across automatically.

Blender 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 · Eevee and Cycles · Windows, macOS, Linux