GBB_road

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GBB / ROAD
BLENDER ADD-ON VERSION 6.0.8

GBB ROAD.

Engineering-grade road previews.

A procedural road system add-on for engineering-grade previews. Customize lane types, widths and counts, as well as all road surface elements. The system supports arbitrary road intersections, including T-junctions and Y-shaped ramps.

Customizable lanesReplaceable road elementsCustomizable Junctions
GBB Road: an overview of the procedural road system
IN BLENDERGBB Road: an overview of the procedural road system
A CONFIGURABLE ROAD SYSTEM

Your road, your elements

Configure the road system around your project, from lanes to road surface elements.

Road elements and configurable road layout
IN BLENDERRoad elements and configurable road layout
THE TOOLSET

Six modules

The interface organizes the toolset into Road Network, Road Bend, Road-Following Assets, Road Marking, Roadside and Lane modules.

  1. 01Road Network
  2. 02Road Bend
  3. 03Road-Following Assets
  4. 04Road Marking
  5. 05Roadside
  6. 06Lane
GBB Road's six-module interface
IN BLENDERGBB Road's six-module interface
SEE THE WORKFLOW

From the first segment
to your road layout.

Explore the tools in the demonstrations below.

01

Quickly create road segments

Create the first road segment.

Animated demonstration: create road segments
ANIMATED DEMOcreate road segments
02

Curves

Adjust the alignment to create curved road sections.

Animated demonstration: shape a curved road
ANIMATED DEMOshape a curved road
03

Elevation

Shape the vertical profile of your road.

Animated demonstration: adjust road elevation
ANIMATED DEMOadjust road elevation
04

Intersections

Bring road sections together into an intersection. Inspect both the resulting road layout and its underlying topology.

Animated demonstration: connect intersecting roads
ANIMATED DEMOconnect intersecting roads
Intersection layout
IN BLENDERIntersection layout
Intersection topology
IN BLENDERIntersection topology
05

Branching junctions

Create branching road layouts.

Animated demonstration: create a branching junction
ANIMATED DEMOcreate a branching junction
06

Insert lanes

Add lanes as needed for the road layout.

Animated demonstration: insert a lane
ANIMATED DEMOinsert a lane
07

Remove lanes

Remove selected lanes.

Animated demonstration: remove a lane
ANIMATED DEMOremove a lane
08

Lane transitions

Changes in lane count.

Lane transition example
IN BLENDERLane transition example
09

Adjust lane widths

Adjust the width of each lane.

Animated demonstration: adjust lane width
ANIMATED DEMOadjust lane width
10

Lane markings

Customize lane markings as part of the road design.

Note: lane markings are mesh surfaces positioned 5 mm above the road surface.

Animated demonstration: customize lane markings
ANIMATED DEMOcustomize lane markings
11

Road surface elements

Customize road surface elements.

Animated demonstration: customize road elements
ANIMATED DEMOcustomize road elements
12

Assets

Extend road surface elements through assets, with support for your own assets.

Road asset configuration
IN BLENDERRoad asset configuration
Animated demonstration: import road assets
ANIMATED DEMOimport road assets
13

New nodes

New nodes are introduced for improved interaction and performance.

Our custom Blender build introduces three nodes for the road workflow.

Point Gizmo, Attribute Output and Curve Intersections nodes
IN BLENDERPoint Gizmo, Attribute Output and Curve Intersections nodes

Point Gizmo

Generate handles.

Point Gizmo node
IN BLENDERPoint Gizmo node

Attribute Output

A node designed specifically for Point Gizmo.

Persistently store handle data.

Attribute Output node
IN BLENDERAttribute Output node

Curve Intersections

Handle intersections between different types of curves.

Curve Intersections node
IN BLENDERCurve Intersections node
BEFORE YOU START

Blender workflow

Recommended: custom Blender build

Use the custom Blender build for the intended interactive workflow. This build adds three nodes: Point Gizmo, Attribute Output and Curve Intersections.

Official Blender 5.2 and later

A separate add-on edition is available for official Blender 5.2+: road_asset-6.0.9-V5.2. Choose the custom Blender build for the full interactive experience.

Development

GBB Road is currently in an early stage of development. Supply your own assets to build the road facilities you need. More assets and features will be announced in future updates.

VERSION HISTORY

Release Notes

6.0.8

Initial release, providing full road editing functionality. Assets are not included.

GBB ROAD / VERSION 6.0.8Procedural road design for engineering-grade previews.

$80

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Details
Blender Extension Compatible Yes
Dev Fund Contributor
Published 2 days ago
Blender Version 5.2
Extension Type Add-on
Render Engine Used Blender-Internal, Cycles, Eevee
License GPL