Hover HUD Documentation

Overview

Hover HUD is a context-aware viewport interface designed to streamline Blender's Edit Mode workflow.

The addon automatically detects the mesh element under the cursor and displays a futuristic HUD containing relevant modeling tools. Instead of navigating menus, pie menus, or searching through shortcuts, artists can work directly from the viewport using an intuitive hover-based system.

Hover HUD supports vertices, edges, and faces, with each element providing its own set of context-sensitive operations.

Installation

1. Download the ZIP package.
2. Open Blender.
3. Navigate to:

Edit > Preferences > Add-ons

1. Click Install.
2. Select the downloaded ZIP file.
3. Enable Hover HUD.

The addon will start automatically when entering Edit Mode.

Getting Started

1. Select a mesh object.
2. Enter Edit Mode.
3. Hover over a vertex, edge, or face.
4. After the configured hover delay, the HUD will appear.
5. Click a tool or press keys 1-8 to execute actions immediately.

Navigation

Switch Categories

Use:

• Mouse Wheel
• Left Arrow
• Right Arrow

Available categories:

• Edit
• Select
• Transform
• Boolean
• Material
• Utils

Execute Actions

Actions can be launched by:

• Left Click
• Number Keys 1-8

Example:

1 = First Action
2 = Second Action
3 = Third Action
...

Supported Element Types

Vertex Mode

Available tools include:

• Extrude
• Bevel
• Merge
• Connect
• Smooth
• Delete
• Weld
• Subdivide

Edge Mode

Available tools include:

• Extrude
• Bevel
• Bridge
• Edge Slide
• Dissolve
• Mark Seam
• Mark Sharp
• Grid Fill

Face Mode

Available tools include:

• Extrude
• Inset
• Individual Extrude
• Poke
• Dissolve
• Flip Normals
• Separate
• Delete

Boolean System

Hover HUD includes an integrated boolean workflow.

Available operations:

• Cut
• Union
• Slice
• Pocket
• Intersect
• Line Cut
• Slot Cut

Supported cutter shapes:

• Square
• Circle
• Triangle
• N-Gon

Shape previews are displayed directly in the viewport before execution.

Material Workflow

The Material Module allows:

• Assigning existing materials
• Creating new materials
• Browsing object material slots
• Managing material assignments directly from the HUD

No additional menus are required.

Follow-Up Panels

Many operations automatically open a follow-up workflow panel.

Examples:

• Extrude → Scale, Bevel, Inset
• Bevel → Subdivide, Smooth
• Boolean → Cleanup Operations

This allows rapid multi-step modeling without leaving the viewport.

Quick Toggles

Hover HUD includes quick-access controls for:

• Proportional Editing
• Snapping
• Mirror X

These settings can be toggled directly from the interface.

Preferences

Navigate to:

Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Hover HUD

Available settings:

• Enable / Disable HUD
• Theme Selection
• Hover Delay
• Pick Radius
• HUD Scale
• Panel Opacity
• Text Scale
• Animation Effects
• Maximum Face Count
• Follow-Up Panels

Shortcut

Toggle Hover HUD:

Alt + \

Performance Notes

For optimal performance:

• Use the Max Faces setting for extremely large meshes.
• Disable animations if working on lower-end hardware.
• The addon automatically skips heavy hover detection when mesh complexity exceeds the configured limit.

Compatibility

• Blender 3.6+
• Windows
• Linux
• macOS

Support

If you encounter issues, please include:

• Blender version
• Operating system
• Steps required to reproduce the problem

This helps identify and resolve issues quickly.

Hover HUD was created by Nuh Ünver to provide a faster, cleaner, and more immersive modeling workflow directly inside Blender's viewport. 🚀