Modeling Toolkit - Documentation

Installation

1. Download mk_modeling_toolkit_1.0.0.zip (do not unzip it).
2. In Blender go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons, open the dropdown at the top right and pick Install from Disk.
3. Select the zip and enable Modeling Toolkit.
4. In the 3D Viewport press N and open the Modeling Toolkit tab. The tool card opens in the viewport.

Built and tested on Blender 5.1.

The Card

Everything lives in one card with four sections: Splines, Modify, SDF and Cut. Hold the mouse over any button to see an animated explainer of what it does. The explainers are available in English, Korean and Japanese (EN / KO / JA at the top of the card). Each section also has its own video tutorials right under its tab.

Splines

• 3ds Max style shapes: Line, Rectangle, Circle, Ellipse, Arc, Donut, NGon, Star, Text, Helix, Egg, Section and Freehand, with the same parameters as Max.
• AutoGrid draws directly on the surface of other models. Snaps, symmetry and keyboard entry are included.
• Edit Spline: Vertex, Segment and Spline levels with vertex types (Corner, Smooth, Bezier, Bezier Corner).

Modify

• Extrude, Lathe, Sweep, Array, Section, FFD Box and Conform tools turn shapes into models. Every modifier stays editable.

SDF

• Build soft models from SDF shapes, like clay. Add, subtract and blend shapes with live settings.
• Blend selected meshes and their materials into one model.
• Weld adds a procedural weld bead along the seam with heat marks around it. The parts' own meshes are never changed.
• Cut with Line: cut a groove into the model along a spline.

Cut

• Draw a Rectangle, Circle, Ngon or any spline to Cut, Join, Slice, Intersect or Panel a model.
• Cut edges can be Sharp, Fillet or Chamfer. Use Model's Bevel makes one cut match the model's own Bevel.
• Copy a cutter with Shift+D and it becomes a new cut. Move, rotate or scale cutters at any time and the cut follows.
• Show Cutters / Only Selected Model keeps the scene clean.
• Apply Selected / Apply All turns the models into plain meshes, exactly as they look.

Video Tutorials

• Teaser
• Part 1 | Spline
• Part 2 | Edit Spline
• Part 3 | Modify
• Part 4 | SDF
• Part 5 | SDF Blend and Weld
• Part 6 | Cut
• Cut Shape
• SDF Car Modeling

License

Modeling Toolkit is released under the GNU GPL v3 or later. The weld bead pieces come from "Welder" by Łukasz Hoffmann (GPL-3.0-or-later). See LICENSE.txt and THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt inside the add-on.

Support

Questions or bugs? Contact us on Discord or at [email protected].