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A Blender add-on for terraces and patios

SHADELINE

Retractable Pergola Generator

Louver roofs, folding canopies and timber shades that open, close and slide, built at real scale and ready to animate.

11ready-made designs

5roof systems

4wear conditions

1 sliderto open the roof

Meet Shadeline

Sun, shade and rain, one slider.

Pick a design, set the size and mount, then tilt, slide or fold the roof. Gutters, gaskets, carriage bars, zip screens and glass walls are all built in, with PBR materials for Cycles, EEVEE and game engines.

01 / TILTING LOUVERS

Blades that tilt open and shut.

Aerofoil, interlock, flat or timber blades with gaskets that seal the roof when closed, gutter beams and drain posts.

02 / SLIDING LOUVERS

Tilt upright, then stack away.

The blades turn edge-on and slide together into a compact stack, leaving the terrace fully open to the sky.

03 / FOLDING CANOPY

Cloth that pleats as it retracts.

PVC, acrylic or mesh on carriage bars, with a wavy or scalloped valance, awning stripes, and a roller cassette variant.

04 / VARIATION

Press Surprise Me.

Roof system, mount, colors, screens, heaters and lights re-roll in one click, on a new pergola or the one you have selected.

Built for the terrace

Details that sell the scene.

Wall, free-standing, cantilever

One to four louver fields in series, square or round posts, ledger and brackets.

Screens and glass

Zip screens, sliding glass walls and slat walls on the front and both sides.

Lights and comfort

LED strips, spotlights, heaters, ceiling fans, string lights and a rain sensor.

New to rusty

Dust, water streaks, chalking, rust bloom, mildew on cloth and silver-grey timber.

Made for Blender. Requires Blender 4.2 or newer. Tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.

More details

Build a photoreal retractable pergola in one click, then animate it. Retractable Pergola Generator makes the roofs you see on real terraces and restaurant patios: bioclimatic louvers that tilt open and shut, sliding louvers that stack away, folding fabric canopies, taut roller cloth and timber pergolas with a sliding shade.

Every pergola is built at real scale from aluminium extrusions, gutters, gaskets, pivot pins and carriage bars, with PBR materials that work in Cycles, EEVEE and game engines.

Roofs

• Tilting louvers with aerofoil, interlock, flat or timber blades, gaskets and gutter beams
• Sliding louvers that tilt upright and pack into a stack
• Folding canopy with pleats on carriage bars, wavy or scalloped valance, awning stripes
• Roller canopy that retracts into a cassette
• Timber pergola with rafters, battens, braces and a sliding shade on cables

Frame and terrace

• Wall-mounted, free-standing or cantilever, one to four louver fields in series
• Square or round posts, drain outlets, downpipes, wall ledger and brackets
• Zip screens, sliding glass walls and slat walls on every side
• LED strips, spotlights, infrared heaters, ceiling fans, string lights and a rain sensor
• Wood deck or stone tile floor and a house wall

Paint and condition

• Powder-coat colors from anthracite to white, plus two-tone blades and your own colors
• New, used, old and rusty: dust in the gutters, water streaks, chalking, rust bloom, mildew on the fabric, silver-grey timber

Animation

• One Open slider tilts the blades, slides them away or retracts the fabric, keyframe it with one click

Surprise Me builds a random pergola, or re-rolls the one you selected without moving it. Convert to Meshes gives plain editable objects for export.

Requires Blender 4.2 or newer. Tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.