Installation

1. Download skyscraper_kit-1.0.0.zip from your Superhive library. Don't unzip it.
2. In Blender go to Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions.
3. Open the dropdown at the top right and choose Install from Disk…, then pick the zip.
4. Open the 3D Viewport sidebar (N) and click the Skyscraper tab.

To update, install the new zip the same way. It replaces the old version.

Quick start

1. Place the 3D cursor where the building should stand.
2. Pick a building in the gallery at the top of the Skyscraper panel.
3. Choose a detail level: Full, Medium or Massing.
4. Click Add Building.

You can also add any building from Add > Mesh > Skyscraper Kit.

The gallery

The gallery has 9 entries: 5 landmarks and 4 generic tower styles.

Landmarks are always built at real size. The panel shows each landmark's height and lot size.

Generic tower settings

The same style, seed and settings always give the same building.

Detail, objects and instances

Example: the Empire State Building is 23,806 faces at Full, 9,903 at Medium and 249 at Massing.

Regenerate

Select buildings made with the kit and click Regenerate Selected. They rebuild in place with the current panel settings:

• Generic towers keep their style and take the panel's Seed, Floors, Lot and Floor height.
• The button next to it gives each selected generic tower its own new random seed instead.
• Landmarks rebuild with the current detail level.
• Location and rotation are kept.

Instant Skyline

Open the Instant Skyline section and click the button to fill a grid of blocks with towers. Every building is an instance.

Towers are taller near the centre and lower toward the edge. The panel's Seed changes the whole layout. The skyline goes into a new SKY_Skyline collection.

Materials and texturing

Every building uses the same shared materials, so you texture them once and every building updates:

• SKY_Stone – facade stone
• SKY_StoneDark – dark granite at the base
• SKY_Spandrel – panels between windows
• SKY_Trim – mullions, ribs and the Chrysler crown
• SKY_Glass – windows
• SKY_Roof – roofs
• SKY_Metal – metal parts and mast
• SKY_Antenna – antennas
• SKY_Copper – green copper roofs

UV maps

• UVWorld – real-world metres, continuous around every wall. Use it for tiling textures: 1 UV unit = 1 metre.
• UVCell – each window pane and spandrel fills 0–1. Use it for a single-window texture or frame masks.

Attributes (face)

• floor – floor number of the face.
• win_rand – random 0–1 value per window pane. Read it with an Attribute node to light random windows.

Look-dev and night mode

Click Preview Shaders to turn the plain materials into procedural ones: stone variation, reflective glass and window lights. No textures are used.

• Night – 0 is day, 1 lights the windows.
• Lit windows – how many windows are on.

Window lights show in Material Preview and Rendered view, in Cycles and EEVEE.

Links

The Links section at the bottom of the panel opens the Discord community, the YouTube channel and more tools on Superhive.

Python API

Use the kit from your own scripts or city generators:

Building keys: empire_state chrysler woolworth rockefeller flatiron generic. Generic styles: art_deco classic modern slab.

Units are metres, Z is up, and the origin is the centre of the lot at street level.

Troubleshooting