Pop Mesh
Pop Mesh
8 Jul 2023
Pop Mesh is a free mesh generator addon for Blender 3D software, based on a custom implementation of the age-old technique known as path extrusion, sweep mesh, sweep surface, and so on…
The idea is that we generate a 3D mesh by sweeping a 2D path (a shape on a plane) along another path in 3D space such that the normal vector of the 2D path corresponds to the tangent vector at each point of the 3D path. Hence the acronym pop, short for path-on-path. To avoid confusion, Pop Mesh uses the name profile to refer to the 2D path.
Now, by changing the original profile shape and by blending two or more profiles along a path the addon can generate a large number of variations in the resulting mesh. A few preset paths/profiles are provided and the addon allows you to select your own custom data. The requirement here is that your profile should be a 2D (flat) path on the XY plane.
In addition, you can generate animated sequences between different states of the mesh when you enter animation mode. The animations are stored as Blender NLA tracks. Finally, you can save/load the addon settings to/from .json file.
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8 Jul 2023
Pop Mesh is a free mesh generator addon for Blender 3D software, based on a custom implementation of the age-old technique known as path extrusion, sweep mesh, sweep surface, and so on…
The idea is that we generate a 3D mesh by sweeping a 2D path (a shape on a plane) along another path in 3D space such that the normal vector of the 2D path corresponds to the tangent vector at each point of the 3D path. Hence the acronym pop, short for path-on-path. To avoid confusion, Pop Mesh uses the name profile to refer to the 2D path.
Now, by changing the original profile shape and by blending two or more profiles along a path the addon can generate a large number of variations in the resulting mesh. A few preset paths/profiles are provided and the addon allows you to select your own custom data. The requirement here is that your profile should be a 2D (flat) path on the XY plane.
In addition, you can generate animated sequences between different states of the mesh when you enter animation mode. The animations are stored as Blender NLA tracks. Finally, you can save/load the addon settings to/from .json file.
Download Page
Video Presentation
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