Hard Surface Modeling in Blender with GRID MODELER!
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- In this video, we talk about the hard surface modeling tool Grid Modeler and how you can use it to quickly create hard surface models in Blender!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Video Introduction
0:33 - Grid Modeler Introduction
0:41 - Add-On and Documentation Locations
0:55 - Using Grid Modeler in Blender
1:03 - How to Activate the Tool
2:08 - Using and Adjusting the Grid
2:24 - Adjusting Grid Size
3:27 - Aligning Grids with Edges
4:15 - Using Grid Modeler Operations (Boolean, Slice, Etc)
4:46 - Using Boolean Cuts
5:13 - Adding Geometry
5:45 - Boolean Slice
6:12 - Creating Edge Pipes
7:01 - Grid Modeler Selection Tools
7:20 - Creating Arrays in Selection Mode
This is a hard surface modeling tool designed to help you slice/cut and add to different shapes in Blender.
The way it works is pretty simple - to access it, you need to be in edit mode. Simply select a face, then right click and select the option for Grid Modeler.
This grid is something that you can inference to in order to draw shapes along a face that can then cut or add to objects in your model.
First things first - you can adjust the grid size by holding the control key and scrolling your mouse wheel. This is going to allow you to adjust the grid up or down. If you tap the “A” key, you can toggle between absolute and relative modes. Relative mode is going to size your grid based on the face size you have selected.
If you want the grid to be bigger than your face, you can hold “alt” and roll your mouse wheel to adjust the overall size.
If the grid isn’t fitting on the face properly, you can hold Ctrl and Left Click on an edge to align the grid to that edge
Note that you can create grids that align with non-flat faces as well just by selecting them when you first enable the grid modeler tool.
The way this tool works is that you can draw along the grid, then use the shapes you draw in order to conduct various operations. One thing to note about this is that as far as I know, this is a destructive modeling tool, meaning that you can’t go back and make changes later - once they’re applied, they’re applied.
Once you’ve drawn a shape, you’ve got a few options - you can create a new face, use your shape as a Boolean cutting tool, create a Boolean slice, and create an edge pipe along your drawn face.
One thing I find helpful is to extend your grid size beyond the face you’re editing if you’re going to cut along the edge of a shape.
In addition, you can also edit your selection once you’ve drawn it, allowing access to tools like the array and rotation tools.
Hi everyone - let me know what you think about Grid Modeler in the comments below! :)
I own all three: boxcutter, hardops and grid modeller. The latter is the one I use the most for prototyping. Simple commands, ease of use and quick results. My favourite addon!
Yep for sure - Grid Modeler is great for those fast models :)
This is what i have been waiting for in your channel. Love your explanation on things. Thanksss a tonn!
Thanks very much!
getting a sketchup vibe from this tool. just bought it recently and this was a really good video to help ease into it. thank you.
thanks for all your beginnner friendly tutorials. you explain things things very well. thank you!
Very Useful review. I definitely want to get this tool now, as the thing i'm trying to create with blender is Mechs and honestly this tool seems like it would have a billion uses for that.
Thanks! Was looking for something like this!
Great review, I bought this addon because of it thanks !!!
Awesome!
This is becoming my favourite addon along with mesh copier.
i discovered this (your)channel whike youtubing Plasticity..but now i see that you cover alot..thanks mate.
Well explained..cleared my doubts
You never disappoints me😀
Really helpful
Glad you liked it! :)
Thanks again Justin - this may be my new favorite add-on!
2 minutes after buying it, I wondered if you REALLY needed to be in face mode, or if it worked in edge or vertex mode. It does, and the results are great! Here's a cool tip - start with a single vertex, edit, and hit Grid Modeler. Now you have a grid plane that is super easy to use, add faces, pipes, whatever, with precision. This one is cool and has potential!
Great point - it does align with edges and vertices as well - it's definitely a lot of fun! :)
@@TheCGEssentials The new interactive primitives in Blender 2.92 and Grid Modeler make quite a powerful combination. I just discovered what "A" does and how it shows divisions on the surface nicely without the need for making subdivisions or loop cuts!
This is looking promising ... will buy it!
It's a fun one! :)
THANKS, locks powerful tool
Thanks for the video ☺️
Outstanding!!
Whenever I notice some potentially very useful addon, Justin makes a tutorial on it :D But Fluent is still my favorite one.
I like fluent too, but I have and like this as well.
Hi Sir, i find this very helpful for me as a beginner, thank you so much for this.. by the way Sir, can we use some other modifiers for smoothing edges and surfaces afterwards we finish our desired object on grid modeler?
great video
Whooowhats up Justin 😁
although I already know and use BC, HO and Fluent, GM looks pretty interesting.
So you can choose which workflow suits you best.
At the moment I'm more at Fluent than BC because of the workflow, but both are very good tools.
However, Fluent brings more tools with it than just boolean operations - (grids, pipes, wires, chains - with templates - just great).
Let's see, maybe I'll take a closer look at GM.
Thanks for the introduction, Justin!
I'd say the one thing to be aware of with Grid Modeler is that it's destructive - you can't make changes to the booleans like you can with Fluent - I do like how quick it is though
Thanks a lot dude :)
No problem!
Terrific!
:)
sounds nice thx
It's a good one :)
Justin, having used GridModeller and RanTools P-Cutter, which tool do you think is the best ? Both have these grid systems.
Nice!!
Thanks!
Hmmm...getting very "sketchup-y" ;) Nice tutorial Justin.
Lol - I mean I guess so - several hard surface modeling add-ons have tools like this - Box Cutter, Fluent, Grid Modeler - it makes a lot of sense for certain kinds of modeling :)
It's the easiest addon I have, fluent and hopscutter have steeper learning curves
Does this compliment something like Fluent? How do you think this compares with Fluent? Nice video, as usual.
Sort of - Fluent uses booleans for more of a non-destructive workflow. It feels to me like this is more designed for quick modeling based on what I'm reading on the developer website, and it does feel like you're going faster when you use it, but the fact that it's destructive does mean you can't go back and make changes later
i used to fk up the ngons while using hardops and come up with a clumsy model (due to my own shortcomings not the tool ) sice grid modeler , the control on the mesh mess has gone down
I don't quite understand the shortcuts because my English is a little weak. What is the shortcut to growing the grid and how the grid can expand to the outside of the object. What is the shortcut to extrude and what key do we press to confirm after we have drawn on the grid.
use ALT+ Mousewheel to Expand the grid size and then can immdiately start drawing the shape , if you like to further expand the grid , you can while drawing you can use alt plus mousewheel combo to expand or shrink the grid , you can use space bar to break the shape and start drawing it from a new point
@@sameeruddin The plugin doesn't work in blender 3.4 version.😞
@@Kurabiye.Canavari it seems to be working here m8 ...maybe uninstall and try reinstallong ..also after uninstall quit blender and reinstall ..and quit again before using it ..sometimes the python repository doesn't get updated ..incase you missed this step
so that means this tool doesn't come with blender you have to purchase it to use it??
does it support new version of blender
Not sure - I think I was using 2.90. Haven't tested 2.91
Why it wont let me drawn a shape?
I just bought Fluent. I wish I would have bought this instead!
Just got an upgrade
ahaha the beginning is very funny and a little cringe))
God damn it i was getting all hyped up just for it to cost money
I mean...it's only $13....you must not have been that hyped...
i need sub english
Sorry for this inappropriate impulse