chippwalters

Free Metashape addon + tutorial (Patreon)

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2023-01-18 06:39:15

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2026-06

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Blender Metashape

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UPDATE:

There's a new version of the METASHAPE addon which fixes a bug in the update code.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mijtb6ie2p1iyyn/METASHAPE-addon-V1.1.1.zip?dl=0

Hey folks, a belated Happy New Year!

Sorry I've been away, but it's been quite a journey the last couple of months. As many of you may know, I live on a horse ranch in Texas. And, just last month we sold it. We moved about 50 miles away to a more traditional house but one which still has two stables so my wife gets to keep her own horses. Still, it was quite a move as we have all kinds of barn equipment including tractors and four-wheel-drive machines not to mention a full metal and wood workshop.

To compound matters, I ended up throwing my back out early in the move and wasn't much good for anything but yapping and pointing. Still, after a few rounds with a chiropractor, I'm getting much better and starting to move things into place. One of the first things up was of course my computer, and then I had to finish out my maker space.

I thought it might be fun to demonstrate another way to use the METASHAPE add-on to create a metal pump. One of the key components of this tutorial is demonstrating a great way to decimate a voxelized model which has hundreds of thousands of faces. For this kind of modeling, I much prefer Blender's own remeshing solutions over the pricey Quadremesher product.

I find it's much better for creating post-Boolean affects and there is always little to no artifacting. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks to Anthony Aragues for help adding versioning to the METASHAPE addon!

METASHAPE addon:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mijtb6ie2p1iyyn/METASHAPE-addon-V1.1.1.zip?dl=0

Download and install like any other addon.

Files

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Fast creation of a pump in Blender

A quick tutorial on using modifiers to create a CAD like pump in Blender. Uses the DESIGN MAGIC product found below. The METASHAPE addon comes with DESIGN MAGIC, but is also available at my $1 Patreon. 00:00 - Introduction 01:01 - Creating the base model 16:16 - Creating post metashape cutters 19:56 - Using Metashape 23:55 - Applying Boolean cutters 24:45 - Decimating to reduce face count DISCORD http://cw1.me/discord PATREON https://patreon.com/chippwalters KIT OPS 2 PRO https://gum.co/kitopspro https://blendermarket.com/products/kit-ops-pro-asset--kitbashing-addon CYBERDECKS KPACKS at Blender Market: https://blendermarket.com/products/cyberdecks SIMPLE SCIFI https://blendermarket.com/products/simple-scifi-pro https://chippwalters.gumroad.com/l/simplescifi QSHOT2 https://blendermarket.com/products/quick-shot https://chippwalters.gumroad.com/l/quickshot EEVEE+Cycles Materials System https://blendermarket.com/products/definitely-eevee-materials-system https://chippwalters.gumroad.com/l/EEVEE2 KIT OPS PARALLAX https://blendermarket.com/products/kit-ops-parallax https://chippwalters.gumroad.com/l/koparallax DESIGN MAGIC https://chippwalters.gumroad.com/l/designmagic https://blendermarket.com/products/design-magic KIT OPS 2 FREE https://gum.co/kitops https://blendermarket.com/products/kit-ops-free SYNTH https://gum.co/kitopssynth https://blendermarket.com/products/kit-ops-synth KIT OPS BATCH https://gumroad.com/l/kitopsbatch https://blendermarket.com/products/kit-ops-batch K-Cycles https://blendermarket.com/products/k-cycles?ref=295 Sci-Fi in a Box by GREEZYBEAR https://blendermarket.com/creators/greezybear?ref=295 https://gumroad.com/a/1049842803 Perspective Plotter by Mark Kingsnorth https://blendermarket.com/products/perspective-plotter?ref=295