Kinematic / Create

Create.

Model, sculpt, texture, rig, animate and render. Draw vectors and bring in scans.

Starts in the viewportEvery tool is a node you can reopen

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ModelModel in the viewport.

SculptSculpt characters and creatures.

Retopo & UVTurn sculpts into clean, textured models.

TexturePaint textures on your models.

RigRig any character.

AnimateAnimate characters and objects.

RenderLight and render your scenes.

VectorDraw and edit vector art.

ScansUse 3D scans of real places and things.

Create · Model

Model

Pick points, edges or faces and edit them in the viewport. Every edit is a step you can reopen.

ExtrudeInsetBevelLoop cutKnifeSlidePokeBridgeBooleansSnappingValues with unitsNURBSSDF clay

adds 3DGeoExtrude · 3DGeoLoopCut · 3DGeoKnife · 3DGeoPolyBevel · 3DGeoBoolean

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an A-frame cabin, modeled in the viewport

Chairs around a set table with plates and a cup — chairs pulled up to a set table, plates in place and a cup at the center

Create · Sculpt

Sculpt

Pen pressure, tilt and the eraser end. The scene keeps running while you work.

ClayGrabSmoothLayersMasksFace setsAlphas and stencilsDynamic detailVoxel remeshSymmetryStroke history

adds 3DGeoSculpt · 3DGeoDynamicSculpt · 3DGeoExtractShell · 3DGeoTrim

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A sculpted creature with its mesh showing — a creature pulled out of a ball, its mesh dense only where the brush added detail

Create · Retopo, UV, bake

Retopo, UV, bake

Draw a clean mesh over a sculpt, unwrap it, bake the detail down.

RetopologyQuad remeshTris to quadsAuto unwrapRelaxStitchPinsUDIM tilesBake normal, AO, curvature, height

adds 3DGeoRetopo · 3DGeoQuadRemesh · 3DGeoUVUnwrapAtlas · 3DGeoBakeMaps

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the painted dragon bust rebuilt as a light, even quad mesh

A stool with a checker pattern showing its UVs — a stool unwrapped and packed, a checker laid on to show its UVs

Create · Texture

Texture and materials

Paint color, roughness, metal and height in layers. Place decals and copies by hand.

Texture paintLayers and masksDecalsPlace copiesPBROpenPBRCustom shaders

adds 3DGeoTexturePaint · 3DGeoDecal · 3DGeoPlacePoints · PbrMaterial · ShaderMaterial

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A painted wooden crate — a wooden crate painted with a wood layer and a dirt layer, darker where the corners meet

a leaf logo stuck on the front of a wooden crate as a decal

Create · Rig

Rig

Skeletons, weights and controls you can grab, right in the viewport.

Joint tableWeight paintTwo-bone IKFull-body IKSpline IKIK/FK switchSpace switchingPose driversBlend shapesControl shapes

adds 3DGeoRigWeightPaint · 3DGeoRigFullBodyIK · 3DGeoRigIkFkSwitch · 3DGeoRigControls

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a figure reaching for two drifting balls, its spine twisting to help

Skin weights — one skin, its weights shown three ways

Create · Animate

Animate

Keys, curves and takes on one timeline. Feet that stay planted.

KeyframesCurve editorTimeline and markersTakes and clip setsFoot and hand contactsRetargetingPose bankLive mocapFBXUSDVRMBVH

adds 3DGeoRigRetarget · 3DGeoRigPoseBank · 3DGeoRigMocapReceiveInterface · Timeline

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a rigged fox walking, live in the viewport

One performance retargeted onto a taller character — one performance, a taller character wearing it

Create · Render

Render

Lifelike materials, HDR light and real shadows, out to full 32-bit float.

PBROpenPBRHDR environmentsShadowsRender passes32-bit floatInstancingCustom shader materials

adds 3DGeoSceneRenderToImage · 3DGeoSceneRenderPassToImage · ShaderMaterial

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pillars sunk in fog that shifts from teal to amber, a light sweeping through

A glossy red skull — a glossy red skull, the shine placed across its brow and eyes

Create · Vector

Vector

Draw with the SVG pen, edit it live, and use it as a picture anywhere in the scene.

SVG penPathsGradientsClip pathsText on a pathFiltersImage to SVG

adds SvgCanvas · SvgFill · SvgClipPath · ImageToSvg

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two vector spirals turning against each other around a pulsing star

A red star badge over a photo of a bear — a vector star badge laid over a photo, edges crisp at any size

Create · Scans

Scans

Gaussian splats as plain geometry. Select, paint, crop, relight and mesh them.

Select and paint splatsSegment an objectRelight with scene lightsShadowsCrop and pruneDeformMesh

adds LocalAISplatSegmentGroup · 3DGeoAttribPaint · 3DGeoSplatPbrRelight

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a scanned lizard sculpture and the garden around it, the camera circling · scan by Niantic Labs, MIT license

A scanned basket of shells beside the mesh made from it — a basket scan and the solid clay mesh built from it · scan by Marc (superspl.at), CC BY 4.0

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