Simple Bend v2.2.0 Addon for Blender Full Version Free Download

Simple Bend is a handy tool for bending sub-divided mesh.

You add the edge-loops or sub-divide your mesh

Select the faces for bending (it can be all faces of just the middle parts)

Run the tool, Drag on the yellow axis to bend.

You can bend the selected mesh easily by dragging on the on-screen axis.

Also you can bend the select part only, and let the connected geometries to follow. (Press C key to choose the part)

Edge Axis mode
This is the advanced mode for Simple Bend. It is very useful for bending at any self-defined angle.

It works as follow :

The tool read your “last-selected edges” for its bending axis and direction. It needs two edges, and they mush not be co-linear (same direction).

In order to use this mode, you have to switch to Blender’s Edge mode, select the part, hold the Shift key, then un-select the “2 edges”, then re-select the “2 edges” (this procedure will make those edges to become the last selection in blender), then run the tool.

You may watch the follow gif for simple understanding :

Please note that, from the above gif, when you select the last two edge, the selection order is important :

First edge : Mesh direction.

Second edge : Bending direction.

They have the following meaning :

(When you run the tool, you can also press the W key to swap the axis. )

Usage
=== Please watch this tutorial :

Blender Edit mode > Switch to Face mode or Edge mode.

( Note : Some users reszied their object in Object mode before using the tool, the result will become strange. Please resize the mesh in Edit mode)

There are two modes for the tool :

For Basic mode : Use Face mode to run the tool

For Edge axis mode : Use Edge mode to run the tool

Right click on the 3D viewport, then select “Simple Bend” at the bottom of the pop-up menu (blender’s context menu).

On Screen Key
S key : Only modify the selected vertices. it can be useful when you only select the surface of a mesh, and you want to bend the surface manually.

W key : Swap the bending Axis. It will change the bending direction.

C key : Bend only one side instead of bending both side. Press C key repeatedly to switch between different part.

Q key : Confirm the bending

Shift key : You can hold Shift key to snap the bending amount to 5 degree unit.

After bending the mesh, press Q key to confirm.

Common Problems
Please read the below guidelines before install

Do not unzip the addon zip file when you install it, otherwise blender will not install it correctly and cause errors.

If you installed the unzipped files, you should now uninstall the addon and remove them. Re-install it again (select the zip file during install)

When you are modeling in Blender, do not Scale object in “Object mode”, otherwise it will confuse blender’s mesh data for the addons. Please Scale things in “Edit mode” only. (select all then S key)