Multi-funtion Blender Addon l Rantools & P-Cutter

today we are going to take a look at a very interesting add-on called rentals it got you covered with a huge assortment of hard service modeling tools rendering tools lighting tools texture baking and much more you can simply call it in one-stop shop for tools bundled within an add-on for every need the add-on offers a long list of functionalities from batch rendering to texture baking and everything else in between but note that most of the add-on functionalities are already present in blender by default however what the add-on does is making it significantly easier to achieve a similar result efficiently it exposes all the controls in one panel and makes it easy to access it and manage it with a much more easier friendly interface we are trying to touch the most useful tools we thought might be helpful for you p-cutter pcotter is an extremely useful tool for hard surface modeling with its precision boolean operations and grid-based drawing you can achieve really impressive results combining boolean operations on top of each other you can use the grid insert points angle snapping and intersect snapping to draw shapes which will allow you to achieve results that will take you hours to model otherwise everything is set up to be as simple as possible with all the listed shortcuts you need on the screen you have to get used to it first but what the tools offer definitely is worth your time backups you can use the backup manager to create and manage backup versions of your project while you are working you often like to keep backup versions of your model and with the backup manager you can quickly switch between the object versions without worrying about children or associated cutters you can create a backup by selecting your object and giving it a name to distinguish it but if you don't choose to name it the animal will just use the object name by default and it will also attach a timestamp when you create the backup so you are aware of the operation [Music] add backdrop this will allow you to choose a backdrop for your model scroll the mouse wheel to switch backdrops and press a to change the alignment of the backdrop there are two alignment options object and camera add in lights similar to backdrops you can use the mouse wheel to switch between the different light setup presets and you can also choose the orientation and intensity camera tools there are just your normal camera parameters which became easier to deal with thanks to camera tools that allows you to put everything together in a user-friendly manner through this section you can choose your camera resolution focal length shutter speed and aspect ratio batch rendering this one is extremely useful if you want to create multiple renderers within just one click you can make different presets with different render engines camera settings and resolutions to render everything you can choose render all in the render menu curve tools this section is all about creating cables you can access the core tools pi menu by using the shortcut shift plus e in the viewport or use the curve tool sections in the m panel you can create a cable by choosing two points on your model or you can draw the cable using bezier curve drawing tool by selecting any curve or wire you may then click the simulate wire button to simulate the cable under the effect of gravity the cable also can interact with the other collision objects just make sure the object you want the cable to collide with also has collision enabled although rent tools is an all-in-one add-on that will allow you to work on hard surface models create cables do batch rendering lighting and create modifier presets in addition to baking textures and many more tools that aim to increase performance and help users work efficiently although you might need some time to get used to it it turns out to be an extremely useful add-on to have in your arsenal once you get used to it if you are interested in this add-on you can find links in the description i hope you found this video useful and informative if you have something to add you can leave it in the comment section below also you can check some of our previous videos thank you very much and i'll see you in the next one

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Keywords: Blender Addon, Rantools & P-Cutter, Blender addon for modeling, Blender addon for Hard surface modeling, Blender addon for lighting, Blender addons for using cameras, Blender addon for batch rendering, Blender 2.9, Blender 2.93

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Length: 4min 30sec (270 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 27 2021