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Bart Veldhuizen

I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Head of Community at Sketchfab.

17 Comments

  1. Forrest Harless on

    I'm curious!
    I've downloaded and installed the freehand curve addon but It shows up a little different than the example in the above video! I can setup my tablet but it doesn't have the option to draw on surface! Maybe I have an older version?............

  2. Brian Lockett on

    Campbell Barton. One of those names that when you see it, you pause whatever you're doing just to check it out.

    Funny enough, I had a similar idea, using Grease Pencil drawing to convert strokes into tubes, based on a (cumbersome) makeshift system I've been using in Blender.

    But this is much better. Well-integrated into Blender. Nice adjustable options. I'm relieved!

    Good job, Campbell! Looking forward to Blender 2.78.

  3. Hi, nice addon, but i downloaded the latest build from buildbot , and the draw curve button in tools curve menu and in and add curve, appears , but are are grayed and do no let use, ignore if can be an isolated error in this compilation, and better wait for next, or i have, or i am doing something wrong .

  4. Hi Campbell,

    Really valuable addon! Thank you! One idea: how about adding an option to take the actual radius of beveled curve into account for the "offset" from a surface. (like
    offset = constant_offset + bevel_depth * vert_radius
    or similar) This way you could ensure that everything lies smoothly on the surface with minimal intersections)

    Best, Michael

  5. Michael Lombardo on

    Hello Campbell!
    I really want to make use of this, but it is not showing up in the latest build of blender! I see it in the user prefs as 'active' but it wont show up in my 'create' menu. What am I missing here?
    Thank you!
    -Michael

  6. Hello,
    I just started using this great add-on but I am having no luck getting the Taper Radius option to work. No matter what number I enter the Start & End taper settings the curve looks the same. I'm sure I must be missing something. Thanks.

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