Cut+, Copy+, Paste+

• Paste+ Merge
• ON : Paste+ geo will be merged with selected object, or pasted as a new object if nothing is selected
• OFF : Not merged, selected or not
• Paste+ Mouse Point
• ON : Paste+ geo is placed at mouse pointer
• OFF : Original location

Extract & Edit

• Select Connected
• Automatically selects geo connected to your initial selection
• Duplicate
• Duplicates selection before extraction

• Origin
• "Copy" : Extracted obj uses same origin (loc/rot) as source obj (default)
• "Active" : Active Face or Edge(+2 connected edges) used for loc/rot origin placement
• "Apply" : Apply loc/rot (0,0,0) to extracted geo obj
• Mesh Data Copy
• Copy original object's mesh data: Normal settings & other attributes
• Object Properties Copy
• Copy original object's properties: Viewport visibility settings etc.
• Set Object Mode
• Does not enter Edit Mode in the new extracted Object

Extract & Extrude (ExEx)

• Extracts mesh selection, offsets and extrudes
• Offset & Extrude distances are automatically calculated by (shortest) edge length, unless overridden
• Options & adjustments in the redo-panel
• VIDEO

Mouse Mirror & Mouse Flip

• Global:
• Mirror using world origo
• Local:
• Edit Mode: 'BBox mode' global axis
• Object mode: 'BBox local mode', rotation w. Ind.Origins. Any other; not.
• Normal:
• Edit Mode - Only takes the Active Element into account for rotation/center and auto-selects connected mesh
• Cursor:
• Uses the cursor for center, and rotation if Pivot is also set to CURSOR, otherwise cursor rotation is ignored.

VP Flip

• Link-Duplicate Object & rotate Object -180° & align to (near) original (No scaling involved)
• Duplication & data-linking can be toggled in redo menu
• Very convenient for placing level modules and such:
• VIDEO

Get & Set Edit Mode

• Options:
• Extend - Extends the selection (multi-object editing)
• Element Mode Pick - Sets edit mode to the type of element under the mouse (vert/edge/face)

Zero Local

• Temporarily stores & zeroes an objects Location & Rotation & enter Local Mode
• Run Zero Local again to exit Local Mode & restore Location & Rotation
• Zero Local R: Rotation only

Local Mode by Distance

• Same Object Type Only (as selection)
• Invert Range
• Frame View on filtered selection

Unhide or Local Off

Grid Scale Toggle

• Toggles between 4 Grid Scale Factor values for the 3D Viewport
• Values hardcoded (for now): 1.0, 0.5, 0.25 & 0.1
• Also in keOverlays Pie Menu

Render Visible

• Option:
• Toggle for using Slot Cycling
• Temporarily sets render-toggles & uses a modal-timer hack to enable visible render progress

Render Image Slot Cycle

• Wrap toggle on:
• Cycle overwrites existing slots, looping back to slot 1 after the last slot
• Wrap toggle off:
• No overwrites, you will be notified when all slots are full
• Tip:
• You can add extra slots in the render window
• Save your startup scene to use extra slots by default (Set Slot 1 as active!)

BG Sync

• Sync the Viewport Preview shading EXR to world render (incl. built in EXR's) with rotation and strength values
• It will file/node-manage for you, and reuse when possible: IMAGE
• It is also available in the keKit Shading Pie Menu

Sync Material & Viewport

• Copy the material color, roughness & metallic to Viewport display, to use in Solid Material Shading
• VIDEO
• It will also (attempt to) calculate an average color if an sRGB image is used for Color
• VIDEO
• Also availabe in the Material properties panel (if the option is enabled in keKit prefs)
• The Render panel button will process ALL the objects materials
• The Material properties button will only process the currently active material

Get & Set Material

Unwrap Macro

• A macro script to do common (to me) UV-unwrapping tasks - in one click.
• For use in the 3D Viewport.
• Object Mode: Process entire mesh
• Edit Mode: Process selected faces


• Requirements:
• TexTools add-on (& ideally some experience using it)
• Material with a texture
• The script servees two different goals:
• A. Unwrap for reference texture mapping (for block-out models - not for baking)
• B. Quick & dirty packing (for baking). Note: If you want 100% optimal UV's, this may just be 'a starting point'


• Redo Panel options to accomodate these methods/goals:
• Auto-Seam: (via Select Sharp Angles). If not, user-assigned seams may be needed
• Auto-Pack: Regular UV Pack with margin tweak only. Note: Texel density will be ignored
• Canvas Align (Stack): Place each UV island on specified canvas location. Default is 0,0 (bottom left)
• Use Same UDIM
• ON : All selected objects will be packed together in the same UDIM space
• OFF: Each packed separately (0-1)
• Note: Only available in Object mode - Edit Mode is always ON ( muti-edit mode)
• Option: Object Mode Auto-seam
  • Always ON in Object Mode and always OFF in edit mode.
  • Added TexTools Texel Density override in redo panel
  • Fix: Packing with 'Allow Rotation' will now actually allow rotation
• Always applied:
• Align World: (TexTools Align World) Align UV islands to their world orientation
• Texel Density: Scales UV Islands to match density specified in TexTools


• VIDEO DEMO
• Result examples: IMAGE

Toggle Seam

• Inverts selected edges Seam status (1 to 0 or 0 to 1)
• Intended for shortcut use
• Also works in face or vertex mode (as long as the selection converts to edges)
• Option: Toggles all selected elements to 0 or 1 based on which is most common (AFTER inverting). Off: Toggles each individual element

Cycles Texture Reload

• Reload all the active materials' images and restart cycles (or EEVEE)
• Not listed in keKit panel - Intended for shortcut use

View Bookmarks

• Adding new items: Enter name into Name Text Field & hit Enter.
  Or, leave blank and press "+" for auto-naming.
• Stored bookmarks will be automatically listed. Click button to recall stored view.
• Slots are unlimited (though Blender's UI might start choking around a thousand or so)
• Slots are stored per scene.
• Cycle View Bookmarks
• This button does what it says it does.
• Get & Set View
• Get: Grabs current View transform (to Text Field)
• Text Field : Copy/Paste View data. Add to that bug-report. Message your coworker. etc.
• Set: Applies View transform (from Text Field)

Modifier Presets

• Stores every single property, almost, including visibility, pinning etc.
• Apply the preset to any (compatible) object(s)
• Persistant storage - stored in a JSON file (in your CONFIG path)
• Unlimited* slots
• Added support to add new preset with 'enter' in new naming text field (no need to press "+")
  Consequentially, the "+" button is now only for 'auto-naming' entries
• Curve Support: Also stores curve settings (bevel and segments etc.) along with any modifiers - entries of curve presets will be marked with a curve icon.
• Custom Geo Nodes Support: As long as they are found (directly) in user asset paths, as a library asset setup just like "Smooth by Angle", it should work™
• Also available in Modifier Presets Pie menu (actually a context-menu, same category) (& SubD pie menu!)
• Add-mode option: (checked ON) will ADD the preset modifers when LOADING, instead of REPLACING them. Note that 'Pin to Last' settings will NOT be loaded when using Add-mode, keeping any pinned modifiers unchanged.
• Limitations:
•  - Physics modifiers are not handled. Probably best as a separate op; TBD.
•  - Scene-specific properties, like Objects, are not handled.
•  - Profiles for regular modifiers will only set presets (& will not work at all for curves)

Align Cursor Rotation

Step Rotate

• Rotates selected Object(s) depending on viewplane facing the camera: VIDEO
• Intended for shortcut assignment (Panel buttons just for shortcut assistance)
• Rounds to sensible rotation values. >359° is redundant, except for animation perhaps - just use regular rotate in those cases!
• Also works in the UV-Editor for selected UVs
• Note: Adjust step-values manually in prefs: IMAGE
• Also availabe in the Step Rotate Pie Menu

Align View

• Align the viewport to:
• Selected: (Active) Orthographic Toggle. Run again to restore view.("Align View To Active" SHIFT-NUM7 replacement)
• Cursor: Orthographic Toggle. Run again to restore view. (Cursor Fit & Align recommended for correct/useful rotation)

Ortho Snap

Frame All or Selected

• Geo Only Toggle:
• Ignores non-geo objects (Lights, Cameras etc) for 'Frame All' (nothing selected)

Align Origin(s)

• Align selected objects' origin Location/Rotation to:
• Cursor (Edit & Object Mode)
• Selection: Selected element normal (Edit Mode) with inverted z-axis (toggle)
• Sel.Loc: Selection Location average (Edit & Object Mode)

Quick Origin Move

• Auto Axis Variant:
• Will use Mouse Axis instead of default Grab Tool

Align Object(s)

• Align selected Object(s) Location/Rotation to:
• Cursor (Cursor Fit & Align recommended)
• Active Object (Location, Rotation, Scale)
• Origin (Selected to Origin) - as "Geometry to Origin" but also works in Edit Mode for element selection
• Will work with multiple selected objects (In Edit Mode too); Each object will use its own origin
• Find In keSnapAlign pie-menu or Select & Align keKit panel

Match Active Bounding Box

• Scales selected object(s) to last selected object's bounding box (along axis - set in redo-panel)
• Place & Rotate origin(s) beforehand for scaling operation to behave as expected - if needed.
• Scale will be auto-applied (Note: Does not check for negative scale, flipping normals.)

Straighten

• Snap an objects rotation to the nearest 90 degree angles
• Set custom degree override in the redo panel
• Also available in the Step Rotate Pie Menu

Swap Places

Lock, Lock Unselected & Unlock

• Easy acces to assign shortcut(s) for locking (Same as "Disable Selection" in the Outliner)
• Unlock (Selection Enable) applies to all locked objects

EmptyParent

• Parent the selected objects, or the collection the active object belongs to
• Empty created at Active Object Origin, Cursor or Origo
• Empty can optionally inherit rotation from Active Obj or Cursor
• Empty display size and type can be set
• Parenting using default, Keep Transform, No Inverse or Keep + No Inverse modes

Select Boundary+

• Inner Region Toggle:
• When you have a boundary selected, you can run again to toggle between region & boundary

Select Inverted Linked

Mouse Select Mirror

Show in Outliner

• Locate the selected object(s) in the outliner
• Appended to Object Context Menu (intended use location)

Set Active Collection

• Set selected object's parent collection as Active
• Appended to Object Context Menu (intended use location)

Select Objects by Vert Selection

Select by Display Type

• Option:
• "Active Collection Only" toggle

Convert to CBO

• Edit Mode Selection Conversion:
• The "path" edge loop must contain the Active Element
• CBO must be flat on z-axis, with the "front" along the x-axis, regardless of path curve orientation
• The origin point of the CBO will be placed at the vert on the path loop end, closest to the CBO
• The redo panel has options to flip curve directions (inverting mesh)
• Object Mode:
• If you already have 2 curves, 'Convert to CBO' can be used to set-up the CBO:
• The Active Object will be the "path" curve and the 2nd curve will be the CBO.

Wonkify

• Object Mode: Applies minor random transform per VERT, PART or OBJECT - adding a SHAPE KEY
• Edit Mode: Uses Edges/Faces SELECTION Island(s) similar to 'Part' operation
• Non-Mesh Objects: will not use Shape Keys, but regular Transform OR Delta Transform
• Mesh VIDEO DEMO
• Non-Mesh VIDEO DEMO
• Use-case Example YouTube Video (Principle, not script demo. 3rd party.)

Merge Near Selected

• Merges other verts near selected verts to them (in any element mode!) at set link-depth and distance
• Option (Redo Panel): Remove Collinear Verts
• Useful for boolean clean-up & general mesh simplification
• VIDEO

MergeCollapse

• VERT MODE: Merge selected verts to the Active vert (as 'Merge To Last')
• Tip: With no Active Vert is in selection Collapse Average is used
• (when converting a selection, from faces to verts, for example)
• EDGE MODE: Merge selected edges to the Active Edge OR Collapse (toggle preference in panel)
• VIDEO
• FACE MODE: Collapse (Average)

Fit 2 Grid

• Snap each vert in selection to nearest grid position
• Define grid spacing to use in redo-panel
• Fit2Grid pie menu(s) are available with preset grid sizes

Scale from Face

• Select 1 Face per Object in Multi-Object Edit mode:
• Scales all the selected object(s) by the size(area) difference factor of selected faces to the active face
• VIDEO
• Scale will be auto-applied (Note: Does not check for negative scale, flipping the normals)

Quick Scale

• Scales Object(s) or element selection to desired size (in current scene unit)
• Unit size ('U') keeps proportions intact
• Obj & Edit mode (selection)
• Object Mode operates in Local Space, and Edit Mode selections in World Space
•  
• Example: An object/selection needs to be exactly 1.835m on Z, while keeping the other axis proportions intact:
• Enter 1.835 as the QScale value and hit the Z button with the 'U' unit size option on

Solo Cutter & Solo PreCutter

• Cutter:
• Refers to an object used in (any) boolean operation by a boolean modifier (regardless of operation type)
• Solo:
• Hides all other modifiers except the boolean modifier used by the selected "cutter"
• PreCutter variant
• Only hides other modifiers after the boolean in the modifier stack.

Show Cutter Modifier

• Set objects as active that use the selected 'cutter object' in a boolean modifier.
• Open, unfold and set modifier as active in properties panel for quick access.
• Run again to cycle through objects, if cutter is used in many different objects.
• Also available in keKit SubD Pie Menu

Toggle Modifier Visibility

• Toggles ALL (Active object or Selected Objects) modifiers viewport visibility
• Tip: If ANY modifier is OFF - all will be set to OFF. Run again to invert

Flat/Smooth Shading Toggle

• Toggle for selected object(s) in Object or Edit mode
• Triangulate Modifier Toggle Option: Can be used for more accurate shading

Toggle Bevel Weight

• Inverts selected elements weighting (1 to 0 or 0 to 1). Rounds to 0 or 1 first: 0.6 -> 1 -> 0
• Intended for shortcut use
• Also works in face mode (converts to edges)
• Options:
• All - Invert & Toggle all selected elements to 0 or 1 (by majority). Off: Toggles each individual element
• Mod - Automatically add Bevel (Weight) modifier + Weighted Normal modifier if not present.


• Redo Panel Edge Group Selection - picking which group will be affected by TBW (in B4.3+)
• Use operator with no elements selected to change group without affecting edges:
• QUICK DEMO VIDEO

Toggle Crease Weight

• Inverts selected elements weighting (1 to 0 or 0 to 1). Rounds to 0 or 1 first: 0.6 -> 1 -> 0
• Intended for shortcut use
• Also works in face mode (converts to edges)
• Options:
• All - Invert & Toggle all selected elements to 0 or 1 (by majority). Off: Toggles each individual element
• Mod - Automatically add Subdivision modifier (using SubD Toggle) if not present.

Bevel Tweaker

• Object Mode: Mouse over edge used by a Bevel Modifier you want to tweak
• Edit Mode: Select (at least 1) edge (or vertex) to tweak
• Object Mode also supports tweaking Curve Bevels and Text:
• QUICK DEMO VIDEO
• BT was originally written for Edge Attribute Bevels (mostly) and is only for B4.3+
• Overall modal mouse sensitivity can be adjusted in keKit add-on prefs
• You can adjust both regular sensitivity and precision mode separately.
  Tip: Regular sensitivity is contextual (depends on the size of the bevel when starting adjustment)
  - but the precision mode is NOT - you can use precision mode to always have the same "scale".

• Mouse movement will change Bevel size (like the regular Bevel operator)
• SHIFT+Mouse movement to use Precision Mode
• Mouse Wheel to change Bevel Segments
• Numerical keys [1-9] - Switch between the Bevel Modifiers found on the object (listed on screen) to set Active Bevel
• SHIFT+[1-9] to switch and KEEP changes: Otherwise "undo" changes made to previous mod.
• [A,W,Q,E,O] keys toggle alternative (mouse movement) adjustment modes and states:
  (A)ngle adjust, (W)ireframe display, (Q)Clamp Overlap, Curve (E)xtrude & Curve (O)ffset (if Curve/Text Object)
• [Z,X,C] will set Profile Shape to 0.5, 0.7 & 1.0, respectively.

Modifier Focus

Context Bevel

• VERTEX: Vertex bevel Tool
• EDGE: Edge bevel
• FACE: Inset (Tip: Ctrl-drag to extrude --> effectively "Extrude Region Faces Along Normal" Tool)
• Korean / Flat Bevels Toggle: Global toggle for 'Korean' (aka 'Flat Bevels') or regular. Also available in the SubD Pie Menu

Context Extrude

• VERTEX: Vertex Extrude
• EDGE: Edge Extrude
• FACE: Face Extrude Region Normal
• TT Toggle - support for transform tool mode

Context Delete

• Options:
• Smart Dissolve: Dissolves Verts & Edges, Deletes faces & loose geometry: VIDEO
• Hierarchy Delete: (Object Mode) Deletes child-objects too
• Use Cut+ Buffer: Deleted object(s) (or faces in Edit Mode) are stored in the Copy+ buffer (so that they can be used by Paste+) This essentially combines Cut+ and Context Delete

Context Dissolve

Context Select / Extend / Subtract

• VERTEX: Select Boundary Edges on mesh, Linked Select if no borders OR Linked Select only (Option toggle)
• EDGE: Loop select
• FACE: Linked select
• Options:
• Collection Select: Selects all objects in the coll. that the selected object is in
• Vertex Mode Toggle: Boundary edges select OR linked select only
• Full hierarchy: Object Mode selection will select all the children too

Bridge or Fill

• Grid Fill: When one continous boundary edge-loop (aka "hole") is selected
• Bridge: Between selected (non-continous) edges
• F2 mode: 1 Edge or 1 Vert selected
• Face Add Mode: Create a new face with:
• • 2 edges sharing a vert
• • 3 or more verts selected - in Vertex Mode

Context Connect

• Knife Tool:
• No elements are selected
• Only 1 vert selected
• Vertex Mode:
• Connect path between selected verts
• 2 selected verts, already connected (a vertex mode "edge selection") subdivides the edge.
• Edge Mode:
• 1 Edge : Subdivide (Switches to vertex mode to see added vert)
• >1 Edge: Subdivide, with options (+Selects new center edge loop afterwards)
• Face Mode:
• Splits middle along selection. Single face selection uses relative mouse position for direction.
• Options:
• Adjust Nr of evenly spaced cuts
• Square Corners On/Off
• Redo-Panel only in edge/face modes

Triple Connect Spin

• Vertex: Connect Verts: Smart Path, Vertex Pair or Selected to Active
• Edge: Spin Edges
• Face: Triangulate

Context Slide

Mouse Axis

• Move Dupe:
• Duplicates selection first. Intended for "drag-copy" operation. For example, hotkey assigned like THIS
• Auto-Scale Mode:
• Toggle ("C" button) to use automatic scale constraint
• Unconstrained scaling if mouse pointer is over Object/Selected faces
• Else, axis constraint picked by mouse direction (Mouse Axis default)

View Plane

• VPDupe
• Duplicates selection before running VPGrab
• VP Grab / Rotate / Resize
• View Planes auto-locked based on your viewport rotation. VIDEO

• Global Or Tool:
• Grab, Rotate or Resize in auto locked view plane (like VPGrab etc. above) when in Global Orientation - otherwise launches blender default transform tools. IMAGE
• Auto Global:
• Will always set Global transform
• Note: Overrides Global or Tool

ke Pie Menus