Twisted Extrude

by Mark Kingsnorth in Addons


Extrude Faces with an Extra Twist:

Create a twisted extrusion effect that is useful for quickly creating curled geometry like pipes, tendrils, or more abstract effects.

Creating curved extrusions:

Get interesting effects on shapes like the Ico Sphere with the Extrude Individual Faces option:

Features:

  • Interactive interface works similar to Blender's standard extrude and ZigZag Extrude.
  • Animate the effect with the freely available Animation Nodes Blender add-on (example .blend file included).
  • Rotate the extrusions.
  • Taper the extrusion effect.
  • Twist along face normal or on local and global coordinates.
  • Control the number of subdivisions on the sides.
  • Save presets that remember your parameters next time.
  • Menu allows you to adjust the parameters until you are happy:

  • Multiple options to allow you to extrude faces individually or as a group:

Questions?

Rotation along the X axis by 90 degrees is applied to the side of a cylinder.

If you have any questions or issues with the add-on, don't hesitate to contact me through my Blender Market page or my Twitter page @markkingsnorth.

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Published over 3 years ago
Blender Version 4.1, 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, 2.93, 2.92, 2.91, 2.9, 2.83, 2.82, 2.81, 2.8
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