Top 5 Add-Ons To Use on Blender for Anyone

Sometimes, Finding what you need is hard. These add-ons will definitely help you in the blending process and better workflow. Find out more in this guide below.

How to: Add Add-ons in Blender

Before we know the add-ons first, We have to know how to add those add-ons.
When you Open Blender you see the viewport and all your essentials.
Don't focus on that yet because we are adding add-ons.
In the top left corner, you will see File, Edit, Render, Window, Help. Click on Edit > Preferences > Add-Ons

For a visual representation go watch this video by The CG Essentials

Number 1: Extra Objects

This add-on will give you extra meshes, just like in the name. This ranges from bolts to donut knots there is a wide range of meshes prebuilt for you. To use this add-on: Press Shift+A > Mesh This can significantly help your workflow and what to build off of.

Go watch this other video from The CG Essentials for even more details.

Number 2: Extra Curves

This is kind of the same thing as the Extra Objects add-on but with curves. This add-on can help you outline or get different kinds of shapes in 2D form. To use this add-on: Press Shift+A > Curve

As always go watch this video by The CG Essentials for more details

Number 3: Cell Fracture

Now, what this does is break your shapes into cells. You can adjust how many you want or don't want. Same along with the size and how it breaks it up. To use this add-on: Use the Operator Search (F3 on Keyboard): “Cell fracture selected mesh” (search “cell” will find the list item). This will pop up the add-on.

For a visual representation: go watch this video by The CG Essentials.

Number 4: Real Snow

Real snow helps you create snow in seconds for very high quality. This is a tool to help you create snow on certain objects and adjust the snow features to the object/mesh. To use this add-on: Click the little arrow between the axis view and object panel, Then scroll down to you see "Real Snow".
Click on Real Snow and generate snow or mess with the settings enough to set it right.

For a visual representation: Go to Blender Daily for more details

Number 5: Node Wrangler

This add-on gives you several tools that help you work with nodes quickly and efficiently. You can have complete flexibility for you to use the tools in every situation. To use this add-on: press Ctrl + Spacebar to bring up the keyboard shortcuts for the node wrangler.

For a visual representation: go watch this video by Danny Mac 3D for more details

Conlcusion

All in all, you should all use these in your blender career or are starting one. These add-ons range from productivity to things that you never could do but now you can. Thanks for reading my Guide!





All the add-ons are not made by me and the people should get credit for who made the add-ons.

[IridescentOwl11]

it can bee found in the addons tab in system preferences. take a look

[IridescentOwl11]

sapling tree gen is an addon that is fairly easy to use. it generates a tree 4 you and you can fiddle with the settings to make it any type of tree. then slap some textures or materials on the trunk and leaves and you got a tree.

[DRACO]

thanks brooo

[AndyEngine]

If you're just starting out in Blender and you haven't used 3d software before then these are fairly useless add-on's and you will just end up confusing yourself, So it's best to just stay with the basics at the start.

[ccluCid]

its in blender itself

[BadTrip]

I know you can google for them, but why didn't you include a link to the addons?

[Luca]

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[KODLIX_user1]

Im so bad at blender
I cant even make a military mortar

[Basurman]

Great tut and addons, mate!