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Black Friday 25% off NOW (including BEVEL!)

Hey everyone, you can use the DISCOUNT CODE: blackfriday2020 to get 25% off of every product we sell right now, on Gumroad! This includes the first release of our new crazy cool KIT OPS BEVEL product and you can check out the video above!

The 25% discount will also be avail...

Launching BEVEL on Black Friday (sneak peak)

Hey guys, just wanted to know we'll be launching BEVEL on Thursday evening with a 25% discount for Black Friday. 

For a sneak peek, check it at:

https://youtu.be/6QUByI_yRYM

And there are sales on everythi...

Studio KPACK for KIT OPS

So, rounding out our warehouse theme, here's the Studio KPACK for KIT OPS requested by a number of different Patrons.

Works with both KIT OPS FREE and KIT OPS 2 PRO

Drop this folder next to your other KPACKS in a KIT OPS Master folder and you're good to go.

Install KIT OPS and K...

Understanding Rendered Bevels

Lot of folks asking this question, so I thought I'd share:

http://cw1.me/aboutbevel

Just a quick preview of what we've been working on

KIT OPS BEVEL

I'm really falling in love with this workflow. That last "small" bevel is going to be really easy in Blender.

And we have the chipped paint effect as well.

Warehouse Asset

Interview

Blender Market recently interviewed me about the process of creating new products:

https://blendermarket.com/posts/kit-ops-creator-chipp-walters-the-...

Columns first, then Rows

2X playback with commentary of Comm Device Build

Here I'm showing how I designed and built this Comm Device model in less than an hour, INCLUDING converting a great HUD decal pack to KIT OPS using BATCH.

The file is included below. 

Some interesting bits, including the compositing settings and the EEVEE lighting. I need to do a...

Quick model using some BATCH created HUD decals

Hey guys, some of you may know, but I've just released KIT OPS BATCH which allows for automatic creation of KIT OPS INSERTS including decals.

I created a quick video showing how I can convert some HUD decals found over on artstation to KPACKS, and then built this quick model showing them of...

Learning KIT OPS

Hey folks, I've had several people contact me about how to learn using KIT OPS (the Free version or the PRO version).

If you're intersted, you can start with this series: https://youtu.be/KYRV6xaxvvA

and here's anoth...

Design Patterns and Iterative Design

Here's a continuation of the previous post where I adjust the design using KIT OPS.

BTW, I'm including the file in case anyone wants to take a look.

Here it is.

https://filedn...

Design Patterns

This is a quick study I did this evening. It's a cube, stretched into a Golden Rect (use the Golden Rect INSERT in the Megapack). I created it keeping in mind the Design Pattern notes.

The rest of the model was created only with KIT OPS INSERTS with the exception of the decals, which are fr...

Detail Distribution

More information on how to distribute details.
Of note in this example I use only rectangles and squares. The purpose for this is that neither rectangles nor squares draw specific attention to themselves. This is unlike other shapes like circles and triangles and diagonal lines.

It's o...

Quickie Video on Copying Label Modifiers

I've also included the file below.

Tertiary Secondary Detail

And this is the final LEVEL-- but there's still more ;-)

Meaningfully Secondary Detail

Next up is tertiary secondary detail!

5 Levels of Design

Time I shared the entire workflow. We've already covered Levels 1,2 and 3. I'll get to Levels 4 and 5-- then I'll create a Blender scene using this same workflow and share on YT. I'll be sure to share the scene file here on Patreon. :-)

My Red Dot

While not necessarily a design pattern, my first day in design school taught me a very valuable lesson.

Hero Elements Design Patterns

Here's another installment of Design Patterns: Hero Elements. :-)

Design Patterns

For those of you who don't know, my original education is a Master's degree in Industrial Design where we did our sketches with markers by candlelight. And, over the past 100 years, I've designed for just about everyone, including Apple, IBM, Sony, NASA, Toshiba, Disney, Elon Musk and a host of o...

File for the latest Boolean example video

OK, as requested, here is the file for the latest Boolean video I shared with you yesterday.

ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH Blender 2.91

You can download Blender 2.91 at https://builder.blender.org/downlo...

Wow! New Blender 2.91 Booleans explained

Hey guys, I received a request for help recreating a CAD model, so I jumped into the latest 2.91 version with the brand new booleans, and wow, did they impress. 

Here's the full video (it's also available publicly but just in case you missed it.

There's also a bit in it about thi...

Using SVG to create Booleans the NITROX3D way

A user wanted some help creating Booleaned objects from elaborate SVG imports. Here's the easy way to do it.

Creating an INSERT for use as a DM decal template

A recent user asked how to create a square INSERT template for use with Decal Machine. His goal was to create a bunch of these different INSERTS and then lay them out like some sort of control panel, then create different DM Decals based on the collection of them.

This only focusses on the ...

Iterative modeling is the key to good design

As most Industrial Designers know, iterative modeling is key. You have to kiss a lot of frogs to get to something you like. That's one of the reasons I like Blender and it's modifier stack so very much.

Still, I was watching a livestream recently, and they were talking about hard surface mo...

EEVEE Materials Chipped Paint Fix

Fix for rotating Chipped Paint material in EEVEE Materials. If you want to know more about how to use it: https://youtu.be/8G9Mbl-1_nU

Using EEVEE Materials System with Decal Machine Decals

I was asked if it's possible to use DM Decals with my EEVEE Materials system and the answer is YES. Check out the video to see.

How to hide INSERTS after applying

In previous versions of KIT OPS, there was a hide/show button. In order to simplify the interface, we removed it and provide this simple workflow to accomplish the same thing.

SKETCH STYLE with rendering white object while in blueprint template

While it is documented, it's imperative for SKETCH STYLE to work correctly, a material, ANY material needs to be added to the model BEFORE starting SKETCH STYLE.