Blender add-on: Blaster

Blaster – the Blender 3D add-on for quickly and easily creating blaster and magic beams.

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Add-on functionality

To create a blaster beam with default settings, just add a curve to the scene:

shift + a – Curve

set the desired shape, and click the “Blast Along Curve” button in the add-on panel.

The blaster beam can be static, or you can assign a default animation to it by checking the “Add Default Animation” checkbox and setting the animation start and end frames.

The basic parameters of the created ray can be quickly adjusted in the add-on panel.

The last ray can be recreated, if necessary, by checking the “Recreate Last” checkbox.

With the “Blaster” add-on, you can create:

Simple visual effects

Blaster beams for Sci-fi Weapons

Magic rays for fantasy scenes

Demonstration video

Current add-on version

1.1.3.

Blender versions

2.93, 3.0, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 4.1

Location and call

The “3D Viewport” window – N panel – “Blaster” tab.

Installation

• Download the *.zip archive with the add-on distributive.
• The “Preferences” window — Add-ons — Install… — specify the downloaded archive.

Version history

1.1.3.

• Updated for work in Blender v. 4.0.

1.1.2.

• Updated for work in Blender v. 3.5.

1.1.1.

• Updated for work in Blender v. 3.1.

1.1.0.

• Updated for last changes in Blender v. 3.0.0 release

1.0.0.

• This release.