A Blender N-Panel add-on that shows you an exploded view of your mesh. Found under the Edit N-Panel.
Explodium is an add-on that shows you an "exploded view" of your mesh. It temporarily separates faces from each other and expands the mesh to give you an overview of your topology. It is non-destructive and only visible while holding the hotkey.
- Select an object and switch to Edit mode.
- While holding down your configured hotkey (default is Ctrl+Shift+P) you will see a temporary "exploded view" of your mesh.
- Release the hotkey and the mesh returns to normal.
- Provides an exploded view of your mesh, revealing topology, edge flow, and hidden geometry that's difficult to see in normal view.
- Customizable hotkey
- You can customize how much to shrink the mesh faces and expand the overall mesh
- You can reset default values at any time
Figure 1 - An exploded view of Suzanne
Figure 2 - Customizable hotkeys and explosion values
Figure 3 - An exploded view of Suzanne after tweaking Face and Mesh values
Figure 4 - Holding down the hotkey (default Ctrl+Shift+P) shows an exploded view of Suzanne. You can adjust the Shrink Face and Expand Mesh values to change how much the mesh expands.
Because Explodium is packaged as an Extension, it currently supports Blender 4.2+ and newer.
Coming soon, hopefully...
Explodium can also be installed manually, which you can download from the Releases section of its Github page. Just follow the steps below to install:
- Download the latest release
- In Blender, go to Edit -> Preferences
- Click on
Get Extensions - Click the Extensions Settings drop-down arrow (the small arrow in the upper right corner of the window that's facing down) and select
Install from Disk.
- Browse to the downloaded .zip file and select it to complete the installation.
The extension will now show up in the Edit N-Panel as Explodium.
- Initial public release