BTracer#
The purpose of this script is to add tools that are similar to C4D Tracer. Btrace provides several ways to trace objects and particles and animate the resulting curve.
Activation#
Open Blender and go to Preferences then the Add-ons tab.
Click Add Curve then BTracer to enable the script.
Interface#
Located in the .
The default setting in the interface is Choose Tool, here you pick what trace methods and functions.
Information#
The five main tools (Object Trace, Object Connect, Mesh Follow, Particle Trace, Particle Connect) all share common settings for the most part. Each tool creates a curve as the end result. The settings for the curve created can be setup under the Curves Settings button.
The tools have access to a few other features. All of them have access to the grow curve animation tool which animates the curve radius. As well as the Color Blender tool.
- Object Trace
Creates a curve by joining points of a mesh in a continuous manner or by all edges. Options to modulate the curves radius or add distortion to mesh before converting.
- Objects Connect
Join selected objects with a curve and add hooks to each node.
- Particle Trace
Creates a curve from each particle of a system. Keeping particle amount under 250 will make this run faster.
- Particle Connect
Connects each particle of a system with a continuous curve.
- Mesh Follow
Creates curve from animated mesh object. Following the path of either the vertices, edges or faces, and also the option to follow the object’s origin.
- Grow Curve Animation
Animate the radius of a curve over time. Can be run alone on a curve object, or run with the tools above.
- F-Curve Noise
Quick link to add an F-Curve modifier to an object.
- Color Blender
Assign colors, create color palettes and randomize colors.
Each script has a number of different options which can be used to create some very interesting effects.
Reference
- Category:
Add Curve
- Description:
Tools for converting/animating objects/particles into curves.
- Location:
- File:
btrace folder
- Author:
liero, crazycourier
- Contributors:
Atom, MacKracken, meta-androcto
- Maintainer:
Brendon Murphy (meta-androcto)
- License:
GPL
- Support Level:
Community
- Note:
This add-on is bundled with Blender.