• Piero

  over 2 years ago

  I'm Piero Desopo, I created the cover images for Random Flow.

  Let me start by saying that Random Flow is not another greeble add-on. The clean workflow created by Ian, the variety of solutions offered by the add-on, and the simplicity on using it, it all makes this add-on way more than a regular greebler.

  There are two ways to use the add-on: simply push the button and let it do its job for you, or play with it. By that what I mean is, play with the base geometry (tweak the mesh), play with the materials, try different panel size, paths, solver, and so on.

  There are tools in the add-on that requires a bit more explanation, like the Quad Slice for instance, and once the user understands how it works, the usage becomes very clear (and very handy), and not only when using the add-on to randomize the mesh, but in general when dealing with the geometry. It's all there in the manual. Just read it :)
  Also, leaving the cursor over a function for a brief moment, will show a short description of what the function does.

  One note about the pop-up window nature of the add-on: it's not a limit of the add-on, it's the way Blender works. But any pop-up window is always one hotkey away: just press F9, and you'll be able to bring back the last operation (that applies to any operation in Blender).

  Also, the Discord channel is pretty active, when in doubts, just ask ;)

• K

  over 2 years ago

  This add-on is incredible. The tube tool is just... wow. Has a bit of a learning curve for sure, but all good tools do (box cutter and HOPS being prime examples). Just remember to subdivide your mesh or the procedural goodies will have nowhere to be generated :)

  One strong criticism I have is that, at the time of writing, orbiting around the mesh with middle mouse button ends the Random Flow operation. This means I sometimes need to manually modify the result or start from scratch because it looks bad from the other side. I hope there's an option to allow rotation in future.

• James Dix

  over 2 years ago

  It's a neat addon for sure! But was a little hard to grasp how to use it from the documentation, some video tutorials would go a long way. So far the biggest issue is that the addon interface randomly just goes away whilst using it meaning I have to delete what it left behind and start again.

  I've yet to get it to do anything close to the pictures in the store page.

  Looking forward to some updates that will make it more stable and easier to use.

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  Ian Lloyd Dela Cruz

  over 2 years ago

  The redo panel can be summoned again using the F9 hotkey.

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