SCULPT PRO PIE
A fast, customizable GPU pie menu system for Blender sculptors, painters, and artists who want their most-used tools directly under the cursor.
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Pro Pie is a viewport-focused Blender add-on that gives sculptors a fast radial menu for brushes, sculpt tools, masks, face sets, paint tools, cloth tools, trims, and custom shortcuts. It is designed to reduce interface hunting, keep the artist in the viewport, and make repeated sculpting actions feel faster and more direct.
WHAT IS PRO PIE?
Pro Pie is a custom GPU-drawn pie menu for Blender. Instead of moving across the interface to find brushes and sculpt tools, you can open a clean radial menu in the viewport and access your favorite tools from one place.
The add-on focuses on speed, visual clarity, customization, and sculpting comfort. It is especially useful for artists who work with many brushes, switch tools frequently, or prefer a more direct, gesture-based workflow.
WHO IS IT FOR?
· Blender sculptors who want faster access to their favorite brushes.
· Character artists who switch between sculpt, mask, trim, face set, cloth, and paint tools often.
· Concept artists who want a more fluid viewport workflow.
· Tablet users who prefer quick radial controls instead of reaching for panels and menus.
· Artists with custom brush setups who want organized slots, icons, presets, and visual control.
· Blender users who value speed and want less UI friction during creative work.
MAIN FEATURES
· GPU pie menu in the viewport: A responsive radial interface drawn directly over the 3D View.
· Sculpt brush slots: Add, remove, reorder, and customize your favorite sculpt brushes.
· Multiple sculpt categories: Organize tools into Sculpt, Mask, Trim, Face Set, Paint, and Cloth sections.
· Brush presets: Save and reuse different brush layouts for different workflows.
· Custom PNG icons: Use generated brush icons or assign your own PNG images to slots.
· Icon size control: Adjust icon display per slot for clearer menus.
· Icon-only, text-only, or icon plus text display: Choose the visual style that fits your workflow.
· Color customization: Set active and inactive menu colors and quickly randomize themes.
· Menu opacity, glow, and shadow controls: Fine-tune the visual style of the pie menu.
· Menu Optimize mode: A performance-focused mode that disables heavier visual effects for a faster UI.
· Optional UI background image: Add a custom background image behind the sculpt pie interface.
· Text shadow and menu shadow toggles: Turn shadows on or off depending on your preference.
· Fast icon loading: Uses cached icon assets for quicker menu opening.
· Viewport color palette tools: Useful for sculpt paint and visual color workflows.
· Mask and Face Set popup tools: Quick access to saved mask and face set related controls.
· Sculpt pivot helpers: Additional pivot and transform workflow tools for sculpting.
· Shortcut support: Assign a key or mouse shortcut to open the pie menu quickly.
You can easily rearrange the brushes you’ve created using the Edit Menu button in the center.
Fully customizable UI. Different colors, opacity, glow effects. You can change everything.
It boasts a very rich UI with 6 indoor category menus and an unlimited outdoor cake menu.
Radial Menu offers many customizable menu options. You can enlarge or reduce the text and menu size.
You can upload your own images to the Radial Menu interface and make it look even cooler. PNG support is available.
It displays your Face Sets as a layer list, allowing you to repaint on any layer you want. You can effortlessly focus on any part of your sculpted model using hide/show or solo mode. I think this feature is fantastic. You can also import your previous model’s face set list into this list with a single click.
This video shows you how you can now transform a gizmo in Blender by positioning it further away from the object. This feature, which can also be used with the G/R/S shortcuts, provides gizmo pivot control, just like in Nomad or Zbrush. Plus, it retains the mirror feature.
In this video, you can see a 5-million-polygon object being painted using different paint modes. Blender’s native Face Paint tool is included, while the add-on also provides additional painting methods such as Box, Lasso, Line, and Polyline for faster and more flexible Face Painting creation.
MENU OPTIMIZE MODE
Pro Pie includes a Menu Optimize mode for users who want the fastest possible menu response. When enabled, the add-on reduces expensive visual drawing features such as glow, shadows, background images, icon clipping, pointer glow, tooltips, and hover animation. This keeps the interface lighter while preserving the core pie menu workflow.
This is useful when working on heavy scenes, dense sculpt meshes, high resolution displays, or when maximum viewport responsiveness is more important than visual effects.
CUSTOMIZATION
Pro Pie is built to adapt to different artists. You can customize colors, opacity, glow, menu shadows, text shadows, font settings, icon behavior, slot layouts, category titles, and brush presets. The goal is not just to provide a menu, but to let each artist build a personal sculpting control surface inside Blender.
WORKFLOW BENEFITS
· Spend less time searching through Blender panels.
· Keep your hand and attention in the viewport.
· Switch brushes and tools faster during sculpting.
· Create clean tool layouts for different sculpting stages.
· Use visual icons to recognize brushes quickly.
· Reduce repeated UI travel during long sculpting sessions.
· Build a workflow that feels closer to a dedicated sculpting interface.
WHY USE PRO PIE?
Blender already has powerful sculpting tools, but accessing them repeatedly can interrupt the creative flow. Pro Pie helps solve that by turning your most-used tools into a fast, visual radial menu. It is made for artists who want to sculpt with fewer interruptions and a more personal interface.
Whether you are blocking forms, refining anatomy, painting masks, managing face sets, or jumping between cloth and trim tools, Pro Pie gives you a compact control hub that stays close to your cursor.
RECOMMENDED FOR
· Digital sculpting
· Character art
· Creature design
· Concept sculpting
· Stylized sculpting
· Brush-heavy workflows
· Tablet and pen display workflows
· Artists who want a faster Blender sculpting UI
COMPATIBILITY
Pro Pie is designed for Blender sculpting workflows and is intended to be used inside the 3D Viewport. It uses Blender’s Python API and GPU drawing tools to create a custom interface layer.
INSTALLATION
Install the add-on from Blender’s Add-ons or Extensions preferences using the provided ZIP file. After enabling the add-on, open the Pro Pie panel in the 3D Viewport sidebar and run the one-time icon setup if required.
BASIC USAGE
· Open Blender and switch to Sculpt Mode.
· Open the Pro Pie panel in the 3D Viewport sidebar.
· Create or load brush icons if prompted.
· Add your favorite brushes to the pie menu slots.
· Assign a shortcut for fast access.
· Open the menu in the viewport and select tools directly from the radial interface.
TAGS / KEYWORDS
Blender, Sculpting, Pie Menu, Brush Menu, Sculpt Brushes, Radial Menu, Blender Add-on, Blender Tools, Character Sculpting, Digital Sculpting, Viewport UI, Artist Workflow, Blender Productivity, Custom Brushes, GPU UI
ONE-LINE SUMMARY
Pro Pie is a fast and customizable GPU pie menu for Blender sculptors who want their favorite brushes and tools directly in the viewport.
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