Blockout Tools is a lightweight and extremely easy to use set of tools to quickly block out / greybox your levels in Unreal Engine 4. It consists of various primitive elements with convenient scale and transform controls and custom triplanar grid material to ease the level design workflow.
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Important note: this is not a modelling tool, the intended usage is to blocking out levels. Does not currently support boolean operations. Also please be sure to check out an example map at "BlockoutToolsPlugin Content/Maps".
Blockout element types:
- Box
- Cone
- Corner Curved
- Cylinder
- Ramp
- Skewbox
- Sphere/Hemisphere
- Stairs Curved
- Stairs Linear
- Stairs Linear Manual
- Doorway (v 1.1)
- Railing (v 1.1)
- Window (v 1.2)
- Tube (v 1.3)
- Corner Ramp (v 1.41)
How to use:
- Select new "Blockout Tools" custom category in Place Mode
- And just drag blockout types onto your level
Technical Details
Features:
- Easily scalable elements with either Vector 3D Widget or inside Details panel
- Super quick access to Blockout elements from new custom category in Place Mode
- Self-explanatory settings
- Configurable look and color of blockout types
- Local-aligned triplanar grid material which supports object rotation
- Support for custom materials
- Lightweight
- 15 blockout types
- Can save a lot of time
Code Modules:
- BlockoutToolsPlugin (Runtime)
- BlockoutToolsEditorPlugin (Editor)
Current Version: 1.44
Number of Blueprints: 17
Number of C++ Classes: 1
Network Replicated: Yes
Supported Development Platforms: Win64, Win32, MacOS, Linux, Android (Should also work for other platforms)
Supported Target Build Platforms: Win64, Win32, MacOS, Linux, Android (Should also work for other platforms)
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