Inserts for KIT OPS
Inserts for KIT OPS.
These inserts are for the Free- as well as the Pro- KIT OPS add-on. If need, you can find more information about the two versions of KIT OPS here: https://www.kit-ops.com/
The first set contains basic cutters which you will need most frequently.
The second set of inserts are decoration, shelves, grids, windows, door, handles, etc
The third set contain the most useful plugs for meshmachine I made, ported over to inserts for KIT OPS. Pretty cool with some knobs, sliders, greebles and buttons.
How to install the inserts:
Download the .zip file called: NMS_Inserts.zip.
Unpack the .zip file and you see four folders: NMS_01, NMS_02, NMS_Cutters, NMS_Modifiers.
Copy (or Move) these folders in a folder where KIT OPS is installed named: Master.
On Windows you will find this folder likely here;
C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.79\scripts\addons\kitops\Master
Appdata is a hidden folder which you can turn on in the File Explorer in the menu under tab View > hidden items. Restart Blender and navigate to the KIT OPS addon.
Under KPACKS in KIT OPS in Blender you will see the inserts.
Recommended workflow;
Make a simple base mesh (could be a cube or a little bit flatter),
Add a bevel-modifier. Start with width: 0.015, Segments 4 or 5, Limit Method; Angle, Angle: 30 degrees.
Shade Smooth (Z) and in Object Data tab in the Properties panel : Autosmooth
If you have a build with the Normal Weight Modifier, that does some magic sometimes.
Right after using an insert (not yet applied), move the Boolean modifier before the bevel modifier. (Bevel modifier is always last).
All you have to do now is: place insert > move modifier > place insert > move modifier etc.
These inserts are also available on Blendermarket:
https://www.blendermarket.com/products/inserts-for-kit-ops
Update on 4 Januari 2019: In Blender 2.80 some orphan data messed up the inserts. A clean version of the insert is in NMS_Inserts_v2.zip.
update 15 feb 2020
Added 24 Industrial Cyber Inserts:
Update16 July 20221
A new Kpack to connect your cables to, and a pack that is a modular sci-fi corridor. Here a render and thumbnails:
And I forgot, a pack with animated alien meat!
Update 27 July, 2021
An amazing discovery. I couldn't pay Chipp's new package, and I wondered how I could do something special with inserts. At the same time, I tried to get the hang of Geometry Nodes. And there I saw a big opportunity. But the downside was the modifier stack. I didn't like the hassle of going through the modifier stack all the time for every single insert. So I made an addon that detects the so-called GeoTech (Geometry nodes, and technical?) inserts. Wow. It works. There are 4 such dynamic inserts in the download. Here is the video: