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SmartScene Toolkit (Community Edition)

Efficient Blender add-on toolkits to enhance hierarchy manipulation and scene organization.

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1. 🗃️Table of Functions

Name Description
———————————————————1.1 Smarter - Parenting Operations———————————————————
🏠 Parent to Cursor Create an empty coordinate at the cursor and parent the selected hierarchy.
👆🏻 Powerful Select Directly select object or object parent in scene with auto Outliner highlight.
———————————————————1.2 Smarter - Hierarchy Operations———————————————————
🧬 Hierarchy Duplicate Duplicate complex hierarchies with preserved ourliner's structure.
📦 Collect Hierarchy Move selected hierarchies into a new collection.
———————————————————1.3 Smarter - Mirroring Operations———————————————————
🪞 Mirror to Cursor Mirror-duplicate selected hierarchies across a plane at the 3D cursor.
🪞 Mirror to Cursor Edit In edit mode, mirror-duplicate selected geometry (vertices/ lines/ faces) across a plane at the 3D cursor.

2. 🎥Demonstration

2.1 Smarter - Parenting Operations

🏠 Parent to Cursor

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👆🏻 Powerful Select

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2.2 Smarter - Hierarchy Operations

🧬 Duplicate Hierarchy

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📦 Move Hierarchy to New Collection

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2.3 Smarter - Mirroring Operations

🪞 Mirror to Cursor

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🪞 Mirror to Cursor Edit

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... More are on the way!

3. 🔧Installation

For Community or Premium (see in Section 5) Editions:

  1. Download the .zip file(s) you want.
  2. Open Blender → Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install
  3. Select the .zip file, then enable it in the list.

Community Edition only:

We provide you flexibility to import individual functionality; however, you might need to organize your menu/UX design personally:

  1. Download the .py file(s) you want.
  2. Open Blender → Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install
  3. Select the .py file, then enable it in the list.

4. 📋Usage

Each add-on adds its feature to the right-click menu (object context menu) in Object Mode or Edit Mode.

For example:

  • Mirror to Cursor: Right-click → Mirror Duplicate to Cursor Plane
  • Mirror to Cursor Edit: Tab to edit mode → Right-click → Mirror Duplicate to Cursor Plane (Edit Mode)
  • Move Hierarchy to New Collection: Right-click → Move Hierarchy to New Collection

You can also use keyboard shortcuts for functions to speed up your workflow:

Function Default Shortcut
🏠 Parent to Cursor Ctrl + Shift + P
👆🏻 Powerful Select - Select Parent Alt + ,
👆🏻 Powerful Select - Select Object Alt + .
🧬 Hierarchy Duplicate Ctrl + Shift + D
📦 Move Hierarchy to New Collection Ctrl + Shift + C
🪞 Mirror to Cursor - Default y-z plane Ctrl + Shift + M
🪞 Mirror to Cursor Edit Ctrl + Shift + M

5. 💡Pro / Premium Edition

In the Community Edition, each function is provided as an individual .py file. This gives you the flexibility to import only the tools you need, without extra overhead — perfect for users who prefer a modular workflow.

However, if you're looking for an all-in-one solution with enhanced usability, the Premium Edition is for you! Think of it as a little “buy me a coffee” ☕ to support continued development ❤️.

With the Premium Edition, you'll get:

  • A complete all-in-one add-on with all features bundled together.
  • Seamless integration into the top menu and right-click menu (some tools support shortcuts).
  • Optimized performance for handling large scenes.
  • Refined UX and UI polish.
  • Early and seamless interaction, rapid feedback, and continuous maintenance.

Take a peek at what the menu system looks like in the Premium Edition below:

  • Right-click menu organizations: alt text1
  • Top-bar menu organizations: alt text2

👇🏻 Check out the options below and unlock the FULL POWER of SmartScene Toolkits!

6. 📜License

This Community Edition is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later License. Giving credit to the author is appreciated as part of the open-source spirit.