Blender - Simple Bend Ex:
Simple Bend Ex is a mesh bending plugin for Blender that simplifies all the mesh bending processes of the previous version and the elementary ones. Basically, one can select a portion of the mesh, select the set option and bend away; adjustments can always be made in the tool menu after execution. Yet this plugin has the advantage over its similar bending counterparts because it bends more complicated meshes; it figures out the appropriate bend axis needed, even if the entire mesh is rotated.
If it gets it wrong, however, you can override it and force the bend to happen along the global X, Y, or Z. Where did it improve from the last plugin? For example, you can adjust the extent area so self-overlapping doesn't happen, and you can change where you want to be, bending the mesh along the axis. So it works no matter where the mesh is oriented, even unintentionally not aligned to global axes. It also works with pipes that may not have the same inclination, for example, there is a full-width Single Side Bend (SSB) option as well as a slicing along the axis, which allows the mesh to slice in that direction upon bend.
For Blender mesh bending, this is the quickest, easiest way to do it.
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