Better ReSizer for Blender

Current Version: 1.11
Author: KerkLord
Blender Compatibility: 3.3.0+

Overview

BetterReSizer is a powerful yet flexible addon for Blender, designed to give you total control over how you scale objects, cameras, lights, keyframes, and materials in your scene. Its panel-based interface integrates directly into Blender’s 3D View sidebar, providing a one-stop shop for quick and consistent resizing tasks.

Key Features

1. Global or Selective Scaling
   • Only Selected: Restrict scaling operations to objects you’ve explicitly selected (plus their children).
   • Exclude Selected: Invert the process to skip scaling for those selected while scaling everything else.
2. Per-Type Toggles
   Control exactly which types of objects get scaled. Easily include or exclude:
   • Cameras
   • Lights (including light intensity scaling)
   • Armatures
   • Empties
   • Grease Pencil objects
   • Standard Mesh objects
3. Material & Keyframe Scaling
   • Include Materials: Automatically updates VALUE nodes named or labeled “Scale” in your materials.
   • Include Keyframes: Scales location and scale keyframes, preserving animation integrity.
4. Powerful Undo/Reset System
   • Undo Scale: Revert your last scaling operation in a single click.
   • Reset Scale: Completely restore your scene to its original state from before any BetterReSizer transformations.
5. Intuitive UI
   • A dedicated panel under Better Blender in the 3D View Sidebar.
   • Clear tooltips and controls to guide you through each step of the resize process.
6. Light Energy Adjustments
   • If lights are included, their energy is automatically scaled by the factor² to preserve scene lighting balance at the new size.
7. Child Object Awareness
   • When using Only Selected, BetterReSizer automatically includes child objects for changes to materials or keyframes, even if you don’t transform-scale the child’s location or scale.

How It Works

1. Set Your Scale Factor
   In the BetterReSizer panel, choose the numeric value by which you want to scale your objects.
2. Choose What to Include
   Use the toggles to decide if you want to include cameras, lights, armatures, empties, etc. You can also opt to scale keyframes and material value nodes.
3. Select Specific Objects or the Entire Scene
   • Enable Only Selected to target just your selected objects (plus their children).
   • Use Exclude Selected if you want everything else to scale except the ones you have selected.
4. Apply Scale
   Click Apply Scale and the addon handles the transforms, keyframes, and material updates in one step.
5. Undo or Reset (Optional)
   • Undo Scale rolls back your latest operation.
   • Reset Scale returns everything to the original state before you started using BetterReSizer.

Installation

1. In Blender, go to Edit → Preferences → Add-ons.
2. Click Install, then browse to the .py file you downloaded.
3. Enable the addon by checking the box next to BetterReSizer.
4. A new “BetterReSizer” panel will appear in the 3D Viewport → Sidebar → Better Blender tab.

Usage Tips

• Layered Approach: Feel free to apply multiple scaling passes. Each operation is saved to a history stack, so you can always step backward if the result isn’t what you expected.
• Material Consistency: Make sure your target materials have a Value node named or labeled “Scale” if you want to use the built-in material scaling feature.
• Animation Adjustments: With Include Keyframes enabled, location and scale keyframes get multiplied by the scale factor. This can save hours of manual re-keyframing.
• Light Intensity: Because light intensity often depends on surface area, scaling intensity by scale_factor² maintains approximate visual consistency when you enlarge or reduce your scene.

Support

If you have questions, issues, or feature requests, feel free to reach out via Gumroad or Email at contact@kerkfx.ca any time.

Enhance your workflow and effortlessly maintain scene consistency with BetterReSizer. Thank you for your support!