Align, distribute, arrange, orient, register, ground, quantize, and transform objects with precision.
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DRH - Object Layout Studio helps Blender users align, distribute, arrange, move, rotate, orient, register, ground, quantize, and position objects through repeatable layout and geometry-aware workflows.
Complete and Lite have both been submitted and are currently awaiting provider approval.
This repository is the central public hub for support, documentation, issue tracking, compatibility feedback, release-review feedback, and future release notes for both editions.
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📚 Table of Contents
- Overview
- Editions
- Media preview
- What DRH - Object Layout Studio does
- Key features
- Full feature list
- Who is it for?
- Current status
- Feedback and compatibility reports
- Quick links
- Before you post
- Use Discussions for
- Use Issues for
- Where to post
- Support policy
- Technical notes
- Availability
- Documentation
- LICENSE
DRH - Object Layout Studio is a Blender workflow utility designed to make object alignment, distribution, arrangement, transform matching, geometric alignment, registration, and precision placement faster and more repeatable.
The product is available in two editions:
- Complete - DRH - Object Layout Studio: Align, Transform, Advanced, and Utility.
- Lite - DRH - Object Layout Studio Lite: Align and Transform only.
The editions use separate extension IDs and can be installed independently. When Complete and Lite are enabled at the same time, both editions display a warning that the Complete edition is active and recommend disabling Lite to avoid duplicate tools.
| Complete | Lite |
|---|---|
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| Align · Transform · Advanced · Utility | Align · Transform |
| 🟡 Pending Review | 🟡 Pending Review |
Both editions are in provider review for the 1.0.0 release. The support repository remains shared so documentation, issue tracking, compatibility information, and release notes stay in one place.
The screenshots below reflect the submitted 1.0.0 interface and are organized by workflow area.
| Align | Transform |
|---|---|
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| Advanced overview | Active Reference, View Align, and Auto Orient |
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| Feature Align, Registration, and Surface | Along Any Line, Advanced Grid, and Circle or Arc |
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| Utility overview | Center & Ground, Quantize, and Origin to Bounds |
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| Origin to Surface and Mesh Edit Align | Object context-menu integration |
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Screenshots show the submitted 1.0.0 interface. Minor UI or packaging details may change during provider review.
DRH - Object Layout Studio helps you position and organize objects using explicit alignment, bounds, spacing, transform, view, geometry, registration, and surface rules.
It is designed for scene-layout and geometry workflows where repeatable object relationships matter more than manually adjusting each transform one object at a time.
Use it to:
- Align objects by origin or evaluated bounds.
- Align selected objects to the active object.
- Distribute objects by equal centers or true equal gaps.
- Arrange objects in 1D and 2D layouts.
- Move and rotate objects by exact values in local or world space.
- Match location, rotation, scale, and supported dimensions from the active object.
- Align objects relative to the current viewport.
- Auto-orient objects from mesh geometry.
- Align Point, Line, and Plane features.
- Register source and target geometry using captured point pairs.
- Refine object alignment with best-fit / ICP workflows.
- Drop selected objects onto an active mesh surface.
- Center, ground, quantize, and refine object origins.
- Use the Lite edition when only Align and Transform workflows are needed.
- Precision origin and evaluated-bounds alignment.
- Active, selection, cursor, and world references.
- Equal-center and equal-gap distribution.
- Grid, line, circle, and arc arrangement workflows.
- Local and world transform controls.
- View-aware alignment and distribution.
- Geometry-driven Auto Orient.
- Point / Line / Plane feature alignment.
- Point-pair registration and best-fit refinement.
- Surface placement and grounding.
- Mesh Edit alignment helpers.
- Center & Ground and Transform Quantize.
- Configurable Sidebar Tab and Panel Title.
- Collapsible subgroup workflow.
- Object context-menu integration.
- Complete and Lite editions using one shared support repository.
🧩 Full feature list
- Origin alignment.
- Evaluated bounds alignment.
- Active object reference.
- Selection reference.
- 3D Cursor reference.
- World reference.
- Minimum / Center / Maximum mapping.
- X / Y / Z alignment.
- Align to Active location.
- Align to Active rotation.
- Align to Active scale.
- 1D distribution.
- 2D grid distribution.
- Equal Centers.
- Equal Gaps.
- Swap transforms.
- Randomize transforms.
- Separate / Arrange workflow.
- Fixed-step arrangement.
- Bounds-aware arrangement.
- Move by exact distance.
- Rotate by exact angle.
- Local transform space.
- World transform space.
- Respect transform locks.
- Hierarchy-safe transform handling.
- Active Reference.
- Along Any Line.
- Advanced Grid.
- Circle / Arc.
- View Align.
- Auto Orient.
- Surface-normal analysis.
- PCA-based orientation.
- Symmetry Assist.
- Point feature capture and alignment.
- Line feature capture and alignment.
- Plane feature capture and alignment.
- Arbitrary captured-line rotation.
- Directional slide.
- Geometric measurements.
- Point-pair registration.
- Best Fit / ICP.
- Drop to Active Surface.
- Mesh Edit Align.
- Flatten selected geometry by axis.
- Store Reference Line.
- Project selected vertices to line.
- Origin to Surface.
- Center & Ground.
- Transform Quantize.
- Origin to Bounds.
- Bottom-center origin placement.
- Bounds-center origin placement.
- Match Active Dimensions.
- Align.
- Align to Active.
- Distribution.
- Rearrangement.
- Separate / Arrange.
- Move.
- Rotate.
- No Advanced tools.
- No Utility tools.
DRH - Object Layout Studio is designed for:
- Blender modelers.
- Hard-surface artists.
- Environment artists.
- Product visualization artists.
- Architectural visualization users.
- Technical artists.
- Asset creators.
- Scene-layout artists.
- Users working with repeated object arrangements.
- Users who need precise transform matching.
- Users aligning geometry references or scans.
- Users who want a smaller Align + Transform-only edition.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Status | 🟡 Pending Review |
| Current version | 1.0.0 |
| Minimum Blender version | 4.2.0 |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Release stage | Submitted release candidate awaiting provider approval |
| Editions | Complete and Lite |
| Distribution | Blendkit after approval |
| Support repository | DRH Object Layout Studio Support |
Both editions have been submitted for approval. The project is now presented as a release candidate under review rather than an early-development build.
Compatibility feedback, usability comments, performance observations, Complete/Lite workflow feedback, and documentation corrections remain welcome during review and after release.
This repository remains open for public feedback while Complete and Lite are under provider review and after their public release.
Feedback is especially useful for:
- Alignment accuracy.
- Origin and bounds behavior.
- Distribution ordering.
- Equal-center and equal-gap workflows.
- Grid, line, circle, and arc arrangements.
- Move and Rotate workflows.
- View Align behavior.
- Auto Orient results.
- Point / Line / Plane feature alignment.
- Registration and best-fit behavior.
- Surface placement.
- High-density mesh performance.
- Complete vs Lite workflow expectations.
- Installation experience.
- Compatibility concerns.
- Documentation clarity.
- Provider delivery or listing issues after approval.
Useful feedback examples:
“Equal Gaps should preserve this object ordering rule.”
“View Align behaves differently in this viewport orientation.”
“Auto Orient should prioritize this axis for this type of mesh.”
“The Lite edition should keep this Align workflow.”
“Best Fit takes too long on this mesh density.”
- Support repository
- Ask a question in Discussions
- Open a new issue
- Report a bug
- Request a feature
- Report a compatibility issue
Please include as much of the following information as possible:
- Edition: Complete or Lite.
- Add-on version.
- Blender version.
- Operating system.
- Installation method.
- Clear steps to reproduce.
- Expected result.
- Actual result.
- Error message, screenshot, or console output when available.
For compatibility or performance issues, please also include:
- Blender build type, if known.
- Portable or installed Blender version.
- Object Mode or Edit Mode.
- Object types involved.
- Selection and active-object state.
- Approximate mesh density for geometry-heavy workflows.
- Performance Profile when relevant.
- Whether the issue happens with a clean Blender configuration.
- Questions.
- How-to topics.
- Installation help.
- Compatibility checks.
- FAQ.
- Suggestions.
- Release-review feedback.
- Complete vs Lite workflow feedback.
- Performance observations.
- Workflow ideas.
- Confirmed bugs.
- Reproducible compatibility problems.
- Alignment problems.
- Distribution problems.
- Transform workflow problems.
- Auto Orient problems.
- Feature alignment problems.
- Registration / best-fit problems.
- Surface workflow problems.
- Utility workflow problems.
- Feature requests.
- Regressions.
- Documentation errors.
- Provider or delivery problems after release.
Open a Discussion for:
- General questions.
- Setup help.
- Workflow advice.
- Suggestions.
- Review-stage feedback.
Open an Issue for:
- Confirmed bugs.
- Reproducible compatibility problems.
- Alignment, distribution, transform, geometry, registration, or utility failures.
- Regressions.
- Feature requests.
- Documentation problems.
This repository is a public support hub.
Do not post:
- Private account details.
- LICENSE keys.
- Payment information.
- Confidential production files.
- Private client files.
- Sensitive system information.
If a private file is required to reproduce an issue, please describe the problem first and wait for further instructions.
This add-on is source based, with:
- No obfuscation.
- No binary-only content.
- No external services required for normal operation.
- No account requirements.
The Complete edition uses native Blender geometry, BMesh, KDTree, and BVH workflows where applicable.
The add-on is intended to work locally inside Blender.
DRH - Object Layout Studio Complete and DRH - Object Layout Studio Lite have both been submitted and are currently awaiting provider approval.
Official installable releases will be distributed through Blendkit after approval. Until then, this GitHub repository remains the central public location for:
- Support.
- Documentation.
- Issue tracking.
- Compatibility reports.
- Public feedback.
- Release notes.
This repository does not serve as the official provider release-package download location.
This repository is distributed under GPL-3.0-or-later.