A blender addon for creating lods
To use after installation in blender;
- select all objects you want lods for (works on multiple objects at a time)
- in the viewport go to the side panel menu under the tab "LODMOD"
- choose how many lods you want
- choose what ratio you wish to decimate them (lower value = less verts)
- choose if you wish to apply the modifier stacks automatically
- choose if you wish to add the _LOD0 suffix to the original object
- choose if you want to offset the LODs so you can see them in a lineup (default offset 0)
- choose if you want your lods in neat collections named after the original objects
- press the "Create LOD's" button and you're done!
onelodatatime.mp4
multipleLodsAtatime.mp4
What is it doing?
The meat of this addon is pretty simple, it's duplicating your object (or objects) by the however many you want, and for each duplicate it's giving the suffix _LODx (x being a number). And then for each duplicate it also applies a decimate modifier set to collapse with a ratio of the amount you've set for each lod as it goes down the list, meaning each lod gets lower and lower vert counts. if you set the ratio to 0.5 then each lod will literally reduce in verts by half each time.
The extra features found in the menu are self explanatory but feel free to reach out for questions or feedback!