About Grab-It

Grab-It, developed by Xane Studios, is a lightweight (≈5 KB) Blender add‑on designed to simplify object‑attach and release animations. Users move to the desired frame, press Grab, select the target, press Parent, then move to the release frame and press Drop. The add‑on detects the last selected bone in object or pose mode, creates markers for pick‑up and drop points, and includes Clear options to remove markers or all operations. It functions during renders with motion blur and adds Start and End buttons to the timeline for quick preview range adjustments. Interactive tutorials are bundled, and the add‑on is released under the GPL license. Compatibility spans Blender versions 3.0 through 5.0.

Features

• Grab, Parent and Drop: attach an object or bone to another object at a chosen timeline point, then release it at a later point
• Bone Detection uses the last selected bone to grab an object when you’re in object or pose mode
• Markers indicate where an object was picked up and where it was dropped
• Clear options to remove markers or clear all grab operations
• Works when rendering with motion blur
• Start and End buttons added to the timeline for setting the preview range
• Lightweight 5kb add-on that sits in the sidebar, with interactive tutorials included in the package

Best for

Animators who need to quickly set up character interactions that involve attaching and releasing objects or bones within Blender.