About Swingy Bone Physics

Swingy Bone Physics is a bone‑chain physics solver for Blender designed for artists. It lets you add physically based motion to hair, accessories, cloth, wires and other rigged items via a one‑click process. The plugin supports Blender versions 2.8 up to 5.1, including Blender 5.0. Once a chain is created, bone‑tied collision volumes can be added, and multiple colliders are placed with a few clicks. Adjustable parameters, amplitude constraint profiles, wind simulation and a curve editor allow detailed control, while visual helpers with customizable colors aid viewport work. Bone linking maintains distance between chains, and the simulation can be baked to standard keyframes in a single click. Version 2.0 adds driver bones and official Blender 5.0 support. The software is distributed under the GPL license.

Features

• One-click process to create physically simulated bone chains
• Bone-tied collision volumes to collide with the chains, with the option to add several colliders at once
• Adjustable physics parameters that can be applied to multiple selected bones at once
• Amplitude constraint profiles to control each bone’s maximum rotation
• Wind simulation for external motion, plus a curve editor to fine-tune physics parameters and wind behaviour
• Parameter keyframing for custom behaviour and one-click baking of the simulation to standard keyframes
• Visual helpers with fully customizable colors in the 3D viewport, and bone linking to maintain distance between chains

Best for

Adding physically based motion to rigged character parts and assets such as hair, accessories, cloth and wires within Blender.