About Zen Bbq

Zen BBQ is a Blender add‑on from Sergey Tyapkin designed for creating, adjusting, and visualizing bevels without altering mesh geometry. It operates through the Cycles Bevel Shader Node, letting users assign bevel radius values globally or per edge and vertex, with units ranging from millimetres to kilometres, inches, and feet. All settings are stored in mesh attributes and embedded into materials non‑destructively. The add‑on offers custom preset groups, a one‑click Smart Render Preview, a colour‑coded Viewport Display, and export of bevel data to Marmoset Toolbag 5 for normal‑map baking. It includes an intuitive UI with main and pie menus and community support via Discord.

Features

• Full control over the Bevel Shader Node in Cycles, with values set for the whole model or per edge and vertex individually
• Bevel radius in the full range of measurement units, including MM, CM, M, KM, IN, and FT
• Custom preset groups: use existing bevel preset groups or build your own
• Non-destructive material integration, with values stored in mesh attributes and embedded into materials
• Export bevels to Marmoset Toolbag 5 for baking, and bake BBQ bevels into normal maps for game development
• Smart Render Preview System for one-click previews, plus a Viewport Display System that shows each preset by colour
• Intuitive UI with main and pie menus, and support on a Discord channel

Best for

Blender artists focused on visualization, concept art, or game‑development baking who need shader‑based bevels without modifying geometry.