About Keymesh

Keymesh lets artists create stop‑motion‑like animations inside Blender by swapping mesh, curve, hair, volume, or text data between frames. A Frame Picker UI lists all saved object versions (blocks), lets users organize them, insert keyframes without duplicating entries, and view usage counts. The add‑on also functions as an object versioning tool, allowing multiple data versions to be placed on the timeline and scrubbed through. Production‑focused features include append, link, and library‑override support for a replacement‑parts workflow, a Convert to Separate Objects operator that bakes blocks into independent objects for render‑farm rendering, and a 3D‑printing operator that lines up each frame for export. Compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, Keymesh is released under the GNU GPL v3.0 or later.

Features

• Frame Picker UI that lists all object versions (blocks), lets you organize them and insert new keyframes without duplicating keyframes in the Dope Sheet, and shows how many times each block is used
• Object versioning that saves multiple versions of object data such as Mesh and Curve, which you can place on the timeline and scrub through
• Append, link, and library override support for a replacement parts workflow across object and scene files
• Render farm support through a Convert to Separate Objects operator that bakes each block into a separate object with animated visibility, without being destructive
• 3D printing replacement parts operator that creates a separate object for each animated frame, lines them up for export, and can delete duplicates
• Shape Keys to Keymesh operator that bakes shape key animations into Keymesh frames, removing the shape keys in the process
• Works on almost every type of object, including hair curves, volumes, text, and curves

Best for

Animators building stop‑motion‑style sequences in Blender and modelers or sculptors who need timeline‑based object versioning.