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Blender SVG Pens

Turn Blender scenes into plotter-ready SVG.

01 Scene

Blender scene / McLaren with overhead area lighting — Blender scene

02 Drawing

McLaren / surface-following colour fill and grey shading — SVG linework

03 Pens

Black (46)
Sanguine (38)
Blue (41)
Turquoise Blue (51)
Pine Green (53)
Violet (55)
Dark Ochre (89)
Light Grey (94)
Medium Cold Grey (95)
Dark Grey (96)

STABILO point 88 · 0.4 mm

Made with GreasePlotter

Reservoir Roots

Combine shading, colour and layered line patterns.

Reservoir Roots / original — Full composition

Reservoir Roots / hanging gardens — Hanging gardens

Reservoir Roots / water interference — Water interference

Attention Reservoir

Add colour and SVG graphics to complex geometry.

Attention Reservoir / full composition — Full composition

Attention Reservoir / junction — Junction

Attention Reservoir / walkway — Walkway

The Underside

Keep detail readable through overlapping geometry.

The Underside / full composition — Full composition

The Underside / fan and gantry — Fan and gantry

The Underside / service bay — Service bay

Synapse Cistern

Follow curved forms with outlines and shading.

Synapse Cistern / full composition — Full composition

Synapse Cistern / cable crown — Cable crown

Synapse Cistern / service ring — Service ring

Colour & pen assignment

Independent outline and shading colours

Choose separate pens for outlines and shading.

A courtyard in seven pens — Seven pens

A two-pen courtyard — Two pens

Black outlines / surface-following Pablo pencil fill — Black outlines · colour fill

Tone-based pens & accent passes

Assign pens by tone and add accent passes.

Coloured shading

Pens by tone band

Accent ink pass — Accent pass

Light & shading

Lighting & shadows

Shape light and shadow with support for multiple light sources.

Multiple light sources

Light from the right — Light from right

Without cast shadows — Shadows off

Spacing & tone

Adjust the space between hatch lines or shift the shading lighter or darker.

Tighter spacing

Tone levels

Set the number of shading bands.

4 tone bands

Stroke variation

Add subtle or stronger variation to hatch lines and outlines.

Subtle hatch noise

Stronger hatch noise

Outline noise

Contact shadows

Add depth where surfaces meet.

Contact / Floor and cube support — Floor and cube support

Contact / Close-packed arches — Close-packed arches

Moiré & interference

Overlap line patterns to create interference.

Folded screen / Hatching — Hatching

Folded screen / Moiré · three pens — Moiré · three pens

Folded screen / Interference · three pens — Interference · three pens

Water garden

Combine shading, textures and interference.

Water garden / soft shadows, stone arcades and three-green planting — Water garden · light, texture & interference

Edges & Visibility

Occlusion

Hide occluded lines automatically.

Just the lines — Occlusion on

Selected edges

Keep useful edges and hide construction lines.

Force Draw

Foreground & background

Let foreground objects hide background strokes.

Visibility / Through the colonnade — Colonnade

Visibility / A layered screen — Layered screen

Interlocking forms

Keep overlapping geometry clear and readable.

Linked orbits / spatial crown in perspective — Spatial crown

Linked orbits / three-ring weave — Three-ring weave

Linked orbits / open chain — Open chain

Camera

Perspective or orthographic

Choose perspective depth or parallel projection.

Wheel assembly / Perspective — Perspective

One- and two-point views

Compose with one or two vanishing points.

The endless hall — One-point

Lens & camera distance

Control perspective with lens and camera distance.

Colour gates / 24 mm · near — 24 mm · near

Keep the verticals parallel

Shift the frame while keeping verticals parallel.

Camera shift / Tilted camera — Tilted camera

An illustration, an elevation, a plan

Create illustrations, elevations and plans.

35 mm SLR camera / Axonometric — Axonometric

35 mm SLR camera / Front elevation — Front elevation

35 mm SLR camera / Top view — Top view

Distance & tone

Add depth with distance-based shading and fading.

Depth tone / Arcade in depth — Depth tone

Depth tone / The gallery walk — Depth tone

Textures & cards

A room for your graphics

Combine SVG textures and placed graphics.

A cosy reading corner — Reading corner

Surface textures · SVG UV

Wrap SVG patterns around curved surfaces.

Ceramic vase / curved shoulders — Ceramic vase

Pleated lampshade / folded surface — Pleated lampshade

Curved display / petal weave — Curved display

From source SVG to mapped artwork

Convert SVG fills into plotted hatching.

Flow label / source SVG — Original SVG

Filled SVG shapes become plotted hatching — Mapped & hatched

Placed graphics · SVG Cards

Place SVG artwork directly in your scene.

Fixed or camera-facing

Keep SVG cards fixed or facing the camera.

Arrow signs / Manual orientation — Manual orientation

Cards alongside scene geometry

Combine SVG cards with scene geometry.

Fresh market / signs, prices and stamps — Market signs & details

Camera annotations / vector callouts — Camera annotations

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