Blender

AST for your Blender workflow

Aviz Studio Tools brings procedural modeling, cutout image placement and AI image workflows into Blender. Create tiled surfaces with ATiles, populate your scenes with A2Dimage, and explore render variations with AImagine.

The tools are grouped in the AST tab of the 3D View sidebar, so you can move between them as your scene develops.

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Support the project

Aviz Studio Tools for Blender is free to use. No purchase or subscription is required.

For paid development of custom tools or improvements to your workflow, contact us.

If you also use 3ds Max, explore the subscriptions for Aviz Studio Tools for 3ds Max.

Help with the tools

Use the existing tool pages for videos, parameter descriptions and workflow examples. Most parameters and techniques are shared with the 3ds Max versions; the Blender panels and installation steps differ.

ATiles – create and edit procedural tiling.
A2Dimage – place and align cutout image planes.
AImagine – configure APIs and work with AI images.

Included Tools

Version 1.0.0 includes three tools. Each has its own panel and workflow within the same extension.

Tool	What it does	Availability
ATiles	Creates procedural tiles and repeated geometry with Geometry Nodes, bundled tile libraries, and editable placement and clipping controls.	Included
A2Dimage	Places transparent images as cutout planes, with alpha-based anchoring, folder navigation, and view, camera or object tracking.	Included
AImagine	Uses prompts, images, renders and viewport captures with user-configured AI APIs, and provides a two-image comparison window.	Included AI provider setup required

The extension is free to use for commercial and non-commercial work. No Aviz Studio subscription or activation is required.

AImagine connects to services you configure. Cloud providers may require an account, API key and paid usage. Local ComfyUI workflows require your own ComfyUI installation and models. Provider costs are separate from the extension.

Installation in Blender

Download Aviz Studio Tools for your platform and install the ZIP directly in Blender. The tools are free to use, with no subscription or activation required.

Open the latest release on GitHub and choose the ZIP for your platform under Assets. Check that release’s Blender requirements before installing.

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Choose the ZIP matching your operating system and Blender architecture. Keep the ZIP compressed. On GitHub, use the platform files under Assets, rather than the automatic Source code archives.

Install Aviz Studio Tools for Blender

Click Download Latest Version and choose the ZIP for your platform under Assets.
In Blender, open Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions.
Open the menu in the top-right corner and choose Install from Disk….
Select the downloaded ZIP and install it.
Enable Aviz Studio Tools if it is not enabled automatically.
Return to the 3D View, press N and open the AST tab.

AImagine requirements

AImagine requires a configured AI provider or local ComfyUI setup. Provider accounts, API keys and usage charges may apply. Enable Blender’s Allow Online Access setting to use Generate and Test API.

Update or uninstall

Use Download Latest Version to get the current release. Save your work, close AImagine and restart Blender before installing an update using Install from Disk…. Restart Blender after installation if requested. Updates are downloaded manually. To disable or uninstall the extension, find Aviz Studio Tools under Preferences > Add-ons.

Getting Started

ATiles · Create a tiled surface

Open AST > ATiles and choose a creation mode.
Choose a modifier and tile geometry from the bundled libraries, or pick geometry from your scene.
Click Create and place the object in the viewport.
Adjust the Geometry Nodes parameters in the panel. Press Esc or right-click to stop creation.

A2Dimage · Place cutout images

Open AST > A2Dimage and click Select… to choose an image.
Set its dimensions and alignment options, then click Create.
Click in the viewport to place one or more planes. Press Esc or right-click to finish.
Use Material Preview or Rendered shading to see image transparency.

AImagine · Explore an image variation

Open AST > AImagine and click Open.
Use Configuration to set up an AI API, including an API key when the provider requires one.
Select an output folder. Load an image or capture a render or viewport view.
Enter a prompt, choose your API and generate an image. Compare the results in the Left and Right panels.

When online access is disabled, Generate and Test API display a message instead of starting a job. To enable it, open Edit > Preferences > System > Network and check Allow Online Access.

UI and Interface

The AST sidebar

The About panel shows the extension name and version. Expand a tool’s panel to access its controls. ATiles and A2Dimage show parameters for selected tool objects and settings used during creation.

For tool videos, parameter descriptions and detailed workflow examples, visit ATiles, A2Dimage and AImagine. Follow this page for Blender-specific installation and sidebar access.

Tips and Shortcuts

N opens or closes Blender’s 3D View sidebar.
Hold Ctrl or enable Always Snap during point-based placement to snap to vertices.
Use Esc or right-click to stop placement while keeping completed objects.
In A2Dimage, For Next Object can keep the same image, advance to the next image or choose a random image.
In AImagine, Ctrl + Enter runs the prompt, and Ctrl + Up browses prompt history.
Set AImagine’s output folder before generating images, and test a new API configuration before a longer session.

License

The extension’s Python code is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later. The bundled ATiles assets are dedicated to the public domain under CC0-1.0. Third-party dependencies retain their own licenses. The package includes the full license texts and a notice identifying the covered assets.

AI services have their own usage, privacy and licensing terms. Images and prompts used for generation are handled by the provider you configure; review those terms before sending client material.

Using Aviz Studio Tools with Blender does not imply endorsement by the Blender Foundation.