Bezier Utilities is a free, open-source Blender add-on that brings Illustrator-style curve handling into Blender. If you have ever tried to draw a precise curve in Blender after using a vector program, you already know why it exists.
The Problem
Blender's curve tools were built for 3D paths, not 2D drawing. Editing handles is awkward, snapping is limited, and operations that take one click in a vector editor — splitting a path, joining two curves, aligning handles — take several here.
For anyone doing logo work, motion graphics, path-based modelling or 2D-to-3D conversion, that friction adds up fast.
What It Adds
- A flexible draw tool — place and adjust points as you go, rather than placing then fixing
- Better handle editing — align, mirror and manipulate handles predictably
- Split and join operations on existing curves
- Snapping and alignment options the built-in tools lack
- Curve maths helpers — subdividing, converting and cleaning paths
Where It Earns Its Place
Logo and typography work, where curves must be exact. Motion-graphics paths for objects to follow. Architectural and product modelling driven by profile curves. And any workflow that starts with an SVG import and needs the result cleaned up.
It is also genuinely useful for hard-surface modelling, where a clean profile curve swept or beveled produces better geometry than pushing vertices around.
Worth Knowing
It improves curve editing. It does not turn Blender into Illustrator — there is no live boolean pathfinding, no stroke-to-shape conversion, no typographic tooling. For serious vector work, draw in a vector program and import.
Being open source, it is also free to inspect and fork, and has been maintained over a long period.
Price: Free / open source · Get it: GitHub
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