GS CurveTools v2 just got its biggest upgrade since v1 release in 2019!

✨ New Features:

• Complete rework of GS CurveTools using fast compiled code.
• New Mesh Generator node for Cards and Tubes that is about 20x times faster than v1.3 Warp card with the same polycount.
• New attributes for cards and tubes including Curvature-based Divisions and more.
• New procedural Braid Mesh Generator node that allows for quick creation of 2, 3 and 4 strand braids with various patterns.
• New custom Deformer (Bind) node that is about 20x faster than v1.3 Bind and hosts additional parameters.
• New UV Lattice for more granular UV adjustments in the UV Editor.
• New Template system that allows to store and re-use scene-scoped templates easily.
• New Sculpt brush that allows for fast and intuitive sculpting, selection, smoothing, moving, cutting, scaling and extending NURBS curves.
• New Draw Tool that will help you quickly draw curves and templates right on the mesh surface.
• New Twist and Width manipulators that are used for precise edits of the Twist and Width graphs on all the objects.
  and more...

ArtStation Page with new features demo:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kwQd66

Release Video:
https://youtu.be/IJUIMbhT2vw

Documentation:
https://gs-curvetools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

How to install:
https://gs-curvetools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

GS CurveTools v2 was just updated to v2.0.3!

 Improvements:

• Added triangulated meshes support for Convert from Geo (not as precise as convert from quad meshes, but works)
• Lowered soft maximum value for braid frequency slider (50->25). Can still be extended by typing the value manually.

  Bugfixes:

• Fix Duplicate command when CVs are selected. Will switch to object selection automatically now.
• Fix Convert from Geo and Unpack length divisions calculations. Will now match the original geo closely.

GS CurveTools v2 was just updated to v2.0.2!

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed Mirror not accounting for twist and v-offset.
• Fixed Orient to Normals unnecessary warning messages.

Just released a small hotfix for GS CurveTools v2 (v2.0.1)

BUGFIXES:

• Fixes the bug with marking menu hotkeys not working properly when modifier key was used (Alt, Ctrl, Shift).

GS CurveTools was just updated to version 1.3.19!

Just a small bugfix this time, while other more exciting features are in development.

Bug Fixes:

• Mirror function reset pivot bug was fixed. Mirror operation should be about twice as fast now.

GS Toolbox was just updated to support Maya 2027!

There is a new initialize command:

import gs_toolbox.init as tb_init;tb_init.Init();

Other minor changes to the code and cleanup as well.

GS CurveTools v1.3.18 - Maya 2027 Support

GS CurveTools was just updated to v1.3.18 and now officially supports Maya 2027!

Please report bugs.

Full changelog:

New Features:

• Maya 2027 support. Please report bugs.

IMPORTANT:

• There is a new init command for Maya 2027. Please check the docs or readme.txt.

Bug Fixes:

• Any tweaks will now be applied when using mirror function. Should fix deformations during mirror when third party tools are used.
• Disable OpenGL for UV editor on Mac. Unfortunately, Mac is not compatible in this case.
• On window restore (Maya restart) the letter/number option in Layers will now be restored properly.

GS CurveTools v1.3.17 update is here!

New Features:

• Persistent UI: Main window and Curve Control window will now persist between Maya sessions. This includes docked position.
• Restore Selected Curves: Curves, Tubes and Bind objects can now be restored using Options -> Restore Selected Curves. For example if construction history was accidentally cleared.
• Scaling: Selected Curves, Tubes, Bind objects and regular Geo can now be scaled as one using Scaling tab in Curve Control Window.
  • Scaling can be performed from bounding box, pivots or custom center point.
  • Shift + Click will invert the scaling (1/scale).
  • Hotkeys for both direct and inverted scaling are available.
• New Graphs: Added a new and improved graph for Twist, Width and Profile with better controls, responsiveness, box selection, and right-click point deletion.
• UV Editor: UV item (rectangle) fill color will now become transparent if full black color is selected in the Options.
• Dynamic Divisions Multiplier: Added a new input field to Curve Control Window - Dynamic Divisions Multiplier. This will allow for more granular control over the number of divisions when Dynamic Divisions (Auto) are enabled.

Improvements:

• Advanced Visibility: Hotkeys can now work without Curve Control Window opened.
• Orient to Normals: Updated the algorithm for faster and more accurate orientation.
• Rebuild Curve: Rebuild slider will now automatically remove construction history and any tweaks from curves.

Bug Fixes:

• Color Mode: Fixed Add to Layer error on new cards when color mode is enabled.
• Regroup/Extract: Improved collection sanitization to handle leading numbers in names and fixed failures when working with namespaces.
• Conversion: Fixed dialog branching and issues with dynamic divisions/auto-sampling in creation.
• Python 2: Various fixes for Python 2 compatibility.

GS CurveTools and GS Toolbox -50% sale!

Cyber days are here and traditionally there is a -50% on both GS CurveTools and GS Toolbox!

Until December 05

GS CurveTools v1.3.16 - Reduce and Extend from Root

Hello everyone!

GS CurveTools just had a new update! Reduce and Extend functions can now work from the Root of the card (Shift+Click). Also added dedicated hotkeys for this functionality.

Unfortunately, I had to disable GPU acceleration for the UV Editor since it had some issues with Maya 2018-2024. Maya 2025-2026 works as expected and you can enjoy much faster UV Editor experience.

Full Changelog:

✨ New Features:

• Added Reduce and Extend from the Root (Shift + Click)
• Added Reduce and Extend from the Root Hotkeys

📝Improvements:

• Options are now saved as json file in prefs folder (more minor improvements there)
• Better logging handling if user has non-English Maya and Python 2 (unicode handling).

🐛Bug Fixes:

• Disabled UV Editor GPU acceleration in Maya 2018-2024 for now. 2025 and 2026 still benefit from faster UV Editor. Will investigate further how to fix 2018-2024.
• Fixed add/fill failing with wrong selection.
• Fixed group and regroup by layer error when wrong curves were selected.
• Fixed scale factor and precision failing if wrong curves were selected.
• Fixed subdivide failing with wrong selection.