Modo Clipboard

This kit provides the ability to transfer mesh data between Modo and Blender via an external clipboard. When you execute the Copy command, the mesh data to be transferred is converted to JSON format text data and saved to a temporary file or the OS clipboard. When you execute the Paste command, the saved clipboard data is created in the current mesh item or a new mesh item. The selected polygons of the selected meshes will be output.

The external clipboard for Blender is provided as part of YT-Tools for Blender.

👉 Source & updates: https://github.com/tazee/ModoClipboard

✨Key Features

The following data is import and export:

Vertex

Vertex position data is output. Modo's coordinate system is right-handed and Y-Up. The coordinate system will be converted when loading into Blender.

Polygon

The selected polygon data for faces and subdivision surfaces will be output. Other polygons such as curves are not supported. All surface polygons are output as Faces.

Morph

Relative and absolute morph data is output as Shapekey data.

Weight

Vertex weight map is output as Blender Vertex Group data.

Subdivision Weight

Subdivision Edge Weight map data is output as Blender's Crease Edge.

Material

Material and texture data are output. Only diffuse color and the texture file path are supported.

UV Map

UV maps is output as Blender UV Set data.

Freestyle edge

Import Freestyle edges from Blender into edge selection set vmap named "_Freestyle". If an edge selection set named "_Freestyle" is in the current mesh, it will be output as Freestyle data.

RGB, RGBA Map

RGB, RGBA maps are output as Blender Color Attributes data with Face_Corner domain.

Selection Sets

Selection Sets for vertex, edge and polygon are output to the selection set feature of YT-Tools for Blender

UV Seam

The primary UV Seam map or the UV Seam with "_Seam" name is output to edge seam mark of Blender

🔩 Command Options

Cut, Copy

Copy and Cut export the currently selected polygons or all mesh data to the clipboard. Cut exports the data and then deletes the currently selected polygon data.

Paste

Imports mesh data from the clipboard and constructs it onto the currently selected mesh.

New Mesh from Clipboard

Builds the mesh imported from the clipboard into a newly created mesh item, replacing the current mesh.

Type

Specifies the type of external clipboard. The default is Temporary File. If you specify OS Clipboard, the converted JSON text data will be used on the OS standard clipboard. This can be used to check or modify the copied data.

📥 Installation & Use

1. Click the Download button (enter $0 for free or choose optional tip)
2. Download the LPK file
3. Drag & drop into any Modo viewport
4. Restart Modo → The clipboard panel can be displayed by clicking the clipboard icon in the Kits icon in the upper right corner of the screen.

🔄 If upgrading from an earlier version, please uninstall the old version first.