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nerdyboi

11/7/2025

Snap to Detected Objects

Could OpenBrush detect existing surfaces (wall, floor, etc) and give us an option we can toggle on/off to use them as workplanes? Perhaps if the Workplane dialog is open, have the area pointed at glow blue and show a use wall as workplane dialog.

nerdyboi

11/7/2025

Snap To Common Angles + Show Angle Measure

I use OpenBrush for math/technical drawings… it would be useful if, after starting a line snapped to a stroke, the angle would snap to common angles (multiples of 45, multiples of 30, multiples of 60, multiples of 90) and the angle was drawn in OpenBrush like how the Straightedge tool gives measured length....

松田浩二

10/28/2025

Displaying Work Size When Loading from ICOSA

Loading large works into standalone Quest can cause issues, so I would like to see a size level indicator when loading from ICOSA within OpenBrush.

andybak

10/19/2025

Snapping the start of straightedge lines to existing straightedge line end point

See https://discord.com/channels/783806589991780412/1427433660260552705/1427668491137454210

nerdyboi

10/17/2025

API quality of life updates

The API right now is really impressive, and I love the ability to reload my code in real time with every change so that development is as easy as just putting down the headset! The console placement is also excellent. After spending ~5 hours working with the plugin API, though, I have some suggestions: 1. EASY PRIMITIVE DRAWING FOR PLUGIN UI. I would like it so that if the API needs to draw a sphere, cube, or circle, I can just specify a Vector3D and change one other parameter to have the shape be filled or hollow. Another parameter should be color (RGBA). The texture doesn’t matter – the purpose is entirely UI. (although I guess some folks are going to want to be able to change the texture, because no one really wants to define how to draw a cube path by path themselves). ...

nerdyboi

10/14/2025

Merge repaint functionality into Palette Menu

A specific repaint tool doesn’t make sense… instead, if strokes are selected, changing the selected color/stroke/thickness should change those attributes. There should also be a delete button in the toolbar, as an alternative to the throw away gesture This is how vector drawing programs like Inkscape handle redrawing, and how we should too. IMO this should be our design philosophy: try to merge tools when possible to make open paint more intuitive for digital artists…...

nerdyboi

10/13/2025

Angle Snapping for Straightedge Lines

Hi, I am a STEM major who uses OpenBrush for scientific drawings. It would be great if there was a setting to snap the x, y, and z angle while drawing straightedge lines so that I can draw accurate perpendiculars in scale drawings. I’m using OpenBrush for multiple projects so, even if it’s not polished, I’d appreciate a bare-bones version whenever it’s ready… I’m happy to beta or alpha-test....

John Wu

9/26/2025

[discord feature req] Better alternative to AnswerOverflow

Hey team, I’m currently building Paladin. I noticed this forum is synced to the web with AnswerOverflow. Paladin makes forums cleaner, easier to browse, and simpler to moderate directly from the web. It’s completely free to use and can either complement your existing setup or run on its own. If you want, you can try it yourself in a few minutes, or I can spin up a demo and show you how it works, no pressure either way 😀...

skipperleigh

8/30/2025

Dual handed painting.

Perhaps a way to turn off the pallete and use the other controller as a 2nd brush.

Libellule86

8/18/2025

A static camera for snapshot please ! :D

Hello ! I am experimenting stuffs with particule systems based on openbrush sketches ! It would be great if I could take pictures directly inside Openbrush at the exact same position ^^ Maybe there is a way I don't know ? Thanks in advance !

Matt Foreman | VELOCIBLASTER💥🦖

8/5/2025

Multiplayer - Support loading different sketches while in a multiplayer session

For multiplayer, it would be really nice if the room host could load any sketch they like while everyone is connected to the multiplayer room. The sketchbook button appears to be disabled while in multiplayer. To change the sketch, we both had to leave the room, I would load another sketch then re-join the room before they did, then they would join. It would be a much better user experience if different sketches could be loaded during a multiplayer session.

Zeldya

6/3/2025

Saving menu panels

Hi, I use to add and move my menu panels everytime I launch openbrush. It only takes 30 seconds but I have to set everything everytime, even If I crash or have a bug. In this last cases, it's a bit frustrating so it can be very comfortable to users if there is a way to save the menu panels so we don't need to replace tiles....

Mimienco

4/1/2025

Voice recording and keyboard input

It would be nice if one could like record his voice and place is as a speaker emoji in the room. Also also like keyboard and textboxes to input some text would be great.

Vortex

3/23/2025

Auto Fill Guide

Just an option maybe in Guide settings to auto fill guides with brush and color options. Cheers!...

Vortex

3/22/2025

Pyramid Guide

Som sort of flat triangle plane and triangle guides would be nice, like making the points of a fortress or castle. Also an auto fill option for guides would be nice. ...

Sean Rodrigo

3/15/2025

Sample colour from passthrough mode camera

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christoph-spinger-280621190_the-color-picker-from-meta-is-incredibly-ugcPost-7306687901566668800-ILWI?utm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAACeR4iMBesvnaA9h3lQQQzWSWXmlVSswYik&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=copy_link

andybak

2/24/2025

[PLEASE READ] How to get your wishes granted more quickly

The best way to ensure we can deliver features more quickly is to help out. Currently almost nobody is pitching in and contributing. So - development is slow. Every hour we spend doing things other than coding is time lost. Developers shouldn't be spending their limited time writing tutorials, testing, answering community questions, doing social media etc etc. Other members of the community could be doing most of this. Please help if you can! Not sure how? See https://docs.openbrush.app/get-involved or just ask. 🙂 ...

Mana👽

1/28/2025

Move the planet in the space environment

Hi, I know this isnt exactly a feature, but i really love the space environment except for the large planet that always ends up in the scene. sometimes ill move my entire drawing upwards to avoid this planet but sometimes thats not easy to do (when i also have camera paths to move for example)

Zandy

1/17/2025

Use the Passthrough Brush as a Boolean Tool Modifier for Export

Would be great to be able to use the passthrough brush as a boolean tool for export. Been doing some wild things with passthrough and will post more soon. Instead of exporting the brush strokes as a passthrough shader, the ability to toggle the strokes as a boolean would be awesome. More precise than the snip tool as well.

Zandy

1/12/2025

Enable/Disable Toggle in Camera Settings

Would be helpful if we could toggle whether reference photos are visible in the output camera when painting Live in VR or in Mixed Reality.

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Chat, contribute to or get help with Open Brush, Open Blocks and Icosa Gallery. Open source creative tools. VR & not-VR

Open Brush, Open Blocks, Icosa Gallery

Chat, contribute to or get help with Open Brush, Open Blocks and Icosa Gallery. Open source creative tools. VR & not-VR