Boxcutter

Boxcutter lets artists draw Boolean cuts, slices, insets, and hard-surface forms directly in the Blender viewport.

Renderjuice Score78/100Adoption readiness

Render requirementNot needed during rendering

Boxcutter creates ordinary Blender cutter objects, mesh data, and boolean modifiers during modeling.

Inspect cutter-object and modifier render visibility before saving. Boxcutter does not normally need to run during rendering.

Alternate path: Apply the modifier stack only when a destructive flattened fallback is preferred.

Scope:

Publisher documentation review only; the proprietary add-on archive was not executed.

Blender versionsBlender 3.5–5.2

Release26: StilettoPaid one-time license

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What it does

Boxcutter is a viewport drawing tool for creating boolean cuts and hard-surface forms on Blender meshes.

Draw box, circle, polygon, and custom cutter shapes directly in the 3D Viewport.
Create cuts, slices, insets, and joins through ordinary boolean modeling workflows.
Keep cutter objects and modifiers editable until a model is ready to finalize.

Paid one-time license

Boxcutter: The publisher sells Boxcutter as a one-time marketplace purchase with free product updates.; Publisher marketplace listing

Access checked September 1, 2026.

Download the current Boxcutter archive from the publisher or marketplace where it was purchased.
Install the ZIP from Blender Preferences and enable the add-on.
Remove incompatible older copies before installing a newer release.

Select the target mesh and start Boxcutter in the 3D Viewport.
Draw and adjust the cutter, operation, and modifier behavior needed for the model.
Review cutter-object and modifier render visibility, then save the finished scene.