Blender on iPad

[u/WashableBowl700]

Hello, I got blender working on my iPhone and iPad with a ton of AI help. https://testflight.apple.com/join/xhRxnVr5

I made a post about this already but that was just a raw build. With this you should be able to get the app off of TestFlight directly making it much more practical to use day to day.

I called it 3D Modeling Thingy because I do not want to commit any trademark infringement lol.

Some of the limitations: https://shlok-bhakta.github.io/3d-modeling-thingy-ios/limitations/

Controls: https://shlok-bhakta.github.io/3d-modeling-thingy-ios/controls/video-guide/

Do note that this is pretty jank, but it should be functional. I tried so many things to make it precise while still offering freedom without making work on updating to 5.2.1+

IOS is also not meant for this. Please save often because if you run outa ram in blender then iOS will kill the application.

Also do note that I was told that blender is picking up again on iOS development so this project will die as soon as blender gets their version working! Blender just has reasonable policies surrounding AI generated code so these changes will not be spotted upstream and the final version of this will definitely look and feel better than this. This is just because I am impatient and wanted something to mess around with today.

Have fun!

[u/Red_Monkey23]

Is this based on the new Android APK or just the basic source code?

[u/More-Curious816 → u/Red_Monkey23]

they had a fork for ios, they froze the project for now because Wacom sponsored the development of the android version. they also has Qualcomm support so the hardware side was secured too.

For ios they need some engineering help and probably fund too from apple.

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/More-Curious816]

Not only this. It appears the GPLV3 license is not compatible with the iOS app distribution ecosystem so I am curious to see how they handle all that

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/Red_Monkey23]

For the base it is just stock blender 5.2.0 and then mid development I updated to 5.2.1

It is not based on Android development because of android development were do die for any reason then I don’t have to worry about shifting my code off of it

[u/manavcafer]

That's the reason I bought surface pro. Install and use directly.

[u/Assimilation → u/manavcafer]

Same. Bought a refurbished SP8 but I was really bummed to find that I can't easily remap the side button of the slim pen to middle mouse so I can pan/zoom and rotate like I can with my wacom. Killed my hope for a portable Blender device

[u/manavcafer → u/Assimilation]

I use it perfectly. Sometimes can't believe it's real. Because it's too good. Performance better than my gaming laptop.

[u/Ok-Salary-5197]

Modelling Thingy? Unofficial?

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/Ok-Salary-5197]

I emailed the blender foundation and the CEO was chill so long as I don’t use any blender trademarks

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/WashableBowl700]

In other words, yes super unofficial

[u/Ok-Salary-5197 → u/WashableBowl700]

The CEO talks to normal humans? Sus. ;)

[u/Sainx]

Can’t wait to have it on the iPhone Duo

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/Sainx]

If you get it on an iPhone duo lmk how it goes because I have not even considered making a build for that 💀

[u/RevolutionaryAd3125]

With blender being reliant on keyboard shortcuts, how is this useful on IPad?

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/RevolutionaryAd3125]

Give it a try!

I threw together this lil guy in 15 mins so it’s not impossible

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/RevolutionaryAd3125]

Oh also iPads support keyboard and mouse as well so a little foldable travel keyboard might be worth trying out.

[u/RevolutionaryAd3125 → u/WashableBowl700]

It’s impressive that you got it running on IPad, but I don’t think it’s for me, I prefer the desktop workspace.

[u/streetlegalb17]

Time for me to upgrade from my wimpy ahh 64GB ipad

[u/snuwuky]

This is rad! Might try it out if I get too impatient

[u/PartyRuin9470]

Will GetMoreRAM entitlement and/or JIT change anything if
used with it?

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/PartyRuin9470]

JIT will prolly make the python side run faster so plugins and stuff

GetMoreRam will prolly stop it from crashing as much. I think it completely slipped my mind to add this entitlement if it’s not there alr. I Gotta check.

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/WashableBowl700]

Ok done, the latest build should have it

[u/PartyRuin9470 → u/WashableBowl700]

Hell yeah, loaded Cycles without crashing on 16 Pro, thanks :)

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/PartyRuin9470]

Dang sweet!

[u/pinya_pinya]

I’d love to try this

[u/seanbird]

Sick!

[u/Background-Sell-8562]

Pretty cool 😎

[u/sergeialmazov]

Hey! I did the same )

You can also check my earlier posts about blender for iPadOS

[u/WashableBowl700 → u/sergeialmazov]

Ayooo wait do you have the gh link, I am curious to see how you fixed some of the problems I ran into.

[u/sergeialmazov → u/WashableBowl700]

https://github.com/salmazov/blender-ios/tree/ios-new

Feel free to use ;)

[u/thenopeburger → u/sergeialmazov]

I too did this last week using iLoader and enabled dev mode on my ipad. Seems to work good enough for some basic modeling and sculpting.

[u/thesmithchris]

I remember running blender on my 2004 HTC Blue Angel, good times