The 'Why is it floating?!' Problem in Blender — I Made a Free Add-on for That

Mitarashi6bear — Fri, 22 May 2026 06:15:12 +0000

Have you ever run into any of these situations in Blender?

You placed an object at Z = 0, but it's floating in the air (or half-buried in the floor)
An imported model has its origin at the mesh center instead of the bottom
You tried to move the origin to the bottom, and it took way more steps than it should

If the origin is at the bottom center, you can just snap it to Z = 0 and it sits perfectly on the floor.
But getting there requires a few annoying steps:

Switch to Edit Mode, select the bottom face/vertices, and snap the 3D Cursor there
Switch back to Object Mode and set the origin to the 3D Cursor

When you're building an interior scene with a bunch of furniture, doing this over and over gets old fast.

So I made an add-on that handles it with a right-click.

Origin to Bottom Center

A simple Blender add-on that automatically moves an object's origin to the center of its lowest point (bottom face).

Select multiple objects and it updates each one individually — no need to do them one by one.

When it comes in handy

Placing furniture and props
With the origin at the bottom, dropping something at Z = 0 places it perfectly on the floor. No manual height adjustment needed.

Fixing imported models
Models from other apps often have inconsistent origin positions. Select them all and fix in one shot.

Organizing a scene
When arranging multiple objects side by side, having consistent origin positions makes placement a lot easier.

Download (Free)

Available for free on Booth:

👉 https://epartworks.booth.pm/items/8275371

Wrapping up

I'm planning to keep building small add-ons for operations that feel like they should be in Blender already but aren't.

If this was useful, a follow would make my day 😊

Hello! I'm a balloon artist who started 3D modeling

Mitarashi6bear — Thu, 21 May 2026 12:08:08 +0000

Hi, I'm mitarashi6bear 👋
I'm from Japan.

What I do

My main job is balloon art — creating various characters and figures using balloons to entertain people. It's a craft built around making 3D forms from scratch.

That love of building shapes naturally pulled me toward Blender. I started learning 3D modeling as a hobby, and now I occasionally take small commissions too. Going from physical sculpture to digital felt surprisingly fun — the mindset of "how do I build this shape?" carries over really well.

Why I started making add-ons

Recently I started developing Blender add-ons, and the reason is pretty simple: I kept running into small workflow annoyances that Blender doesn't handle out of the box.

Things like:

Reloading textures from an external app requires clicking through several menus every single time
Moving an object's origin to its bottom center (super common when placing props) takes more steps than it should

So I just... fixed them. Nothing fancy, just small tools to remove the friction from my own workflow. If they're useful to others, great.

What I'll be posting here

Blender add-on releases and explanations
Small Blender tips I pick up while learning
Maybe some thoughts on the overlap between physical craft and 3D modeling

I'm still very much learning, so expect a mix of "here's a tool I made" and "here's something that confused me for way too long."

My add-ons are available on Gumroad:
👉 https://epartworks.gumroad.com

Nice to meet you all!

Forem: Mitarashi6bear