Cloth NeXt
Built for Blender artists

Serious cloth simulation.
Still feels like Blender.

Cloth NeXt connects Blender to the GPU-powered PPF Contact Solver with an artist-focused workflow for cloth, cables, soft bodies and production bakes.

Install Cloth NeXt Explore the source
Blender 5.0+ Windows x64 GPL-3.0
Cloth NeXt logo
PPF Contact Solver READY
Building contact constraintsGPU accelerated
Cloth
Forces
Animated Pins
Multi-objectOne interacting solve
Transactional cacheSafe rebakes and recovery
Actionable errorsStable CNX diagnostics
Native workflowPhysics Properties first
THE WORKFLOW

Power where it matters.
Clarity everywhere else.

The solver stays technical under the hood. Cloth NeXt turns it into a workflow that makes sense from setup through playback.

01

Production Bake Companion

Follow real solver activity, system load and progress without losing control of Blender. Cancel safely when a scene exceeds its memory budget.

02

One shared simulation

Bake multiple deformables and colliders together, including Follow Animation pins.

03

Animated forces

Drive supported gravity, wind and air behavior from keyframe-ready Empty objects.

04

More than cloth

Experiment with Rod / Cable curves and volumetric Soft Bodies using the same focused interface.

05

Failures you can act on

Persistent logs and stable error codes turn a failed solve into a useful next step instead of a dead end.

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GET STARTED

Install through Blender.
Update through Blender.

Choose a repository channel, add its URL in Blender Preferences, then install Cloth NeXt from Get Extensions.

  1. 1
    Open RepositoriesPreferences → Get Extensions → Repositories
  2. 2
    Add a remote repositoryPaste the Stable URL shown below
  3. 3
    Install Cloth NeXtThe add-on can register the selected channel for future updates
Recommended repositorySTABLE
https://polyworks-art.github.io/Cloth_neXT/stable/

Stable builds are intended for regular production use.

Detailed installation guide
RELEASE CHANNELS

Pick your edge.

Channels are cumulative: Stable reaches everyone, Beta reaches Beta and Dev, and experimental snapshots stay in Dev.

STABLERECOMMENDED

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Tested releases for regular work.

BETAEARLY ACCESS

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Upcoming features with broader testing.

DEVEXPERIMENTAL

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Fresh snapshots for active bug hunting.

IMPORTANT

Cloth NeXt is the bridge.
PPF is the engine.

The PPF Contact Solver is separate software developed and distributed by ST Tech / ZOZO. Cloth NeXt never bundles or redistributes it.

Official PPF project