Choose Your First PME Project

Pie Menu Editor is a workflow builder for Blender. A Pie Menu is the easiest place to begin, but the same system can combine operations, expose useful properties, change behavior by context, or put a small panel of your own controls where you work.

Pick one thing that slows you down in Blender and start there.

Choose one small win

Put frequent commands around one key

Build a small Pie Menu for one job: transforms, selection, viewport display, or sculpt brushes.

• Build the first useful menu step by step
• Use the Slot Editor tab reference when you need it
• Choose Pie, Popup, or Dialog Mode
• Put several related buttons in one Pie direction

Turn a repeated sequence into one action

Use a Macro when you always run the same two or three operations together.

• Run a Macro from a menu or panel item
• Move longer logic into an external script

Gather related controls in one place

PME can expose properties and panels, not only launch commands.

• See the Transform Preset
• Create a Sidebar Panel Group
• Make a Property slider
• Put editable object dimensions in a PME layout

Get more behavior from one shortcut

Once the basic menu feels natural, try repeated presses or press-and-release behavior.

• Cycle actions with a Stack Key
• Temporarily change a property with a Sticky Key
• Open the same menu from a second shortcut

See the range before choosing

• Examples and Showcases starts from concrete setups and explains the pattern behind them.
• Name an object while creating it shows how a two-action idea can prevent later cleanup.
• The current PME capability tour introduces menus, dialogs, shortcut behaviors, automation, panels, and properties.
• The original Post 1 is a good historical tour of the ideas behind PME.
• The original PME documentation archive preserves the historical editor reference and terminology.
• The original video playlist shows menus, dialogs, Macros, Stack Keys, and Sticky Keys in motion.

The original post and videos show earlier PME and Blender interfaces. Use them for ideas, and use the current documentation for version-specific controls.

Where to go next

• Start from a symptom when something does not work.
• Browse code examples when the normal editors no longer cover the job.
• Explore by capability, year, or contributor when you want to wander.

Installation and updates

Use the current installation instructions for the PME version you are installing. If you already have an older PME setup, use the migration and backup procedure.