Metaballs Help
Getting Started
- Add primitives: Drag shapes from the tray into your scene.
- Move, scale, rotate: Use standard visionOS 26 manipulation gestures to adjust primitives.
- Edit materials: Tap a metaball to open its material settings.
- Set defaults: Tap the palette icon in the tray to choose the material for new primitives.
- Positive & negative: Use the +/- toggle to switch a metaball between additive (positive) and subtractive (negative).
- Metaballs+: Some shapes and materials are part of the Metaballs+ subscription. Think of it as a way to support indie app development and future updates to this playful tool.
Saving your work
To save the current version of your scene, tap the gallery icon in the toolbar. This will bring up the gallery as well as save the current state of your scene. Please note that if you work on a scene and leave the app, the scene does not 'autosave' at this time. Note that we may change this behavior in future versions – but for now, we've opted to have this be a manual step. Please check back soon, as this help file will be updated with new releases of the app.
Export
Metaballs v1.2 now supports USDZ and STL export!
- USDZ:Universal format that's viewable on device with the same materials as in the app, and can be brought into desktop content creation software for further exploration.
- STL:Common 3D printing format. (Not viewable on device.)
If you do not see these two export options, please make sure you're updated to the latest version of the app.
Feedback
Have ideas for features or improvements? We’d love to hear from you: hello@apposite.ai