Camera Array Tool

This add-on creates camera arrays by generating a camera at the center of each polygon on a selected 3D mesh. Users can align the cameras to point inward or outward along surface normals. The tool includes pre-configured array shapes and maintains live links so cameras follow the object during translation, scaling, or editing. Core camera properties, such as focal length, can be adjusted for the entire array simultaneously.

The tool is specifically designed for 3D and 4D Gaussian Splatting and NeRF workflows. It exports rendered image sequences alongside COLMAP feature data, including cameras.txt, images.txt, and point3D.txt. Generating colored point clouds with configurable density sliders allows users to bypass the Structure from Motion (SfM) phase in external trainers like Postshot or NeRF Studio. Users can also bake array setups into a single animated camera path for alternative rendering methods.