What if making laces could actually be satisfying!

• fully procedural
• consistent trim UVs
• rich customization
• fast and easy to use

Customize the look:

Aaand customize some more:

This tool works as an asset in Blender.

How to set it up:

Step 1:

Create a folder and drop LacesGenerator.blend into it.

Step 2:

Set the folder containing LacesGenerator.blend as your asset library in Blender's Preferences->File Paths->Asset Libraries.

Step 3:

How to use:

Laces are generated by adding cuts to the mesh in edit mode.

Geonodes setup in modifier tab lets you further adjust the shape of the laces.

You can also drop your own meshes into Aglet and Eyelet sockets to customize your model. 

Troubleshoot:

Note that this asset is compatible with Blender 3.5+. It won't work on previous versions. 

Laces Generator uses underlying UVs to place the laces along the mesh, if some weird behaviour occurs, it most probably would be related to the UVs.

In this example select "Merge UVs" when collapsing edges.

Also uncheck "Correct UVs" when using Edge Slide:

See also: