The JBeam editor
BeamNG modders
actually deserve.
Nodebeam Studio is a professional 3D workspace for building, editing and inspecting BeamNG JBeams — with a live viewport, FBX references, transform tools you already know, and an editor that stays in sync.
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- Unified workspace
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- JBeams shipped
Built by modders,
for serious modders.
No more juggling notepad, Blender and BeamNG at once. NBS gives you a purpose-built environment where geometry, structure and JBeam text stay perfectly in sync.
Viewport & Rendering
A performance-first 3D workspace built specifically for JBeam.
Nodes, beams, triangles, triggers and FBX meshes in one live scene.
MMB rotate, Shift+MMB pan, Ctrl+MMB zoom. Numpad snaps to orthographic views.
Frame your selection on demand — no jarring auto-snap on every click.
Nodes shrink slightly as you zoom in, keeping dense clusters workable.
Shift + RMB drag to steer viewport lighting for perfect readability.
Optimized selection, transforms and edits for large JBeam structures.
Editing & Transforms
Modeling-grade tools mapped onto the JBeam workflow.
Syntax highlighting, line numbers, search, and two-way viewport sync.
Press G then X/Y/Z. Left-click / Enter to confirm, Esc to cancel.
S then axis. Hold Shift for ultra-fine adjustments.
R then axis. Pivots around the average selected-node position.
Place a cursor at a node or the selection average, then scale to 0 to align.
Mirror nodes, beams and tris across an axis with pre-apply preview.
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y across editor and viewport, including hidden-node changes.
Selection & Visibility
Get to exactly what you need to edit, instantly.
Click, Shift-click, Ctrl-click deselect, or drag-select groups.
Hide selection plus connected beams and tris. Alt+H unhides all.
Toggle labels that hug nodes and render above tris for readability.
Filter by normal, support, hydro, bounded and more.
Use //--SUPPORT BEAMS--// style comments to filter sections at will.
Show or hide individual JBeam parts when working with multi-part files.
Alt+N names, Alt+T tris, Alt+B beams, Alt+Shift+N nodes.
Building & Geometry
Create structure without leaving the viewport.
Enable, click two nodes, and NBS inserts the beam in JBeam and viewport.
Enable, click three nodes to create a tri in editor and viewport.
Aqua = self-collision off, pink = collision off, default = active.
Right-click selection to toggle self-collision, written straight to JBeam.
Move, rotate and scale triggers/triggers2 with values written back live.
Files & Materials
Round-trip your assets without leaving NBS.
Open .jbeam files, save, reload from disk, work on many parts at once.
Drop .jbeam or .fbx anywhere. Dropping a new FBX replaces the current one.
Use FBX as a build reference. Adjust opacity to place nodes precisely.
Scan textures, generate main.materials.json, preview and merge changes.
"nodes": [
["id", "posX", "posY", "posZ"],
{"selfCollision": true},
["n01", 0.42, -0.31, 0.88],
["n02", -0.42, -0.31, 0.88],
["n03", 0.42, 0.31, 0.88],
],
"beams": [
["id1:", "id2:"],
//--SUPPORT BEAMS--//
["n01", "n02"],
["n02", "n03"],
{"beamType": "|SUPPORT"},
["n03", "n01"],
],Edit visually. Ship clean JBeam.
Every move, mirror, add-beam and self-collision toggle writes straight to the JBeam file. Rewrite a section by hand? The viewport catches up instantly. No format munging, no lost comments, no surprises.
- Comments preserved for group filtering
- Self-collision states written per-node
- Beam type & flags kept intact on edits
- Multi-part files handled side-by-side
One plan. All the tools.
Subscribe monthly. Your license key stays active as long as your subscription does.
- Full access to Nodebeam Studio
- License key delivered on purchase
- All 28+ tools and future updates
- Discord community & support
- Cancel anytime
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Yes. NBS is purpose-built for BeamNG JBeam files including nodes, beams, triangles and triggers/triggers2.
No. NBS ships with viewport controls modeled after Blender, plus FBX import so you can use existing meshes as references.
Windows 10 and 11 are fully supported today. macOS and Linux builds are on the roadmap.
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