Building Digital Tools
for Visualization
Technical consulting, professional mentoring and 3D tools for Blender, Houdini and beyond, built on 25+ years of software engineering expertise.
About Configurate
Configurate is run by Mark Kingsnorth, a chartered software engineer with over 20 years of experience as a developer and technical lead across financial services, cybersecurity, and government.
In recent years, Mark has focused on developing creative tools that empower professionals, educators and hobbyists working in 3D visualization with a particular focus on the Blender ecosystem.
What We Do
From 3D tools and creative pipeline consulting to enterprise architecture, engineering leadership and professional mentoring, all grounded in 25+ years of real industry experience.
3D Tools & Creative Pipelines
Blender Add-ons
Commercial production tools trusted by 60,000+ artists worldwide. Retopology, curve lofting, mesh deformation, and more: available on the store now.
Browse the store →Technical Consulting
Pipeline design, procedural workflow architecture, and technical direction for studios and production teams. Bringing enterprise-grade systems thinking to creative workflows.
Get in touch →Bespoke Tool Development
Custom 3D tools and Python scripting for Blender, Houdini and other DCC pipelines, built to your exact requirements. From automating repetitive tasks to building complex procedural systems from scratch.
Get in touch →Enterprise 3D Support
Deployment, version compatibility, and workflow tooling support for production teams working in Blender, Houdini or other DCC environments. Stable, reliable pipelines for studios and engineering organisations.
Get in touch →Enterprise Consulting & Architecture
Technical Architecture Consulting
Senior architecture and platform design for complex, high-stakes environments. Drawing on experience as Design Authority for national-scale analytics platforms across UK government security services, including distributed systems of 1,000+ servers processing tens of billions of records per day.
Get in touch →Engineering Leadership Advisory
Practical guidance for engineering leaders on team structure, governance and technical strategy. Drawing on experience leading and restructuring engineering groups of 10–30 people and introducing formal design review and delivery frameworks in high-assurance environments.
Get in touch →Platform Migration & Modernisation
Technical leadership for legacy platform transitions and modernisation programmes. Proven track record managing large-scale migrations with operational continuity requirements, including mainframe decommissioning and transition to modern distributed architectures.
Get in touch →Mentoring & Professional Development
One-to-one mentoring for engineers pursuing IET CEng or IEng registration, career progression, and technical leadership roles. Pragmatic, grounded support from an experienced practitioner.
Get in touch →Products
A suite of Blender add-ons designed to speed up your 3D workflow.
Contact
Whether you're looking for technical consulting, career mentoring, bespoke tool development, or support with our add-ons, we'd love to hear from you.
- Email info@configurate.net
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Address
1 Price's Lane
Upton Upon Severn
Worcestershire, WR8 0LY - Company No. 13990950 (Registered in England)