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24 questions linked to/from How to approach the modeling of duct work, piping, wiring?
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How to edit Parameters for an Object after it is created?
When you first add a cylinder, you have the option to change the number of vertices, etc, but once you do anything else in blender, it seems you no longer can edit those parameters.
Is there a ...
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How can I make a round pipe? [duplicate]
I am trying to make a roundish pipe for my project. I am not very experienced in Blender yet and this project is very ambitious for me.
Basically, I am trying to make Pathfinder from Apex Legends, and ...
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How to get a flexible tube to follow a curved path?
Problem: I'm trying to make a flexible tube follow a path I've made with the Path tool (Add > Curve > Path) but even though I've followed a variety of tutorials I can't figure out why my curve just ...
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How would I smooth a 90 degree pipe angle?
I would like to smooth out this pipe. I know that I should have made it out of a curve. Is there any way to smooth the pipe?
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What is the fastest way to create a 90° joint?
I often want to create joints like this:
Since I end up making these more than a little, I'd like a fast way to do it (i.e. on the order of < 10 seconds)
I've found a couple tools which come ...
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Merge two cylinder into a joint [duplicate]
How would I go about merging two cylinders in order to achieve a result similar to the joint in the highlighted part in this image?
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Joining two cylinder at 45 degree angle
I'm trying to join these two cylinders together. I tried the pipe joint mesh but the diameter will not go small enough.
Equally, is there is a way to extrude the face of the top cylinder vertically ...
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How to make a cross tee pipe fitting in Blender?
When I try to do it, it looks VERY sloppy. I assume there's an easy way, I just don't know how.
Here is kind of what I'm going for:
It can't have a lot of faces though so the Subdivide modifier is ...
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How to bend a tube with consistent thickness?
Modelling a Newton's cradle, but i can't seem to create the stand shape:
I have tried to use a path, and got this result:
It looks pretty good until you reach the top, where it is flat. The ...
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How to curve a cylinder
I am new to blender and I want to curve a cylinder like in the image below
Any help will be appreciated
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Bevel not working
I am trying to make a curved pipe out of this line below :
I made that line by deleting vertices from a cube
I wanted to curve those angles through bevel mode but when I press Ctrl + B, that ...
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What's the best way to model complicated pipes? [duplicate]
I've been trying to model a realistic rocket engine and if you've never seen a rocket engine before, they have some really complicated plumbing structure.
I've tried getting some crazy shapes using ...
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Create Outer Envelope of a Complex Object?
Given an complex shape that has unwanted inner structure inside the skin, I'd like to create an outer 'envelope' of the surface that ignores that internal structure. e.g. imagine a bunch of ...
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Possible to rotate middle loop of cylinder (for example) to rotate whole top part
Is it possible to get the top to follow the normal of the edge loop, so it rotates kind of like this?
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Hard transitions at 90° Curvatures using Spin Tool [duplicate]
I wanted to create a simple handle using the Spin Tool and if Shade Smooth or Subdivision Surface is used, there are some hard transitions at the inside of the curvature (where many Verts are placed ...
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