Questions tagged [dimensions]
Questions related to dimensions, size or scaling of objects, curves (Graph Editor), viewport, render, image, movie, ...
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Dimensions and coordinates don't match up
We can see here that the object has a Z dimension of 2.44m, its origin thus being at 1.22m since it's bottom face is resting on the plane of 0:0:0 :
However when I select a bottom point, it shows its ...
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How to measure objects in Blender 4.2
I am looking for the option allowing a user to measure selected objects in Edit or Object mode.
It used to be in Viewport Overlays, but isn't there anymore:
I would like to display the size of the ...
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How are these measurements mathematically possible? [closed]
I just created this shape by extruding from a vertex, and the edges that are along the X and Y axes are all correct and symmetrical, but the diagonals are somehow ending up with different lengths ...
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zoom issue in blender [duplicate]
I am new to Blender and have been doing tutorials through Blender Guru. I am working on the chair tutorial and have encountered a problem I've never had.
For some reason my mouse is not able to zoom ...
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is there a way to know how many pixels are selected when cropping to render region?
is there a way to know how many pixels are selected when cropping to render region? is there an add-on which shows how much of the area is selected. When I try to select an area to make a perfect ...
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Adjust the bounding box dimensions of object manualy without affecting size of the mesh
I got a equilateral triangle (all measuring the same length) with the (bounding box) size of 10,10,8.66. I need it to stay this size since I am using it in a Lua script. The problem is, i want the ...
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Object dimensions not changing with subsurf modifier
I'm writing an addon that checks anytime the active objects dimensions change and updates some properties, I'm doing this with depsgraph_update_pre and ...
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how do I change the dimensions of several selected identical objects - como altero as dimensões de vários objetos iguais selecionados
quando seleciono vários e modifico ele altera só de 1 objeto / When I select several and modify it, it only changes 1 object
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How do I change the dimensions of an object without affecting the dimensions of an interior window?
I have a rectangular object that measures 265.3m wide x 74m tall. That rectangle has a window cutout within it that is 51m wide by 40m tall. I am trying to resize the 265.3m width of the rectangle to ...
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Measurement and dimension is off [duplicate]
My object measures 300 mm high but in the dimensions it is registering at 151mm. how do I make them matchup? why are they different?
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Rotating bone in pose mode changes dimensions
When I rotate a bone in pose mode, it changes the dimensions as well. Is this normal? How do I prevent this? Does it have to do with the dimensions or the scale I have for the bone?
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How do I get a reference to the original object of a collection instance?
You can use Object.instance_collection to get the "reference to the original collection", but how do I get a reference to the original object itself?
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How can I know which imperial units my dimensions are in Blender?
I watched a tutorial in which the tutor put 10ft saying the Blender would convert it automatically, the Imperial units were initially in meters. But I wasn't able to to that, the command is not ...
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Usage of indoor HDRI for correct dimensions
Right now, I'm using Blender to render objects I drew (even with other softwares) in order to produce images (or videos) that help to understand the real size of the object in a known context. For ...
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How to get the x length of a slice of an object, using python?
If I had a complex object, and it's axises aligned. How can I get the x length or coordinates given a z coordinate?
For example, how can I get the x length of object's slice , given z=-1, y= -2?
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Place objects in an obj scene, with real dimensions
I've got a mesh of my living room and I'm trying to add some furnitures in the scene, in a very basic way: a furniture is represented as a box.
But I want to have exact proportions for each furniture ...
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How do I set global scale dimensions for 3d printing 1:1?
I try to prototype in Blender for later exporting it into STL files. I tried the Bolt Factory add-on, but I have no idea if my settings will export properly. When I transform the object using ...
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Can I get unsheared dimensions on an object?
I would like to be able to get the original dimensions of an object after shear has been applied.
The dimensions of the new object are now different from the original cube. Can I determine what the ...
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How to create a Heptacube using Python?
I'm trying to create a Heptacube or a 7-dimensional cube in Blender. This would not be easy to model so I used Chat GPT's codex to give me the vertices, edges, and faces of a Heptacube and all the ...
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Changing render image dimensions seems to change borders around a fixed image [duplicate]
I'm working on a scene and had run some test renders at 1920x1080. After some more work, I tried to render at 3840x2160 and I am seeing a transparency box around an otherwise 1080p image:
I'm also ...
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How to export an UV layout with the same size as the original 3D object
I'm using the UV unwrap function to get the 2D template of my 3D object.
After this I export the UV layout as an .svg so I can reload this in blender and make a mesh out of it which can be used for 3D-...
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blender UV sphere doesn't have equal dimensions
I'm trying to make precise models of lab glassware to ISO specs and I've noticed that when I create a UV-sphere and look at it's dimensions, they aren't actually equal. The y and z dimensions are ...
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Don't see "Dimensions" in Transform (N) pannel - checked
I'm newbee here and already have some troubles with "Dimensions" panel - the thing is that I haven't it by some reason. What I did wrong?
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Get the XYZ Dimensions of an Object and Rename to those values?
Very new to scripting but utilize it's magic in nearly every .blend
I think most of us are familiar with Quixel's awful naming conventions but to give a sense of size in the Asset Browser, I figured ...
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Position instances of different dimensions side by side
I'm trying to position the instances based on where the neighbor instance is respecting its boundaries. If all instances in the collection had the same dimensions i could simply multiply the count of ...
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Can I create an Earth Model with the exact size of earth (i.e. radius of 6,371km)? How?
I am trying to create a real model of earth including core layers and topographic surface but I need to have it done to scale but when I adjusted the radius of the sphere to 6371km it disappeared ...
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Scale group of objects to size
I'd like to scale up a few text objects to a certain total X dimension, keeping aspect.
Selecting all allows scaling as group, but this only affects scale factor and as such does not allow an exact ...
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Programmatically created extruded text's Z dimension returns zero
With Blender 3.2.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 I am creating text using bpy.data.curves.new, bpy.data.objects.new and ...
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bpy object dimensions in Python script does not match the actual dimensions
I am currently writing a Python script using bpy and running it on Blender 3.1.2. I have imported an object of type CURVE from another .blend file and I need to find its dimensions in the current ...
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What is the way to undo Object -> Scale -> Apply, so I can see the actual dimensions of an object, and not (1,1,1)?
I'm working through the book Blender 3D By Example, Second Edition. The second major project is a "time machine". One set of steps is to set the scale for objects to 1,1,1. The author states ...
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Visualizing a 4D object in 3D space using Blender
Out of curiosity i am trying to visualize a 4D object in 3D space in Blender. I got the idea from and used some parts of the work done by Oleg Rybkin which can be found here: https://github.com/...
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Change Number Rounding Display Resolution in the Transform Panel
Is it possible to adjust the number of decimal places that are displayed for the "Dimensions" values in the transform window (N panel)? Location, Rotation, and Scale are all displayed with ...
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Set dimensions in Edit Mode
In object mode you can set the dimension in the item bar. But in edit mode you can't select something, like edges or faces and apply an specific dimension.
As far as I could search, I found this Edit ...
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Using object dimensions in geometry nodes (Blender 3.x)
I am looking to use map data from the blender-osm addon to obtain the height of buildings.
When the buildings are generated, their Scales are set to 1 while their Dimensions contain "real-world&...
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How do I enter numbers to enter size dimensions? [duplicate]
I have a cylinder on the Plater. Where do I enter a size dimension numbers?
A search has many hits with advanced info. I'm seeking basic info.
I have viewed Changing Specific Cylinder Radius or ...
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How can I stop the torus minor radius default from changing (if I even can)?
When I add a new torus mesh and change the minor radius, any subsequent toruses I add have that same minor radius instead of the original default. Can that be stopped and if so, how? Pls and ty!
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How do I fix my object dimensions to fit real dimensions? [duplicate]
I have an object (an eggshell fragment) that I want to scale to its real size to get a volume calculation. I pulled the mesh as an STL file from another software and the scale is completely wrong, but ...
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AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'dimensions' [closed]
i have a bpy code for taking in objects and exporting their bounding box as a .obj, but i keep getting this error whenever i try to copy the dimensions of the mesh:
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Length of edges not logical compared to dimension of object
I am trying to create a object with some precise dimensions.
Therefore, I need to also know precise lengths from the edges.
I found out how ot display them, but the values there just don't make any ...
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Setting translation overrides scaling
With the default scene with the cube selected, consider this script:
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Exporting data: looping through objects gets wrong data for very last object
Many thanks to Martynas Žiemys for his answer here:
how can I export object position info from blender to text file?
which basically works for me, however I have an issue when the very last object ...
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Paste Dimensions from One Object to Another?
I know how to copy Loc/Rot/Scale from one object to another (select the one, then the other, then choose "copy to selected")... but this option does not present itself in the Dimensions ...
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How to copy object's dimension from another object?
I am learning Blender and just stuck on one thing.
I have two Objects (A and B), A's length is 400 and B's length is 100.
I want to make B's length half of A's length.
like whenever I change A's ...
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Can't find dimensions in blender
I need to scale my model to correct size but I can't find necessary dimensions.
I am in modeling, and in object mode but still transform doesn't show dimensions. Something wrong with my config?
I ...
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Scaling Object in blender to real life dimension, makes it look small in the Blender Default cam
I am making a vaguely accurate stadium. and the boundaries of the ground are 0.200mtr in length per object of the array, is looking so small in the camera and perspective view. It wont even match the ...
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Apply all Transforms to duplicated objects
I have been copy/pasting objects because when I Duplicate objects, I can no longer "apply all transforms" (control a) to them. I use that feature to reset the rotations to 0 and scaling ...
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How can I create a new object by input of dimensions?
I have watched video tutorials how to create a simple rectangular object from a cube and in each it displays DIMENSIONS (x,y,z) in the object properties below Location, Rotation and Scale yet when I ...
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Changing a dimension always immediately resets to 0
I have an object that was originally imported as an .svg, but I converted it to a mesh. However, blender still will not allow me to give it a size for the third dimension. The file can be downloaded ...
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Why does reducing Resolution X increase my camera's FOV and increasing it reduce FOV?
I want to create a square image for an album cover that combines a yet-to-be-taken real world photograph (probably taken with a Sony A7S camera) with some stuff I model in Blender. I want the lighting ...
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Change Dimensions on Project
can anyone quickly tell me, how can change the dimensions of my whole project. For example: If I am building a skyscraper and it is to big to navigate, it would be much easier to just put in the ...
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