Questions tagged [geometry]
Questions pertaining to creating, generating or editing an objects geometry. Object geometry is defined by editing and creating the location and rotation of vertices, edges, and faces.
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When trying to "Make Segment" it connects wrong points
I have curves as shown on picture below and I want to make them become one whole segment (as it happened to a "plain" to the left of selected curves (both are separate objects).
After ...
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Proximity of empty to affect nearby points on faces (Geometry nodes) Blend V 4.0
I am having a bit of difficulty with the geometry proximity of an empty and having it affect points distributed on a mesh.
When I alter the points offset, the entire set of points move and not only ...
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Are Advanced Snow Simulations Now Possible In Blender 4.0?
I am creating a little Eevee animation of a baby duckling popping out of snow and going for a stroll. I know dynamic paint can make footprints, but when the duckling pops out of the snow, I want a ...
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How to model the inside corner of where two curved walls meet?
I'm pretty new to 3D modeling and Blender and I'm trying to make a modular tileset which includes walls. I'm stumped at exactly how to shape the inside corner where two of my curved walls meet. The ...
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Cycles - Object instancing
I am trying to create a scene with instanced object. So far I found a way to do it like this:
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Best approach to make this odd shape?
I've had a few cracks at making this mesh but it comes out as a mess, not a neat mesh. I've got the circlet section done fine, but these wings on the sides are a bit of a pain for me. If someone has ...
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Enable Geometry legacy node [duplicate]
I am following a tutorial to make procedural aperture by using geometry node but in blender 4.0 some of the nodes using in the tutorial. So how do i enable older nodes in blender 4.0 since i cant find ...
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Align from normal
I wanted to know how can I align my A vertex to my B vertex while keeping a straight and vertex normal's based line. Thanks !
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How do I link to objects movement with each other?
I want to create like a animation but not a animation, so what I want is whenever I rotate cube number 1 I want number 2 to go in a vertical movement, so when I rotate cube 1 by 360 degree cube 2 ...
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instance follow object problem geometry nodes
my intention is to create a sphere that attract some instances while is moving. I also would wanted to have a region of influence, not having all instance to follow, just the ones closer to the sphere....
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Geometry Nodes - Creating a path of edges through a point domain without any overlap
Hoping someone can help. I'm trying to create a geonodes setup where I distribute points on a mesh, and then connect a series of edges between them which will be converted to curves and used for ...
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Need Help Creating Arches Around Main Structure - Array Usage?
everyone, I created a building shaped like a bowl, inspired by the Brasília Cathedral (though with some different measurements).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Bras%C3%ADlia
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Getting completely different results on manual editing vs script
I have a mesh that I am importing and need to edit very simply as:
Apply 10 levels of smoothing
Apply one level of catmull-clark subdivision
When I do this by hand I see this:
Which is correct.
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How can you make a strip of mesh parts bend according to the distance from an object individually?
So I'm working on a dragon rig, and I'd like to control the spikes on its back.
I thought it would be wise to do it by a distance from a certain separated bone, and that the scale of the bone would be ...
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How to get all points of object in order to then link all of with a line
So for a project, I would need to be able to export all the points of an low-poly object with in order. What I mean by order is that I have for exemple point #1 that make a line with point #2, #3 and #...
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Can see obscured geometry in orthographic view, while can't see it in perspective
For some reason I can see geometry that is supposed to be obscured when im in orthographic view, while in perspective
Orthographic view^
Perspective view^
How do I revert to not seeing obscured ...
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Geometry nodes rain simulation not preserving saved frame after reopening Blender
As you can see in this video, I have two geometry nodes modifiers, made with this Rain Generator. One of them controls falling rain and the other controls rain splashes on objects.
After letting the ...
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Prevent objects/meshes from going or passing through other objects?
Without using physics, I wanna be able to freely move around objects like normal, but they cannot pass through certain other objects.
Any way besides physics for this? like applying a location or ...
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Modeling Problem (Persian Helmet)
I want to model a Helmet, and I am attaching a photo so you can see what it looks like.
I wanted to know what method you would use to model if you were in my place?
And the second question, is it ...
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how to smoothly fold a curved plane over a curved edge?
Hi guys, I'm very new to Blender and I'm trying to model this little seat I made (just a rough prototype so pls ignore how scrappy it looks haha) but I just can't figure out how to fold the edges of ...
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Retopology and reflections issues (wrong normals)
Retopology and reflections issues (wrong vertex normals)
I've started retopology. But I've noticed a problem. Although the topology seems to be clean, the reflection is completely broken compared to ...
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How to Move Vertices Symmetrically Without Scale
Is there a way to move vertices away from each other without using scale?
I have two groups of vertices that I want to move away from each other the same distance in both directions. I know that I ...
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Blender Geometry Nodes Collection instances scale
I´m trying to find a way to scale the proximity geometry mask with collection objects. I would scale the object inside the collection and the mask would always be 2x the size of the object scaled (...
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Custom Split Normal Data not rendering properly, but does on random frames?
I'm having this issue where I have custom split normals on this character, and it's fine in viewport. But when I hit render I get something that looks like I've cleared the normals, which looks a lot ...
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Animate curve point by point
I am loading the data of a line from a csv file to create a curve. If I animate the curve by keyframing the "factor end" property in the UI, I get the visual animation I want, but the ...
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How to make a video like this with Blender software?
How to make a video like this with Blender software?
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How do I create a straight line with endpoints that track a curve when I rotate/move the line?
I would like move and rotate a line, but have the endpoints follow an elliptical curve. In the picture below, as I rotate the line, I want points A and B to stick to the curve. Then as I move the ...
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Bevel end blending
Still very nooby at this, so bear with me.
Are there easy ways to tidy up the end of bevels like this? I'd like to bevel the edge but not the center part.
Looking more for this shape, but with the ...
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Recreate Solidify Thickness Clamp in Geometry Nodes?
I am trying to build the Solidify modifier in geometry nodes. Generally this is simple as there are many ways to offset a copy of the geometry. And we have Extrude to create the Rim. However, I am ...
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Align Rotation to center [Geometry nodes]
Has anyone idea how to make instances rotation to the center.
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Clean up unseen geometry
I have this geometry and I want to keep only the exterior face. How can I get rid of the geometry that is not seen ?
The file is here
First image is with face that I want to keep and secon is with ...
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Make a stack of cubes in Geometry Nodes
I wonder if it's possible to build a stack of cubes as seen on the image:
This is what I tried (not the result I want):
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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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what is the proper way to remesh for sculpting props?
I'm working on a stylized lamp post. I have the low poly and now I want to start sculpting out the high poly. (Just to clarify im not sculpting characters)
Usually I use a bevel modifier with subd to ...
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How do I curve a model that has multiple parts?
I am a beginner at Blender and was wondering how I would create good-looking curved roads for my game (in Roblox Studio). My previous attempts looked off and didn't give me the angles I wanted. Also, ...
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What is the shortcut to add a new node?
Starting to mess with geometry nodes, I am. While watching a tutorial I see the guy just opens a search to find the node he wants to add to the process. In grasshopper we would double-click to add a &...
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Issue in changing the circle to this shape using Geometry node, help me changing it into 4 edges shape
I am making revealing animation using Geometry node and I am currently revealing it in a circle shape but I want to reveal it in a 4 Edges shape using Geometry node, help me how to convert it
I am ...
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Extrude the faces near my selection
I have made a good selection in geometry nodes that I'm happy with:
I feed it into the extrude node, and I can extrude the vertices and edges using that selection correctly, but when I try it with ...
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How do I export obj file from blender to Tinkercad without it being blocky and faceted
I imported an OBJ file from Blender to Tinkercad however, the file appears to be blocky. How can I avoid that?
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Create thickness on Hair on a material
I have been struggling with making GeoNodes that will distrubute hair on a mesh/material/colour. This worked however the hair stay very thin, I am trying to find a way within GeoNodes how to alter ...
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Geometry Node - Force UV Unwrap orientation
I'm using UV to project a grid of point on my mesh to create a rooftile.
However, sometimes the UV unwrap node gives me UV that are not oriented properly. They are tilted. The Pack UV Islands rotate ...
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Parametric surfaces in Geometry Nodes
again a Question related to Math & Geometry Node. I ´m still working on Algebraic Surface in Blender Geometry Nodes. Meanwhile the Integration of parametric equations wiht x,y,z, in Geometry Nodes ...
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Add geometry to warped / curved surface - best technique?
I am working on a ring. It will be 3D printed, I am working with SVG graphics that I import, and then extrude. I'd like to add some geometry along the sides of the ring (as seen in the example picture ...
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Merging bordering curve objects together
I'm trying to make a 3D map from an SVG file using US counties and states. I've imported an SVG of all the counties into blender and have them as separate objects in the scene like so:
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Multi-Curve Instance Offset
This is my 1st post here. Im very new to Blender, so im trying to figure out as much as i can via this site, and youtube. I've been trying to create a GN setup like a magnetic field of rings, and ...
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Shading issues when exporting
My model looks fine in Blender and there are no problems, however when I export it (to the Substance Painter for instance) there are artifacts all over the surface.
It could be the issue with ...
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window modeling technique
any ideas on how to achieve this window style? same is applied on all 4 facades of the building
Muchas gracias amigos
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How to use geometry nodes to generate a 2D array of cubes with random heights (integer 1-4) and make adjacent cubes have different heights?
I used the Grid node to generate a 2D lattice, adjusted the lattice height and cube height based on random integer numbers, and then used the Instance on Points node to generate a cube array. But how ...
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How to express flat line motion graphics effects
Hello, I'm trying to create motion graphics like the photo above.
I looked through several tutorials, but couldn't find what I was looking for.
I want to make that image shine in that shape on some ...
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Delete Curve geometry based on edge Angle
Can I delete parts of a curve based on black and white values .
I have a mesh that deforms
I have a curve attached to that mesh
I have created a edge selection using the edge angle node on the ...
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