Questions tagged [modifiers]
Modifiers are automatic operations that affect an object in a non-destructive way. Use this tag for questions pertaining to modifiers and their usage inside of Blender.
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How to use array modifier with follow path constraint (Cableway Chairs)
I am making a ski lift, pictured below. For the chairs, I am hoping to use a mix of an array modifier and a follow path constraint.
I have tried to use a curve modifier, but this offsets the whole ...
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Boolean Union vs Difference Error - Swapped Behaviour
I've been working happily with Blender all this week and last, performing hundreds of operations, many booleans, and getting good results in a rudimentary model for a small enclosure.
Today I've ...
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Creating this halftone effect using Arrays
I'm attempting to create this spiraling series of circles for a project but I'm not entirely sure how to do it, they will serve as a border and background for a central object
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Why doesn't the road follow the curve?
Ok so I was trying to find how to fix this problem. I found some answers but it did not work. So the problem is that I have a piece of road and I am trying to align it with curve so it could have ...
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Problem with subsurf [duplicate]
I´ve been working on a car from Rocket League. First, I decided to design the "basic shape" of the body and when I added the Subdivision Surface modifier I had the problem you can see in the photos. ...
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Pinching an edge in the middle of geometry without additional creasing
So, I'm modeling a car and I've encountered a rather unexpected problem. When I add subdivision modifier to my low poly starting model to smooth things out, I still want to keep sharp edges on some ...
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Trampoline like effect using cloth modifier?
Been trying a lot of methods to simulate a ball falling on a trampoline or elastic kinda substance( square plane) with its corners pinned but haven't had any sucess yet. Really specific about the ...
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Mirror modifier not working?
Following a tutorial, would like to mirror plane on the other side of her face..
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Boolean: one operator and multiple objects
Is there any option to use a boolean operator for subtracting faces on multiple objects?
I need to make a section of a lot of pieces and make it one by one it should be crazy....but I need to keep the ...
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Make arch thicker but retain diameter?
Is there a way to make an arch thicker (i.e. less hollow space) but retain SAME diameter? I created this arch using cylinder -> disable capped ends -> solidify modifier. I've already applied the ...
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Multiplying with positive and negative noise modifier
I have a baked f-curve, and I also have a script to unbake it. I want to multiply this f-curve with positive and negative noise, however, the noise modifier only uses positive and negative if I use ...
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Mesh bend as it follow curve along path [duplicate]
With mesh (stairs) following the curve path. Few stairs are in align rest as it goes up the stairs bending. Rotation scale applied. Tilt is also 0. Whats going wrong. Any suggestion or help Thanks.
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Curve modifier breaks object's position
I positioned cylinder on cube's face and want to make array of it along curve in the middle of cube's face:
For that i use Array and Curve modifiers on cylinder, but every time i use Curve modifier, ...
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Blender Best Car Crash Problem [closed]
I have been trying to find the best car crash with the following conditions:
Rotating wheels when car is accelerating
Car skidding, thus front wheels turn left or right (image the driver trying to ...
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How can I create a spiral mesh [duplicate]
I'd like to create a spiral mesh within Blender but I'm struggling. I've looked at adding a curve spiral and extruding it but the edges dont all have the same rotation so the spiral doest wrap around ...
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Adding a Hook to a Nurbs Path with Python
Python scripting
I would like to add a hook to an Nurbs Path while scripting
In Layout :
delete 'Cube'
Add Curve -> Path
change to Edit Mode
select a Vertex ctrl+h
all set and done
Scripting:
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Multiple small glitches when beveling complex meshes
I have a repeated problem with beveling complex meshes using the respective modifier, even if all what I do is to combine off-the-shelf geometric primitives with off-the-shelf modifiers, without any ...
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What is the fastest way to create an array of objects through a script?
What is the fastest way to create an array of objects through a script? I want to create a cube made from 10x10 rows of smaller cubes. So far my methods have been too long.
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Cut hair particles using boolean modifier
I've sculpted a head and added some hair particles to half a sphere positioned on top of the head. This all works fine.
I now modeled a hat and placed it on top of the hair. Obviously the hair goes ...
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How to remove duplicate verts after spin tool?
I'm trying to reproduce tank wheels ("ITALIERI" (LEAST PERSPECTIVE)):
But there are too many vertexes and merging can lead to ngons.
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Second file:
Edit #2:
Made some progress with ...
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Realizing Ornaments With More Than One Curve Modifier
This ornament (1) was made by one single piece and a curve modifier and then an array modifier. Thanks to u/Avereniect who helped me so far.
I want to put now, I call them fins (2), into the gaps in ...
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Adding thickness to 3d printed topographic map
I am trying to 3d print a topographic map. I have followed a tutorial I found here: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&...
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What is the formula used to generate random numbers in the f-curve “noise” modifier in the graph editor?
I'm using Blender to generate images of a hand in randomised poses for use in another program. I have done the randomisation using f-curves in the graph editor and the noise modifier in there. I need ...
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Zipper chain along the curve
I need zipper to go smoothly on the corner as on first picture, but it appears distorted when modelling.
Is there any solution to this except of rotating teeth manually?
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How to fix the eyes with shrinkwrap
I have made the face and i want to shrinkwrap the eyes on the face. I have tried all the options in the shrinkwrap but did not get success. I tried the project option but fail to shrinkwrap on the ...
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Editing different meshes together — Bezier curve and Circle
I've had 100% success finding answers to questions on this site, though, I've finally become stalled on one problem in which I don't even know how to phrase into a search.
I can't seem to edit both ...
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How do I prevent overhangs when using subdivision modifier?
I'm new to Blender so please forgive me if the question has been asked somewhere else and I have missed it on this forum. I'm trying to extrude an indent into an object and for some reason whenever I ...
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Why is this image not staying in place when using the UV Project modifier?
So I am trying to use the UV project modifier to make a uv map stay, even when the mesh is modified. Example:
As you can tell, the map stays. The problem is, its not perfect. Part of the pixel in the ...
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Boolean Modifier not working with Solidify Modifier
I am currently in the process of making a plane in blender. To cut out the windows I am using the Boolean modifier, and to add thickness to the windows I used the Solidify Modifier. I would first ...
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Array modifier with object offset, rotate and scale at the same time
I'm trying to use an array modifier on an object such that each copy is rotated 2° about the z-axis from the previous one, and then translated along the x and the z axis.
This is what I started with (...
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How do I stop my chain distorting along a curve?
I am sure this is fairly simple. I followed a simple chain tutorial and as you can see the pieces elongate around the bends for some reason
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mirror modifier doesnt work
Help I want to mirror something in blender with mirror modifier but then happens that
I use blender 2.78a
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Artifacts with boolean modifier
Here is a car brake disc Im working on:
so I decided to use boolean mdifier to make the samll holes(one side),but it just caused the other half to disappear:
after some experiment，it seems that ...
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Boolean applied, but not changing geometry [duplicate]
ETA: I'm new to the Blender Stack Exchange, so I'm not sure where/how to upload my .blend files.
ETA2: Here is the file -
I'm trying to trim one object around the edges. So I have 2 objects:
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Attract part of mesh around an arc
Here is my issue:
I've a foot insole
I would like to round up the back part of the insole. So I create a kind of arc and I would like to attract the back part of the insole: The arc in in orange on ...
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How to 'skin' an edge?
I have an edge, just 2 connected vertices. One vertex is hooked to one object, and the other to another object. Now, I need to create geometry around that edge, so it becomes a cylinder and is still ...
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Rim Problem with Solidify Modifier
I have a 3D egg model in blender. I seperate it from half and i want it to be solid. I try to use solidify modifer but there is weird looking problem. It's not match with other half. If i didn't check ...
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How to make a wave that follows empty?
So I'm trying to make it so that when the empty goes across the object it creates a wave. I'm following up this question. Here's the .blend
As you can see if you drag the empty slowly across the ...
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some kind of dynamic and localized subdivision surface modifier - type algorithm?
In a previous, excellent answer it was proposed that it might be helpful to subdivide some triangles in my mesh at certain times during the animation to prevent them from overlapping adjacent faces ...
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Boolean modifiers are not working correctly on this mesh
I have two meshes, labeled A and B:
I want to subtract B from A, so that there is a "dent" in A where it intersects B.
This should be easy, but I've tried every Boolean modifier and none of them ...
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Problem with two displace (bottom of the sea and continents)
I need mountains on land, but how? I already have one displace (bottom of the sea). Some advice, please?
Sorry for maybe stupid question. I am beginner and Czech, this is deadly combination.
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mesh breaking apart and recombining to form another mesh?
I've had this effect in my head for some time but still unable to think of a possible way to do it. For the sake of simplicity, would there be a practical (time-wise) way to create an effect where the ...
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Where are the modifier scripts in the Blender package contents folder?
I need to find where Blender has applied their modifiers and physics scripts within their program so that I can install and place my own that I have. Either it has been a very long day already or I am ...
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How can I copy soft-body settings to other objects?
I am trying have 400 flower petals to float and fall delicately to the ground. After getting unsatisfactory results with particles and so I am trying with soft bodies. I cannot find a way to copy all ...
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Will Warp bridge these two objects?
I've read documentation and StackExchange for two days or more and installed 2.74, but I'm still lost. I watched one Warp tutorial which appeared to do what I wanted, which is to create a bridge ...
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How to preserve measurements when manipulating an object
I’m making kitchen cabinets for a project of mine and here’s a problem I ran into: The cabinets should have spaces in between them and at the same time the measurements are supposed to be preserved ...
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Array and curve modifiers behave strangely
I'm trying to create a road from a plane and a curve which I obtained from converting a mesh. This mesh was at its turn obtained by using the shrink wrap modifier on two meshes. Explained in this ...
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Difference Boolean modifier. How do I get it to work with my mesh?
I want to make a screw head, but I can't get the cross in the screw head; the Boolean modifier doesn't work.
Link:
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Anyone else having wrongly named boolean settings?
It seems that when I use the boolean modifier it switches the resulting boolean option between difference and union.
This can't be normal right?
I'm using blnder 2.75
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Mirror modifier making verticies overlap
I had a little problem with the mirror because i had he mesh and the mirror mesh were on the wrong side i switched them by applying the mirror and deleting the vertices then i added the modifer again ...
