Questions tagged [object-mode]
Use this tags for questions about operations performed on objects when they are in object-mode, rather than any of the other modes, such as edit, sculpt and weight painting.
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Can't see any object in Solid mode, material mode except the selection silhouette but can see in render mode
As I open Blender I can't see the default cube or any object in solid mode and material mode in object view but can see in edit-view as in the image, I can only see the selection silhouette. I made ...
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Viewport shading and gizmos dissapeared after 4.0
In the layout tab, object mode and edit doesn't show the viewport shading, gizmo and overlays.
Sculpt mode works just fine.
I don't know what or why happened.
It started after i updated to 4.0, ...
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Undo/Redo not working in object mode and Weight Paint mode on MacOS
I am facing an issue in Blender version 3.6.5, where if I make any changes in Object mode or Weight Paint mode, it cannot undo or redo to the changes I made, and on many occasions, it crashes when I ...
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Duplicating object aligned with and on faces
I'm trying to duplicate the cube in the image on the center of the faces of the torus facing inwards. I've tried a few things with curve deforms and array modifiers but couldn't get anything to work. ...
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Does Object/Edit mode apply to an object or the viewport?
I'm fairly new to Blender, currently in Part 3 of the Donut Tutorial. So this question may be fairly naive.
The viewport has a dropdown menu for selecting the mode, which may be Object, Edit, Sculpt, ...
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There are extra Edge, in Object Mode
Orange Edges appear, in Object Mode.
It breaks Subdivision.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/29josc8s8jgv87r/head.blend?dl=0
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Why doesn't my object material show in Viewport shader?
I am having trouble seeing my Boat Materials in Rendered Viewport Shader Mode. It is only showing in materials.
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Pack.Blend
Beige Wallpaper Jpg
Wood Wallpaper Jpg
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Why does my mesh get distorted when switching from edit to object mode?
Whenever I create adjustments to a mesh in edit mode (covering body with clothes for example), when I switch back into object mode the mesh distorts weirdly as shown below and shoots out in all ...
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Why does my object tilt when I go from edit mode to object mode?
I'm completely new to Blender and was trying to follow some Youtube tutorial. I was working with an object in Edit mode and when I go back to Object mode it rotated a bit. What might have caused this ...
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Rigid body physics only applied correctly in edit mode
I'm confronted with a weird problem in blender's rigid body physics, where the simulation is only applied correctly if the active objects are in edit mode. My test scene: one simple cube and two ...
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Particles do not appear in object mode but do appear in vertex paint and weight paint modes. Also not possible to render
I create a model of a coffee tree using Mtree Mesh addon and I´m trying to add some particles attached to some areas of the branches (as fruits). I use weight paint to do that and works well in ...
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toggle Object Mode <-> Pose Mode by script code
I want to toggle Object Mode to Pose Mode by script code, because I usually run blender in Object Mode but sometimes I need to add some keyframes while I run blender. that is why I want to toggle ...
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CTRL+Z in Object Mode takes me to last change in Edit Mode
If Im in Object Mode and I want to undo changes in Object Mode by pressing CTRL+Z, Blender goes to Edit Mode (last object edited) and undos the changes there, deleting all changes done in Object Mode ...
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Selected to cursor on one axis
I have a problem that I still haven't found an easy solution to, I have ways to handle it but it would be interesting to know how people handles this.
Basically I have a situation where I want to use ...
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Object location different between Object and Edit mode
For some strange reason, the mesh between Object and Edit mode are in completely different places.
Here, the model is aligned with the armature
But here, the mesh is way off.
I've applied ...
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Why aren't my objects showing in object mode
I'm having trouble viewing my objects in the object mode, even when I click on them in the menu, I couldn't find them in the canvas. The only object visible is a spot light, could you help me see what'...
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Texture paint not staying in object mode
On blender 2.7, I created a model and i was texture painting using an image (that i previously used made using UV mapping). I've done this before and it worked but this time the texture I want is only ...
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3D cursor not moving
I don't know quite what happened. I was modeling and I suppose accidentally clicked on something, and now the 3D cursor (The thing in the middle with the red ring around it) stays in the middle.
I've ...
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Nothing Happens with fluid simulation
I was learning from CG Geek's animation tutorial from this video at 8:45. When I played the animation, nothing happened at all to my creation, no signs of high viscous water trickling down the sphere.
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set AssetBrowser region height on keypress
I cant seem to find a way to set an open region height in Blender using Python. I'm trying to set the height of the asset browser on keypress.
Is this possible through the Blender API?
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How to align objects to the center of another object
I am new to Blender (2.8) and trying to model a kind of turret, to try and learn by myself.
I am encountering a rather simple problem : I have placed 4 cannons relative to one another, and would ...
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what are the black dotted lines here? [duplicate]
I am facing a problem here i just want to fix teeths positions a bit but i noticed that with few teeths few more teeths starting to move, also those teeths are connected with each other by black ...
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Can't see through objects with X-ray mode
I am having an issue with X-ray mode. When I am in Material preview viewport, I turn Xray on and objects don't display as see-through like default settings.
But if I switch my workspace to UV editing,...
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Difference of my object between edit and object mode
I'm learning to use Blender, for plan drawing by design projects. I'm very new in this program and not familiar with 3D design.
I was working in the Edit mode for quite a long time and then switched ...
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Can only select the entire vehicle model when in object mode
I am fairly new to blender. For some reason while in object mode I can not select individual pieces (bumper, hood, ect) of the vehicle model. It will only let me select the entire model or the wheel....
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Everything looks fine in edit mode, but distorted in object mode
Disabling modifier in viewport does the thing, but I want to animate it, which isn't possible with the armature disabled (see this clip).
I look to some posts with the same issue:
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Crash randomly when switching to Wireframe mode
I would like to know why do I randomly get a crash when I switch the display mode to wireframe on any file?
I tried to disable some of the add-ons but it still persists
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Everytime i open new file and click anywhere in object mode it pops up "cannot read file"
It mentions about previous file which I deleted but it is an opened new file. Every time i click it pops up cannot read file well colored part is to hide my ...
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Whenever I select anything it just shows the shader thing at the bottom of the screen
Whenever I select anything it just shows the shader thing at the bottom of the screen. I am in object mode in layout and I can't do anything or move anything! not sure what to do. Here is the scene I ...
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Is it possible to display vertex normals in object mode?
I want to preview how vertex normals will look like after WeightedNormal modifier without actually applying it. Is there any way to do that?
I am aware about Y.A.V.N.E. addon but it hasn't been ...
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Part of Object Distorts Switching from Edit to Object Mode
I'm working on my mesh in edit mode. When I switched to object mode part of my object suddenly shifted. I'm using version 3.6. Any suggestions why this is happening.
The change when I tabbed to ...
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The items of Object mode tool bar
Why is the number of items in the toolbar in the Object Mode different? I followed a beginner tutorial of Blender, and I found that the number of toolbar of mine is 9 while the blogger's is 11, and I ...
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Render not showing active changes in movement of object I've tried almost everything
Basically I finished everything in the scene but the final posing and rigs won't show up in the render. The specific problem is the hand, it keeps going behind the phone after I move it and adjust is ...
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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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Realtime auto keying framing on the timeline don't work as expected on blender 2.81
Hello blender masters.
I'm trying to track and save on the timeline the facial movements of a character using OPEN CV and two custom python scripts that I found here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Cannot join objects without rotating view first
Here's a weird one: When I press Ctrl+J to join two objects (in Object Mode), nothing happens. However, if I then rotate the view a bit and press Ctrl+J again, Blender joins the objects for me. This ...
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How do edit/pose/object positions relate to another?
This is confusing me a lot. One object can have different positions in Edit, Object and Pose mode. Alt+G resets the object's position to what? The object's origin? Then how come sometimes the result ...
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duplicating an object and keyframing without affecting the original object
So I duplicate an object and start animating the duplicate object. The original object then inherits the same keyframes from the duplicate object. When deleting the keyframes from the original object, ...
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How do I re-align Curve Rotation to World Origin
As you can see my curve origin is not aligned to the world origin. How do I fix this?
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Cannot scale or move objects in Object mode
I cannot scale or move an object while in Object mode. Instead it seems that I am moving the pivot point. Any ideas about how to stop this behavior?
In the screenshot here below, I have added a sphere....
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Object wont rotate on local axis
I am trying to rotate the cylinder on the bottom of this thing 90 degrees, but it wont rotate correctly.
This is what happens when I try to rotate it 90 degrees in either the X or Y axis
I want the ...
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select an object in blender using python command
I'm having problem in working with various objects in blender. I'm writing a code to change the vertices of a object; but, it does not work when there are several objects at the scene, the problem is ...
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Orthographic View Alignment on the Y-Axis
If I create a cube, move it away in the x direction, and zoom all the way in toward it (i.e. from either left or right), its center is still aligned with the origin:
Same with the z direction. But if ...
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Assigned material only shows up in Edit mode?
quick question. I've assigned a material to the rim of the windows in the picture in Edit mode, but in Object mode they are overwritten. Why is this happening and how could I prevent this?
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How to Model Archimedean Snub Cube?
I need to create the Snub Cube - 'right' and 'left' versions (It is a chiral polyhedron). My blender knowledge is not very good.
Right:
Left:
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Why does bpy.ops.view3d.view_axis not work in View 3d context?
I'm on Blender 3.6 where the old way to override context is deprecated. I know that some bpy.ops commands need to be run in a certain context. I'm fairly certain ...
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Where is auto merge option?
I can't find the Auto Merge option. I looked up tutorials and they all said it should be here somewhere. Can any one please help me find where it is?
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How to shrink wrap on a complex mesh
I am trying to model this character:
I have made the body and now trying to make the stripes on its body, I created a plane to act as one of the stripes:
And now want to wrap it around the character....
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Is there a way to Inset two faces as one?
I'm trying to inset the two highlighted faces as one. I have already turned off individual and used scale in object mode as I saw recommended by others. However, I keep running into the same problem ...
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Can't enter edit mode when I have multiple armatures
I've added 2 armatures. Yet when I try to edit one of them it kicks me out of Edit mode and back to Object mode. Same happens when I try to enter Pose mode. I have this problem when there's multiple ...
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