Questions tagged [objects]
Questions related to any kind of object. (mesh, text, curve, etc.)
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How would I make a plane with a hollow cylinder and a flat bottom, like a skateboard half pipe?
How would I make a plane with a hollow cylinder and a flat bottom, like a skateboard half pipe?
I am just thinking about making a primitive shape. No details are other than a shape. A side view would ...
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rotation errors
once it turned out to make a rotation ("R" key) so that Rotation X becomes = 0.
Now it can't be reproduced. The result is -0.000003
Why was it once set to exactly 0? And how to repeat it
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how to separate mesh with armature
I'm trying to separate a mesh with armature animation into two by selecting vertices and press P in edit mode. But the separate mesh is all messed up and does not animate accordingly.
Is there any ...
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Game Engine: Can I load objects and scenes into memory?
Is there an option to load objects/scenes I want to memory to prevent lags? I don't want to let all objects spawn to buffer them or other tricks. How can I do this? And is it possible to remove them ...
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How do I Limit Location of Object A from Object B, but use World Space transform so that the Limit Location is not affected by B's rotation?
I'm using the Limit Location constraint to make Object A's location be constrained within bounds from Object B's.
The problem is that when Object B is rotated using the Limit Rotation constraint, ...
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Making a geodesic polyhedron with spheres on the vertices
Firstly, I'm relatively new to Blender, so apologies if this is an obvious question.
Using the Ico Sphere, I've made a Geodesic Polyhedron. I've also wireframed this and made spheres appear on the ...
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How can I rig separate parts of an object to move but keep it as one object?
I am a beginner in 3D modelling and wanted to create a mod for the game "City Bus manager". I know the basics of Blender but I ran into a problem.
I need to model an animated double swing ...
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Why does the object spin around a random dot, instead of its own axis?
My donut just started moving based on this dot and I have no idea how to fix it.
How can fix this so the donut isn't moving around the dot?
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Parenting an object to a bone not working
I am making a sword attack animation for my character and I want to parent the sword to his right index finger. I read that you have to create an empty, parent the empty to the bone and then parent ...
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Is there a method to find a blender project which contains a particular named mesh
I seem to have forgotten the name of a blender file I worked on a few weeks ago and I have too many blender files to wade through.
I know that it contained a mesh with a particular name.
Is there any ...
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Donut going under plane
Following blender guru tutorial part 6, timestamp 10:15 he adds a plane, however unlike mine his sticks under the donut right away. I probably messed up along the way, but i don't know where exactly.
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Calculate Faces from Point Cloud with Python
I have a bunch of vertices in a point cloud stored in an obj file (i can change the file if need be).
How do I calculate the faces from the point cloud using python? Example:
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Is there an easy method to create an 8 sided polygon with different length sides
Just wondering what method how to create an 8 sided polygon with different length sides and opposite sides the same length as per the following 'drawing' (my attempt using extrude vertices).
I also ...
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Transforming Child objects with multiple parents
Context :
I have a collection of objects that make up a whole door. These consist of
Door leaf
Door Frame
Expanding Frame
Door Handle
Various bits and bobs that make up the locking mechanism, hinges ...
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How to add a layer of stones straight across over the arch?
I have a model that needs to be 3D printed and I need to add a layer of stones straight across over the arch. What would be the best way to do this in Blender?
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Animating crossover from object to object
I want to have different objects with different geometry nodes, shaders and modifiers to sort of cross over each other like in the example below. Here I have used boolean modifiers and some boxes to ...
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Join curves with Python by color
I'd like to group curves by color, so I'm try to join them together. I used an override from this solution. Everything works splendid inside Blender but in my external program I have
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How can I delete all 'unused empties' in a blend file?
I have a huge blender file that contains many empty objects, and as a result it is very slow to work with that file.
Is there any way to have a python script that deletes objects of type ...
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Objects are a dark grey in edit mode [duplicate]
I'm a blender newbie and must have touched some settings that have turned objects a dark grey color in edit mode and I can't edit them.
I'm sorry if this is a silly question, but I've tried to resolve ...
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how I could extrude an object so that it is not a 2D object?
Beginner in blender. Wanted to know how I could extrude this object so that it is not a 2D object. In other words I want to make this object able to be printed in a 3D printer.
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Align Objects: Align Mode
This operator has several options. The one I'm having questions with is Align Mode -> Positive Sides/Negative Sides
In the manual it states this:
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When sculpting cloth nothing happens, object turns dark
I'm new to Blender and I'm following Blender Guru's tutorial on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlrgFS8AMMU at about 11:59).
So far everything has worked according to plan. First I added a ...
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Attempting to animate multiple objects without bones (they are parented to each other)
I have made a character for my game, and as I do not wish to fully rig it, I simply parented the leg and arm segments above each other to make animating easier. the issue with this, is that I end up ...
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How Can i make an object look less subdivided when it is not closer to camera?
I know there is some way to make an object look actually subdivided when it is closer to camera and when the camera goes far from the range the object looks less subdivided in blender?
Can someone ...
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How to make joints for 3D printing?
I have a hand that I want to make movable. I don't really understand how to make joints with blender. This is for 3D printing so they need to be outside not just armatures. I think I may need to cut ...
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object distortion in far from the origin issue
If we place an object far from the origin (for example in (1000000,0,0)), the object will be disturbed, and the blender unable to handle it correctly. Can anyone explain the cause?
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Export of Georeferenced 3D .obj File
I am exporting a 3D model in .obj format.I want to georeference it.
I require the export to be in the Global Coordinates System (UTM)
The problem is that I am getting coordinates like:-
v 0 0 -0
v 0 -...
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Objects connections - constraints?
I am creating module system in blender where user should easily connect objects/collections to each other (not a typical snapping).
I made a script where by clicking one button, all selected objects ...
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Move/rotate object depending on another object
I have an object Cube with copy transforms constraint targeting another object Empty. The constraint is disabled, so when I ...
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Cutting out a circular object of a given diameter from a Rectangular shape [duplicate]
Cutting out a circular object of a given diameter from a Rectangular shape (.stl) Example, cut & save a 180mm dia x 3mm thickness object from 200x300mm x 3mm thickness rectangle. Thanks
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Hair appearing in Object Mode when removed in Particle Edit
Hair appears on the underside of this beak in Object Mode even after I have removed it in particle edit. I have it set to "interpolated" with 40 children per parent. When I look inside of ...
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Can I sculpt a group of OBJs
I have a group of OBJs (imported with vert order and poly groups intact), specifically two upper arms and I want to sculpt one and have it mirrored on the other, but I do not want to combine them ...
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An array of 3D arrows (python in Blender)
I am new to Blender and I want to create an array of 3D arrows; the array itself is 2*2 (constant space between each object) but the arrows are 3D.
I hope to write a python code for it but I don't ...
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Moving and looping/repeating a straight object (road)
I would like to loop a street object i have. It's essentially just a plane with an image texture. I need to move the street on the y axis and loop / repeat it.
Most tutorials i've seen use curves, but ...
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Unlink wall and e.t.c. from Archimesh
I created the wall with the Archimesh plugin, then I want to disconnect it and edit it like any other object manually.
How can I do it?
I will try to explain, although it is difficult in English.
It ...
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Changing colour of object when following path
I would like to change the colour of my Mball according to the value of the z-Coordinate. The Mball is following a path.
Usually I would do it with this node configuaration: get the Location of the ...
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Trying to combine all my materials into one with my UV maps being seperate
So Im trying to export my materials into one texture which I could then use in Unreal engine for that object. The problem is that I only have 1 object and I have unwrapped it multiple times at ...
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Is there an easy way to make transitions between objects? [duplicate]
Is there an easy and free way to merge objects with an addon or a modifier to create a transition like in the pictures? Or do I have to create this completely myself?
Thanks!
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particles flying far away from the emitter
I am following Ian Hubert's lazy moth tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imkSdlbXB_U). Everything was going well until the particle system part. My moths are just exploding and flying very far ...
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Stuck in wireframe
Using blender for the first time, and was just messing around with buttons, I think I clicked one of the physics simulation buttons, and now I'm stuck in this wireframe view. I don't want to make this ...
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How to remove unused material slots in all objects if the objects are not selected? [duplicate]
Please tell me.
How to remove unused materials in all objects if the objects are not selected?
I tried this code but didn't get what I wanted. This code does not remove unused materials in unselected ...
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Unable to change color for part of an object
I am trying to set color to red for the lower spherical part of the object (shown in the picture). It seems that there is a strip of surface whose color cannot be changed despite being selected. Would ...
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Remove camera set in object
When I start to render an image, it is rendered from a plane that I have created. I can easily remove the object and the problem is solved, but I want to solve the problem from another point of view.
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Replace object mesh with collection instance
I know how to replace an object with another object. I simply select two objects, press ctrl + L, then Link Object Data. There ...
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Collision modifier isn't working with mesh hair
I've modeled some hair, converted it into a mesh, modeled the head of this character, and followed a tutorial on how to make my hair animatable and bounce when my character moves. However, whenever ...
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3d printing from an object created in blender
I am trying to 3d print an object i have created using facebuilder (using this tutorial specifically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WH7s-IPIeM).
I have successfully built the facial object in ...
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opening unity model with animation into blender
I'm somewhat new to animation in blender and still in the learning process. I've just bought an animated model from the unity store to help me learn how to get better animations but I'm having issues ...
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How to export Blender model into Adobe After Effects?
I have a model in Blender, which I have tried to export into Adobe After Effects as .obj and adobe after effects file (.jsx). None of these open in After effects. Does anyone know how to export it?
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How can I view the camera through an object as a material in Cycles?
Kind of like a TV, CCTV, or the portal for Portal and Portal 2, so I can see what the camera is seeing on an object. I don't care whether its a material or a modifier, or something like that, even if ...
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How can I solve this problem with boolean?
I'm trying to make a simple robot hand using tension. But when I try to create a hole in the smallest piece(handpart1) with the long cylinder(hole making), the smallest piece disappears. Is there a ...
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