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How can I have multiple driver set-ups over one duplicated node group?

I'm currently designing my first custom node in order to be able to apply variations of the same complex shader to multiple objects. The green highlighted values are linked to color ramps sliders in ...
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Parenting ( Follow Path) constraints to a master empty will result in doube transforms / offset

Im pretty new to blender rigging but I have a decent knowledge about rigging in 3ds max. Nevertheless, I cant find a propper solution for a simple problem: I want an object to follow a curve. I have ...
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Custom user path?

I remember watching a Blender Today sometime last year where Pablo was showing off a new feature where you could change the location of your user path, but for the life of me I can’t find that option ...
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Creating paths from external location and rotation data

I have a program that calculates the trajectory of an object based on different parameters, the output is a matrix with the time the object reaches the point, X,Y and Z coordinates of the point and 3 ...
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Move Object along a Path created using geonode

This is part of the large feature. I created a Bezier Curve and a plane. using raycasting, I projected the curve onto a plane. The projected curve is set to be of type Path. I want to move the ojbect ...
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Copy Path from Bezier Curve

I have a Bezier curve and want to create a path that has the same curve/shape as the bezier curve. It is offset on z-axis from the bezier curve. How do I do that?
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Physics Dropping Ball Blur

Friends, Maybe some of you have seen on a golf telecast where the putter hits the ball and all the "frames" of the ball rolling toward the hole suddenly become one, long "blur". I ...
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Material stacks

I am having a scene which I'm using to visualize a stage screen setup. I have 7 screens (planes with image texture) in the scene, and I would like to save the image texture paths / material properties ...
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Set path automatically after opening blender file

This script automatically add path to file ouput nodes in compositing. ...
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Problem with Blender Asset-Library reading catalogues

So I have some asset packs I got and downloaded to my desktop where I marked them as assets, and created catalogues in asset library for them. There is now a txt file in the folder with the blends ...
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Path Animation Evaluation Time

I want to animate a bone along a curve and I'm mising some information about evaluation time, I 'd like to have the bone move at a range of 0.32m/50frames and I want help with the curve's generator ...
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How to access Motion Paths found under Object properties through the script?

I have a cube for which I have defined key frames in the range 0-100 How can I activate the Motion Paths found under Object properties through the script? I can't do it. The ultimate goal is to get ...
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How to save file with long path?

I need to save a ".blend" file under the long path, but when i save, i got this message I also tried to first create a ".blend" file and overwrite it, but Blender don't overwite, ...
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Trying to grab into edit mode (curve path) but it does weirdly?

I'm trying to grab vertices in edit mode (it is a curve path) in order to do hair. Last time I used Blender it was grabbing good, but today when I'm grabbing it, the results are pretty weird. It wasn'...
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Blender losing path to network path - textures

Good afternoon, I have recently run into an issue where my scene files no longer have the textures link to where they were before. (F:\Assets\DMP\Active_Assets) The models all seems to load fine, but ...
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How to add follow path at a specific timeline with other animation keyframes?

I've been working on a scene where a plant is blown over by the wind and then rolls in a circular motion for a while. I've been watching tutorials on how to make different parts of the plant move (...
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How can I match a curve to a path?

I am attempting to make a car follow a path. I also have a road following a curve. I was thinking that i should have the path match the shape of the curve then offset the car slightly to drive on the ...
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How do I make bunch of collection instances follow along a curve?

I have these certain collection instances, and I want them to make a perfect arc in my frame, although I tried to manually position them in the scene, it is not giving me the desired results, how do I ...
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Creating slides / rotating faces

I am trying to create some slides (like Hamsterball game slides) and I want an easy workflow for that, so I can let my mind go wild with them. Currently, I use a path with a circle set as its geometry ...
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Use Node Format - is this option redundant, or what?

Even though I use the File Output Node frequently, there's an option I've been ignoring but finally have to ask about: Use Node Format The File Output Node seems to work just fine without this box ...
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Match / Add follow path to imported 3d cylinder tube mesh object

I have a scanned 3D mesh object, that looks like a curved cylinder, imported into blender and I would like to add a path to it, so I can follow that path with another object (like in this example). Is ...
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Roll a wheel along a curving path accurately

This seems like it should be so straightforward (for someone a bit cleverer than me), but I want to be able to roll a wheel accurately along a curving path, with the roll being driven by the follow ...
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How to get rid of the blue line in character follow path animation?

The blue line makes the gap between the path and the character. So when I play it, the character walks in a huge circle. How do I get rid of the blue line so that it'll snap into the path?
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How to create custom rail along path?

I have a rail and path. I want to set the profile along the path to make extrude on the path. I tried so far () The top and bottom not match the profile. Having extra extrude or shape
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Creating 3d path of boat voyage across globe

I'm trying to create a 3d visualisation of a boat voyage following an already specified 2d map (see below) I've played around with a few different ways to do this. Here is the result I got from one. ...
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How to remove personal information from .FBX files

I recently noticed that if you export to FBX then open the .FBX file in Notepad and search for ".blend" you can see the original .blend file name and full path. So my question is it's ...
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How to prevent this distortion to a path curve?

Following a YouTube tutorial Easiest Way To Create Hair in Blender - 5 Minute Tutorial by YanSculpts, I get to 4:31 in the video where they grab a point however when I do this I get the following ...
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Unable to edit hair created with curve path and circle

I created hair using the above method and all is fine whilst working. Once the model/object is saved/exported and I want to go back to edit any part of the hair I created I'm unable to do so as per ...
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Animate Locomotive by follow Path

I want my locomotive to follow rails over a hill. The loc should always be on the rails. I've tried a few things (such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OruVKMGGPX8), but I always come back to the ...
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How to make an edge/vertices follow path?

I got along much further, but now I have another problem. I created quite sharp curves with the arrays and the planes that are passing through mostly follow along quite good, but sometimes these ...
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Changing the default render path is not working

I'm trying to change the default render path in Blender 2.9 to something else. I've changed it in the preferences to my D:\ drive. However, after restarting (and rebooting) opening a new scene the ...
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NURBS Curve Animating Start/End Mapping For Unity [duplicate]

I'm trying hard to export this animation to Unity, but everything I have tried has failed and everything I google is about how to move an object on the path. I have tried exporting to Alembic(AKA ...
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Convert vertices stored as mesh into curve

I am relatively new to Blender and I am working on sequence of 3D point that are supposed to be a trajectory for my camera. My points are stored as vertices of a Mesh object, with no connection ...
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How to make 3D airplane-like camera movements - especially with regard to "rolling" of the camera?

Right now I'm doing this as follows: There is a path the camera position is constrained to. The camera is being moved along that path. The camera has got a TrackTo constraint and is always targeted ...
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I need help with curve modelling

I'm modelling a decoration on a musical instrument (the reference photo in the background) and am out of ideas on how to fix a problem I ran into. I tried modelling the shape with curve - path option ...
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How to get diagonal subdivisions in path curvature

I want to make diagonal subdivision of my path curvature but it doesnt seem that blender has that option? It should look like this
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Cylinder follow end of animation path

Hi I am trying to create an animated logo were the border starts from the top centre and draws around the perimeter and nearly meets at the bottom. I have this working ok. Next I have added a small ...
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How can I delay the rotations on a driver before I want the ball to move?

Currently the ball in my file rotates for the entire duration of my animation. But I would like it to only start rotating at frame 375 and end at frame 700. Is there a code I have to add in the ...
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Paths between vertices of different objects

My geometry nodes level is around 2/10, so almost a complete beginner. So far I didn't manage to find any video on the matter. I need to create multiple paths between ALL the vertices of one icosphere ...
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Intersection line between surfaces

I am new to using Blender, I am wondering if there is a way to easily get the intersection path between two planes as an object. So far what I've done is use the intersect (knife) tool and then ...
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Object following the wrong part of the path

For context yellow is doing the correct thing, the blue part should be doing the same thing but on the other end of the path but it always defaults to the same end no matter what.
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how do I specify an acceptable path for driver_add('hide_render')

I am trying to add a driver to an objects 'hide_render' property. For: o = bpy.data.objects['my object'] If I specify any of: ...
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How to rig a spine?

Friends, I have been pulling my hair out for two days over this, even though it seems so simple. I just want a string of nondeforming objects, that follow a curve, and bend along with the armature. If ...
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What is the most efficent way to animate without intersecting?

[Beginner here] What is the best way to animate these without the objects intersecting each other? At the moment my objects intersect with the ground and each other. I am trying to avoid manual ...
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Apply stroke to path object

I want to render a path, without generating a mesh/geometry. Can I render this circle path with a black line? For example using this stroke object in the scene. Trying to do this as simple as ...
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How does 'Trim Curve' node evaluate the order of splines?

I'm animating trimming of Curves with Geo nodes. My setup looks something like this. I'm delaying the start of the animation for multiple curves. I don't know how to control the order in which the ...
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How to converge vertices simultaneously at an angle in a Curve Path?

I've been following a tutorial on Blender, here. The person is making a handle using a Curve Path from the time stamp 32:15-32:19. I've had difficulty trying to recreate this by using the shortcut (I ...
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How do I make empties following a path follow the entire mesh when its location is changed?

So I am currently trying to model a 3D printer from the reference https://www.3dwasp.com/en/giant-3d-printer-bigdelta-wasp-12mt/. I modelled the support on which the arms are mounted with geometry ...
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Shortest path node question. How to prevent paths from overlapping?

I am trying to create lines that connect point A to point B without overlapping, and I also need the ability to procedurally generate the number of points. So far, I have not been successful in ...
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Duplicate Plane on Local Access based upon Rotation Degrees

I am semi new to programming python in blender and am trying to take some x,y,z rotation data thats in degree's and duplicate each plane moving it y amount in space so I can visualize the path of the ...
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