Questions tagged [screw-modifier]
The Screw modifier is similar to the Screw tool in the Toolbar, in that it takes a profile object, a mesh or a curve, to create a helix-like shape. Use this tag for questions about the Screw modifier.
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Double vertice for the "Screw" modifier
I'm trying to create a screw bottle. To a simple figure (6 vertices) I apply the “Screw” modifier.
At the junction of the turns, double vertices are formed.
Enabling the "Automerge" mode ...
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Mapping coordinates not working in Cycles?
everyone! First post.
I have this very simple material node setup which both displays in Viewport Shading mode and renders in Eevee perfectly fine with no problem. In Cycles, however, all I get is a ...
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How to Flip Edge direction?
these edges have different normals I think.how can I fix it so they have the same normals? (without converting to curve ...)
please check the blend file. thank you.
Answer 1 : for closed shapes, you ...
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How to get a smooth sloping curved wall?
I've created this curved wall using the spin tool, however I need to make it slope down giving me equal space above the treads.
I tried using the screw modifier on a seperate test wall, but could not ...
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"chubby rope" with no intersecting/thin faces
I need to model a rope which is as similar as possible as the reference, which is a bit different from the ropes you get right after applying the Screw modifier, since the spirals are thicker and the ...
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How do I set global scale dimensions for 3d printing 1:1?
I try to prototype in Blender for later exporting it into STL files. I tried the Bolt Factory add-on, but I have no idea if my settings will export properly. When I transform the object using ...
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Screw Modifier - how to change axis dynamically?
I'm trying to use a screw function to create a spiraling object with an axis that changes over distance. In the attached photo I have a screw with a uniform axis, but I would like the spiral of the ...
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how to convert an object with animated modifiers to an animated mesh?
I made some torus/rings using the screw and the displace modifiers.
Then I animated some of the parameters of the modifiers with the "edit driver" and also adding some keyframes to the ...
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Making a DNA backbone using screw modifier
I don't get the nuances of the Screw modifier required to produce the spiral I need.
I made several failed attempts at describing it - basically - a double helix - one rail inside, one outside. Anyway,...
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Blender 3.x screw across uneven cylinder
So I've been following along at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys_8P9Et28I to make a leather handle for my war hammer. However, my model has a handle which tapers which means the geo get's a bit ...
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Screw Modifier doesn't work (faces of solid are broken???)
I'm new to Blender and I have the problem that when I let an object be screwn (?) the face at the roof is just a hole (or something like that). How do I fix this?
I have used an unedited cube and an ...
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Radius-Variable Screwing, possibly involving nodes
a novice here looking to be ambitious (and presently failing).
I'm trying to take a polygon plane (approximately circular and with radius = R) and screw modifier it with an R that reduces in size with ...
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How to spin/rotate the wall
with the reference image i want to rotate / spin the wall, I tried with the spin tool but not working with me, any suggestion how it works, Thanks
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How can the Screw modifier be implemented using Geometry Nodes?
The Screw modifier allows one to revolve a profile curve around an axis to generate geometry. However, there is no such Geometry Node type. Instead, Curve to Mesh is supposed to be a more general ...
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Revolve/Screw Modifier Using Geometry Nodes?
I have a problem that should've been very simple to solve but I'm new to geo nodes.
I create revolved geometry using a curve and a screw modifier.
This is the curve:
This is the geometry and the ...
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Is there a better way to create this screw-like structure?
So, as a blender newbie, I created this shape (and must create more that are similar) by basically drawing it using vertices and edges. It shows a very specific spiral structure that I need.
While I ...
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How to make an object to copy another object's transformations which has been animated through modifiers
So I have a Circle mesh which has a screw modifier + 2 simple deform modifiers (1 to bend on Y axis and one to bend on X axis) Both the Screw Modifier and the Simple deform modifiers are animated in ...
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Flipping vertex / edge normals issue
Flipping vertex / edge normals issue.
I have an object that the normals seem to look correct.
When I test it with the screw modifier one of the sides is still flipped.
I've tried selecting the ...
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small hole in model with bezier curve and solidify
I'm trying to model a cup using a simple bezier curve, and then using (in this order) the screw, solidify, subdivision modifiers.
This leaves a tiny hole in the bottom though, should I change my curve ...
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How do I add a screw modifier to an object made of several joined meshes?
I am trying to create a twisted waterslide, and currently I have what is shown in the first image, which is just a cylinder joined to several toruses. Because I want to make the slide twisted, I tried ...
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How To Reverse Bevel A Cylinder Made With Screw Modifier
In my projects I want to be as non-destructively as possible. For that reason I create all cylinders using the screw modifier. Like described in this video you can invert the normals of the top face ...
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How can I apply a screwed object to a curve/path?
So I am watching a tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebx2qbBlvh0 13.57 min) when a screwed object comes into play. Can someone explain to me what´s happening? I tried using the pipette in ...
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How can I use Screw Modifier right?
So I am watching a tutorial until the Screw Modifier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebx2qbBlvh0 at 13.54 min) comes to use. I made 3 circles and added the modifier (and made sure they that don´t ...
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How to model the croissant style ring?
I would like to model the texture of this ring and have been stuck on this problem for a long time.
I would like to see the gap between each of the twist elements, and I would like to have each ...
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How to make an animation in which an image plane appears with a clockwise motion, like a pie chart
I want to make an image plane appear with the following animation:
image plane is invisible
a pie slice of the plane becomes visible
The pie slice increases so as to reveal more and more of the image ...
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How to Add Dimpled Holes to Textured Bar Tape w/ Screw Modifier?
Goal: Apply this textured bar tape around a pull up bar
So far I have been able to apply the bar tape thanks to this tutorial, however I want to add the dimple holes to the tape (See image) however I ...
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Filling hole after using screw modifier
I Have no idea how to fix the hole that is generated by the screw modifier automatically.
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How do I "Glue" an object to the surface of a mesh that is using a modifier?
I am trying to stick a tree to a path as the path begins to spiral/screw along the Y axis.
I have used the screw modifier to make the path spiral and then parented the tree using 3 vertices. This ...
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Issue with the screw modifier: unable to move an animated curve
In blender 2.93, I have created an arc then I have hooked both ends (picture 1). I could therefore animate the curve in object mode.
I used the screw modifier to play with this curve. I set a 360° ...
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Using the Draw tool with Screw modifier ISSUE [closed]
So I'm following Jamas tutorial on using the SCREW modifier with the draw tool, and It happens that at some point it goes bonkers.
so if I'm drawing a line in edit mode close to the spline I already ...
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Modeling shapes like a pumpkin - How to get sharp creases using curves, screw modifier, and mesh-deform modifier
I'd looking for alternative approaches to modeling something with approximately radial symmetry like a pumpkin using a curve, a screw modifier, and mesh deform. The problem is how/if it possible to ...
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how to make this kind of rope [ with bristles ]
i want to make this kind of rope.
any ideas how to do it , especially the bristles
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How can I create a SDS Cross Point Drillbit?
I don´t know how to approximate to the creation of this object, maybe I have to use sculpting plus modeling in order to achieve this, it´s not as easy as making the form of the object and then using ...
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Screw modifier - how TO make a dome by choosing pivot vertex
how to specify vertex to pivot around?
image 2 : Why can't I draw an edge/line between these two vertices?
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how to merge this? (First and Last Vertices)
I have just an edge.
I added a screw modifier.
Then a solidify modifier.
then a simple deform modifier.
result:
But i have no idea, how can i merge this? or do i have to do that manually after ...
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How to fade screw modifier into cylinder without applying?
I'm trying to make a screw with the screw modifier.
It's important that I use the screw modifier because I want to procedurally modify the angle of the threads for animation.
I want the bottom of the ...
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What is the easiest way to create a pig's tail?
Absolutely newbie here. I tried to do this through the screw modifier but it creates a spring with no internal fill and open, and I need it to be solid and capped.
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Transparent Plane with Screw Modifier
I'm having trouble making a plane using the screw modifier transparent, because "the plane" is shining through?
In this video, using an old version of Blender (2.78), it looks as easy as ...
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How to procedurally model a non-linear screw? / non linear modifier
I am trying to achieve a non linear (gradually) screw procedurally, by this I mean the distance between each turn of the screw get smaller and smaller, this result should be obtain with modifier in a ...
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How would you model this led strip?
I'm quite new with blender, so this might be a stupid question.
I want to model and render something like the attached image, but I'm not able to keep the light normal to the helix curve. It keeps ...
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How to bevel a screwed tunnel into a seamless backdrop?
I want to merge and bevel the tunnel's spiraled stripes into a seamless backdrop. Thus the backdrop is of made of the similar 5 stripes as the screw, though not screwed anymore.
How can I achieve ...
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Not able to apply the most simple screw modifier possible
Add curve
Rotate as displayed in picture below
Add screw modifier
Tried other axis, got a dome instead of a ring
I want the result on the left but got the one on the right instead.
https://youtu.be/...
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How to solidify (cylindify) a screw a with cylinder instead of a rectangle?
I need twisted cylinders instead beveled rectangles. Can I modify my current model or must I restart from scratch?
The twisted cylinder tunnel I'm looking for:
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Apply modifier for unwrapping but maintain animation
I have a spring created from a circle with a screw modifier.
I'd like to include the coil in the UV unwrapping. If I apply the modifier though, the keyframes from my animation of the coil moving up ...
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only firsts few iteration appears in the rendered image
I made a rope by iterating screwed circles. In render mode everything is fine but in the rendered image most of iterations dissapears. How to fix it?
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How can I fill a "spinned/screwed curve"?
I am trying to make a cross-section of an object with a rotational symmetry.
I thought using a curve for the cross-section with the screw modifier would be a better way to do that than using boolean ...
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How to model a teardrop shape
I'm trying to make a sort of an elongated tear drop.
First I tried to draw it manually with vertices in 2D and then extrude to give it height.
Then I tried to utilize the Screw modifier but none of ...
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Problem with screw modifier
I am trying to make a rope with the circle mesh.
First I added an array modifier to the circle, then I added a screw modifier.
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I was following a tutorial on youtube. Anyone else have this problem?
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How to make a ball capped screw?
I am new to blender and I want to make an object that is a bulbous looking screw merged with a sphere at the top. I can't seem to get it to work the way I want, because I am having trouble getting ...
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How to create manifold threads on cylinder with non-destructive editing?
I'm trying to create a screw with non-destructive editing. After defining screw profile I apply a Screw modifier to it. However, the resulting object is not manifold (closed surface with non-zero ...
