Questions tagged [tools]
Introduced in 2.8# series tools provide a more visual and direct way of interacting with Blender functions directly on canvas through gizmos and manipulators.
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Many addons are missing from Blender 4.2. How do I install addons in Blender 4.2?
How do I install LoopTools for Blender 4.2? I remember this was part of previous Blender versions.
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How can I change a cross-sectional area of a solid by a percentage?
I have a geometry of an artery that I would like to expand, increasing the cross-sectional area by exactly 240%.
Is this possible? The fatten tool allows this expansion only by a fixed dimension, not ...
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How to remap "use tool" button?
In the node editor there are three tools available in the T panel, box select, annotate, and link cut. I'm trying to figure out where the bindings for these tools are configured? By default it seems ...
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Enable show keyboard-shortcuts in Toolbar?
Is there a way to preview the keyboard shortcuts of a common command in the standard toolbar much like this?
I've been told I should use the F3/spacebar search options but retrieval adds time to ...
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How to create a face in between two already connected edges?
Basically I'd like to create a new face right in that selected edge to achieve something like this:
Does Blender have a tool/option to do this or do I need to recreate all of that manually?
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possible to change sub-shortcuts of basic tools like 'move' [bpy.ops.transform.translate]?
Hello Blender Community!
I'm an experienced 3D artist, and I am trying to switch to Blender completely now.
For this, I'm converting many tools I gathered from 3D Software like Maya/3DsMax or ZBrush ...
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Is there any out of the box solution to cut diagonally a mesh with multiple cuts?
It is my third day using blender and well, the first time I have asked a question in a stackoverflow-like forum, so bear with me.
I have added a round cube to my scene which I have turned into a sort ...
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How can I reset a tool to its defaults?
Each tool has various settings associated with it. For example the Inset Faces tool has the following in Blender 3.0:
When following a tutorial, the teacher does not always show the tool settings ...
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How can I activate various eyedroppers using script
Now, in order to find an eyedropper I have to click a tiny button, scroll, click another tiny button, click the eyedropper, and THEN I can finally pick a color. I'm aware that with 'E' I can shorten ...
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How making only small hills flatter in landscape?
I have a landscape where I only want to make the small hills and bumps much smaller. However, the basic shape and larger rocks should be preserved. Is there any tool etc. with which you can only make ...
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Inflate geometry with fixed inlets and outlets
I am new to blender, and I am looking to inflate the geometry of an artery like a balloon.
I have used the shrink/fatten tool and it produces the outcome I desired except for the inlet and outlets. I ...
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Bevel tool refuses to add edges to model
today I wanted to add some edges to my model, but unfortunately the bevel tool doesn't bevel properly.
This is the result I get with it affecting edges only.
While this happens when I make it affect ...
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How to bring back the tools menu under editor type?
so this might be a stupid question but as I am a complete beginner I will need some help with this - I have no idea how to bring back the toolbar under the Editor type - I am not even sure of the ...
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How do I apply a wireframe modifier as an overlay without it replacing all the shading I've already done?
I made this kind of HUD Earth with the shading tab.
I want to add an overlay with latitudes and longitudes, to make it look like a more real-looking HUD Earth. For that, I use the modifier "...
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LoopTool is overlapping edges
I dont know why but every time i try to make a circle using loop tool inside a mesh, the edges overlap thenselfs in that weird way. Could it be due to the number of faces I'm trying to convert using ...
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What is the best method to snap the vertices of an edge loop to a curved face in a single operation?
I'd like to project the vertices of an edge loop onto a curved face to adjoin two separate pieces into one mesh. What is the best method to extend the vertices along its relative axis onto a curved or ...
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Why my blender layout area appears a mark like hourglass? and how to close it
I don't know what function I pressed, suddenly, the blender layout area appears a mark that looks like "hourglass"(see the picture below), and it does no effect but just a little bit ...
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What tool do I use to make a part smooth
I have what is on image 1 (the black colors), and i want it to be like the image 2 (orange color legs)
I know that there a tool that can do it but i can't find it.
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Create a Workspace Tool with Modal Operator?
I have an add-on that I want to use as a Workspace Tool (similar to the Bevel Tool). How can I set up my operator's modal call to only run the operator once and ...
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What free tools make Blender work like SketchUp? [closed]
I'm coming from SketchUp and want to find tools, that are free, to make Blender work like SketchUp. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Has anyone made any that convert Blender into a user-friendly CAD ...
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Graphics tablet
I’ve been trying to sculpt and I realize that I am horrible at it. I am using a mouse to sculpt in blender and I think it would be easier to use a graphics tablet. I have a touch screen 2 in 1 ...
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Incorrect selected tool circle. box. or lasso
When I select vertices, edges, or polygons with the circle, box, or lasso tool in Edit Mode, spontaneous vertices are selected all over the mesh.
example:
I select the vertices on the legs, and the ...
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Flatten option is not available in Blender 2.92
I am following along a this tutorial at the mark 49:05 time, he is using F3 to open Search menu, and types FLATTEN.
When I do the same, the search results disappear, and I have no FLATTEN option.
I ...
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What is blender tools name?
What is the name of tools in the below of image, I cant find it in any blender version. I use blender version 3.6, 4.0 and 4.2
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Why can't I separate in the Object Mode
As the video did, the vlogger separated the door into parts, and I want to separate the desk which I joined before as he did, but I can't find the separate tool in object mode, it only appears in mesh/...
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Creating planes when remeshing/Topology
As a newbie I'm following a tutorial that makes really fast work of creating planes when remeshing on top of a UV, but I cant figure out for the life of me how to create planes like in the video.
The ...
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How to drive a modal operator from a class TerrainSculptWorkspaceTool(bpy.types.WorkSpaceTool):?
I've created a modal operator that I currently start by pressing a button in a panel, but want to adapt it so that I can use it from a workspace tool button instead. I've written a test script that ...
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Annoying tool settings overlay [duplicate]
I'm coming from ~18 years Maya usage and I'm relatively new to blender, so I'm heavely used to a construction history, which blender doesn't have.
My main problem is: everytime I add a new object e.g.:...
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How to create a model from drawings just like Smoothie-3D, Paint 3D or Monster Mash?
I want to find some way to imitate this technique. (draw a curve that becomes a model with a few clicks)
The same can be done with Paint 3D as seen here and Monster Mash as seen here.
The most I can ...
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Why isn't Face Sets painting all the faces under the brush in Sculpt Mode?
In Sculpt Mode, when using Face Sets Brush on the mesh, the mask does not apply correctly to all faces below the brush. Some ...
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How to correct weird geometry after boolean?
I have created a mesh with boolean operations (bool tool) and I need to have it ready for 3d print. Now I've noticed some weird geometry happening but I cannot determine what it is. You can see in the ...
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Python: trigger manual rotation
I'm writing an add-on for Blender, and I'd like to create two different key mappings for rotation: one will rotate around the median point, the other around the cursor. In each case, the plan is to ...
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Proportional editing change size problem
can anybody tell me please how can I change "proportional change size mode" on blender 3.5 to older one. I mean until I apply a proportional size that suits me(L-mouse button) it won't save. ...
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Blender freezes when using the move tool on fedora 36 [closed]
Often when I use the move surface tool blender freezes my entire computer for a period of time, sometimes it unfreezes and sometimes it crashes.
the computer I'm testing it on isn't very powerful, duo ...
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"Shortcut rotate" and "rotate option" in toolbar rotate object in diffferent directions
System Versions:
Blender Version: 2.93.9 LTS
System: macOS Monterey, Version 12.4
If I rotate using shortcut R with the following parameters:
Angle: 10 degree
Axis: Y
Orientation: Global
Blender ...
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Sculpting tools don’t work
None of the tools seems to have any effect on the object , all the tools seems block … i use a graphic tablet ….I been trying everything . I stay at this point whit subdivisions . I change the brush … ...
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Blender bevel mitering struggling with very sharp corners
Blender's bevel tool (specifically in my case, the modifier) works pretty well and is extremely useful, however I think I've found a limitation of it. If anyone knows how to solve this problem, I ...
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Am I doing something wrong with the Bisect tool?
I am trying to cut (bisect) an imported mesh, but I think I am doing something wrong or the mesh is just broken.
Video:
https://youtu.be/mqQdibQdQhA
What do I need to do to fix this?
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How can I precisely set my mouse location for tools which use it?
I'm learning the bend tool. It works by having you start with two points in space. One of them is the 3D cursor, and the other is your mouse cursor. The line that connects determines what your ...
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An improved version of "to sphere" in geometry nodes
I need an improved version of the To Sphere tool. The existing tool does its job well, but it does not adjust the distance between vertices at all.
With the new ability to turn geometry nodes into ...
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Any suggestions on what size to make my animation characters? [closed]
What are the best sizes that an animation character's XYZ scale measurements average? I am teaching myself how to use the Blender app. By default, the XYZ scales are 1.000 but I think that's too small ...
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Rockbottom rank newbie question about the Blender UI (Blender 2.9.0, on a Mac) [closed]
Since this is the only forum accessible to me, here's the question: The term "Edit mode" gets used a lot, but there is more than one layout (arrangement of tools available) for Edit Mode, ...
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Get the active tool in Python
How can I get(not set) the active tool in Python? I know there is:
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Fblah's tools in Blender 2.92
I've successfully downloaded and installed the Shape Key Tools by Ajit Christopher D'Monte into Blender 2.92. The tools menu shows up in the right margin as it should.
There should however also be a ...
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How to inset an extrusion with the rest of the shape?
Hi I have extruded part of a block but now when I try to inset the top face of that block with the extrusion it insets the top face of the extrusion separately rather than doing it with the rest of ...
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How to move the gizmo of a section?
How to move the gizmo of a section of to make a scale (NOT relative to the center of the selection)? When I do it with the cursor it crushes all in 1 single point
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Gizmo missing in version 2.90.1
I'm in version 2.90.1 and my gizmo (manipulator) is missing. Does anyone know how to get it back? I checked and the check box is checked. Restarting didn't resolve anything.
Does anybody have a clue ...
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How to Inset Text/Curve Mesh?
I am wondering if there is an easy way to inset mesh that is generated from text/curves? When I convert text to mesh it generates a bunch of uneven triangles that don't inset properly. My only ...
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Right Click on tools not working right
When i click on a tool in the toolbar like extrude will open this and the menu that is supposed to apear with the different extrude options is not showing
