Questions tagged [windows]
Questions pertaining to the Windows Operating System as it relates to Blender. Questions can be anything from compatibility to optimization.
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Run Blender from CLI with GUI
Hello dear blender community,
I am trying to automate a few tasks in Blender, and trigger their execution from the command line like this:
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Issues running Blender from the command line despite setting up environmental variables
I have become interested in running Blender from the command line (Windows) to make my workflow more efficient. I also want to be able to run it directly without pointing Windows to my directory each ...
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Add layers in blender 2.93
I am new to blender I downloaded it just now. I am trying to add a new layer in 2D Animation but I don't know how to.
I am using Windows 10.
Any help will be accepted.
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2.93 Render Window Always on Top
I just installed the latest available version 2.93.0 (win). When I press F12 to render, it popups render window, but now render window is always on top! So, I can't switch back to 3D view window (...
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audio doesn't play at all
I downloaded Blender yesterday primarily to use as a video editor and it worked well, until I tried to play audio. IT'S COMPLETELY MUTE.
I was wearing Bluetooth headphones so I tried using wired ...
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How to run an Alpha Build?
This would seem to be a dumb question since I can't find anyone asking it before....
I thought I would install an Alpha build for the first time (2.93 - on a Windows PC). I unzipped all files to a ...
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Blender crashes entire PC on Cycles rendering - need help diagnosing the problem
I have a MSI i9 PC (32 GB of ram) and a RTX 2080. The computer crashes on any Cycles render but for our purposes here, I'm using the Blend file attached to this ticket.
Here's what I've done to ...
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dialog windows with two displays
I have two displays and I'd like to move Blender to the secondary display and not the main one, because of resolution stuff (main display is a laptop display scaled 125% and it kinda leaves less room ...
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My material behaves differently in material preview than in rendered view
I have a material which looks different in material preview than it does in rendered mode or in final cycles output. I'm using cycles for rendered mode. Blender 2.92.0.
You can see below that the ...
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How can I import my video properly?
I used a cellphone and it records .3gp I converted to mp4 and When I put it in the video editor it goes wrong
It seems that it triesa to put it in the computer resolution
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How do you get second window in Texture Paint Mode [duplicate]
I'm using Blender 2.92 and whenever I go to Texture Paint mode, I'm only seeing the flat texture. How can I create a second window and see the model as well?
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Grease Pencil primitive/shape tools do not function
First and foremost, I am on 64bit Windows 10, V1909, Build 18363.1440
My current blender installation is 64bit 2.92.0, fresh from blender.org
When I click on the primitives while in Grease Pencil's ...
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Can Windows Blender load a project from a WSL2 filesystem file?
Windows can access WSL2 paths as \\wsl$\Ubuntu-20.04\home\me\scene.blend but I can't type that path into blender's File>Open dialog box (2.93 alpha nightly of ...
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How to link Anaconda3 environment to Blender 2.92 on Windows
My problem
Since the release of Blender 2.92, my anaconda3 environment does not work anymore with Blender...
I have this error at startup :
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Eevee glass shader transparent only at certain angles?
So I made windows for my building in an Eevee scene, but at certain angles, it doesn't show what is on the other side and instead shows a reflection of what's below my building. I am using the ...
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Installed blender version 2.92 and 2.91.2 but when it launch is shows not responding please help [closed]
Device name RHINOCEROS
Processor AMD A4-9125 RADEON R3, 4 COMPUTE CORES 2C+2G 2.30 GHz
Installed RAM 4.00 GB (3.89 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Edition ...
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Blender closes/crashes everytime I open and close a window
Since yesterday blender constantly closes/crashes everytime I open and close a window.
So far this happens on every window I have tried (e.g. file output path, file import, viewport windows, image ...
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My blender doesn't open anymore
I'm having a problem with Blender 2.91.2
Whenever I try to open it, it just goes to the console and closes immediately.
Initially when this happened, it came up with a message about my userprefs file (...
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Using bpy in a standalone python script dies when rendering
EDIT (Solution):
I was able to fix this by adding the following line:
bpy.context.scene.render.engine = 'CYCLES'
This works fine for me as I need to use the cycles ...
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Architectural Window Glass - White or Black circle in IOR Reflection
I have modelled a window using a glass that has thickness (about 10mm). Normals face the correct way.
I have researched glass shaders to make sure light passes throught the material and also keeps ...
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Remove pop-up window when running an operator
Is there anyway to remove this pop-up window when running an operator?
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Windows 10 blender blackscreen, no cursor, no USB power
I get a black screen after working a few minutes on blender with the Cycle render method active.
Most of the time I have a second window of blender open, set to a camera with Viewport Shading on.
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Sheep It not launching
I have downloaded the newest version of Sheep It from the website, but when I launch the exe file (Im on Windows) it says "Extracting __%", and when it finishes extracting it closes and does ...
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Can anyone hep me fixing blender? [duplicate]
Every time I open Blender the same project is opening, I don't know how I did this but I cant close the project and can't open a new project.
I haven't saved the project that opens anywhere, this ...
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Using Blender's GUI application from WSL2 (repost from stackoverflow)
This is a repost from StackOverflow, I was recommend to post this here by a friend
Recently a fellow intern finished his internship. For this internship, he wrote some automated fluid simulations in ...
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Windows 10 crashes using blender
I have tried to find an answer in internet on my issue before to write in this blog but I couldn't find any. I am currently using blender 2.90.1 and after rendering a complex scene I open a new ...
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Blender keeps crashing/closing without log entry
I have a problem with blender now and I don’t know why.
It keeps crashing constantly. I can work sometimes only 2 mins and sometimes upto 20. Then it closes without anything.
I reinstalled it with no ...
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Blender won't open. The command window flashes but nothing else. I want to share my solution
Problem: Blender worked until I installed 2.90. It opened once then failed afterwards. When I tried to open Blender, the command prompt flashed and disappeared. Blender would not open. I don't like ...
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Both windows change when I switch to object mode in second window?
I'm new to blender and was creating a treasure chest or whatever you call it. I split the blender screen to two windows so that I can see one object in object mode and in second window in rendered ...
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Window cut pinching after bevel applied to windows edges
I tried to search an answer to my question, but didn't find a solution so far, so looking for Your help.
I'm trying to create a modular sci-fi corridor.
As You see in the first screen shot - this is ...
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blender opengl 3
Today i tried to download the latest version of blender but it gives me a problem on opengl, telling me that i need at least opengl 3.3, even though i should have opengl 4.
So I found a modification ...
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Blender crashes upon opening
I installed Blender (2.83) for the first time on my new Custom Built PC.
Windows 10, Intel i7, x 64bit and opened double clicking the .exe file, a grey screen appears as well as a black dialogue box ...
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Carrying UI Settings from Windows to Linux [duplicate]
I'm trying out Linux (Kubuntu 20.04), moving from Windows 7, just to see how I feel about it. I installed Blender 2.83 and I'm having trouble opening up the start up file I have saved away with the ...
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How to install Blender on a Intel Core i5 with Windows 7? [closed]
I use a 2014 laptop with Intel Core i5(2010) with Windows 7 Pro Extended Support(2020)
I want to do modeling with Unity but I tried but it said you need a high level computer while i have a mid level
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'blender' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
I can't get any blender commands to work in the windows command line. I have added to the PATH and changed the directory to where Blender is on my laptop but I just keep getting this error:
'blender' ...
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How to create old looking/ cracked glass
I am looking for old looking cracked glass for a window in a shack scene.
I have looked everywhere but can find a tutorial or material or model on this
please can someone help me on this
thanks
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Switching from Mac to PC - Questions regarding GPU-rendering
I just switched from Mac (macOS) to PC (Windows 10). Since Macs can't render with GPU, I'm new to the concept of being able to render with Cycles using a GPU. However, I have a couple of questions:
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How to make Blender open on secondary monitor, including save/open/prefs window?
I use a dual monitor set up (Dell as primary monitor, Wacom Cintiq as my secondary). I want blender to start up on my secondary monitor. Manually moving the Blender window to my secondary and saving ...
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Crash when I start Blender 2.83 on Windows 7 Pro
I've just installed Blender 64Bits v2.83 (Os W7 Pro-64b) and when I try to launch it, I have a stealth window (kind for DOS command) which opens and closes immediately, and the program doesn't not ...
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Is it possible to auto close the blender render window once rendering is finished?
Is it possible to auto close the blender render window once rendering is finished? I could not find any such option.
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How can i change the keyboard layout of blender back to english/default?
I'm new (actually just installed it a few hours ago), and wanted to access walk mode through shift ´ but i couldn't find the key Blender sees as ´ at first.
Neither the key left of 1 - which would be ...
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Blender 2.83 Doesnt Load: Debug Output says "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION"
I checked one of the text files for 2.83 and says my GPU is supported, I ran one of the command scripts (blender factory startup) and it produced a Blender Debug Output. This text message says
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SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
I'm trying to save fig to my desktop using python but showing an error how can I solve this error??
(I'm Using Windows10)
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Can you perfectly line up one object with an array modifier with another object that has an array modifier?
So here's the problem. I want the cylinders to be smack in the middle of the cubes when giving them both an array modifier. I know one way to make that happen, is to just join them together and give ...
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Remapped keyboard keys don not work properly in Blender only (Windows 10)
I have bought a laptop that was German (I’m not, I use an English keyboard), and I have a clean installation in English as Win 10 OS language and Greek loaded as an additional language pack. Both use ...
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How do I Save/Pin a New Window, and assign a button to it?
Under Window > New Window,
I'm able to create a window, and assign various Editor Types within said window. I'd like to save this window and Pin it, so that regardless of which Workspace Tab I'm on it ...
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Blender is not displaying anything when startup
So I got this new desktop PC (albeit second-hand), and I begun moving my old stuff from my laptop to here, including Blender 2.79. When starting up the program, I was greeted with something I call a ...
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Graphic Glitch on Startup
Blender was working fine a few days ago, but suddenly starting Blender up yields a screen like this.
For some reason, the glitch doesn't occur when Blender is left free-floating: if I set it to fill ...
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Blender 2.8.2 Crashes on Startup (Windows10) - Not enough video memory?
Update: Also tried 2.78 - It seemingly gets little bit further but still hungs up before accessing the program.
I just installed Blender 2.82a off the Windows64 installer on my brand new PC and it ...
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How to change "default" Blender used by Windows?
I have multiple versions of Blender installed: 2.78c(for a class I'm taking using the game engine), 2.82a and 2.83a. When I hit the Windows key and search for Blender, the default one that shows up at ...
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