Questions tagged [transforms]
Transforms modify the scale, translation, rotation, and shear of a mesh or object
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Different behavior of bpy.ops.transform.resize in Edit mode
If I set Transform Pivot Point to individual origins & scale faces - We get something like this.
and console logs my scaling operation was this following call:
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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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Animating two objects rotating around a common axis with a driver affecting one of the objects
I have two objects. Object A has a driver that causes Object B to translate in the Z direction when Object A is rotated around its Z axis.
I want to rotate both objects together around a common axis, ...
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How to place a surface in the projection plane of the viewport
I am currently working on an addon where two-dimensional mesh surfaces should be automatically placed in the projection plane of the viewport window (not that of a camera) (note: perspective ...
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What does apply transform do?
I noticed apply transform changes matrix_world in some way but it did not become an identity matrix so it must be something else it is doing. Is it modifying the vertices? Is it setting matrix_basis ...
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Rotate camera around target object (within limits) using python & math utils, whilst maintaining camera facing toward target
I am writing a script to procedurally generate images of a target object on a terrain. The basic logic I am thinking of is to have the camera directly above the target pointing straight down, apply ...
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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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How proportionally to decrease the distance between two parts in one object without scaling those parts?
I have a bench. I want to decrease the distance between two parts in the centre without scaling those parts and without standard moving with GX hotkeys. Yes, I can move each part of the bench with G, ...
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Applying scale makes object puffed up
Hello, I am a newbie in blender and I have no idea what is happening.. When I apply scale(ctrl+a > scale), the object becomes puffed up. Can someone please tell me how to fix this problem? Thank ...
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How would one change the way that a mesh deforms, such that a specific area does whilst everything else is left intact?
Practicing rigging and I had added an armature bone to a box with a slit in it to simulate rudimentary lip movement. However, it didn't just move the lips, it also deformed the box itself. I was ...
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How to rotate an object in blender along a desired axis with python?
I have this idea where I want to rotate an object along an arbitrary axis at an angle to align it towards another object. I have got to the point where I already calculated the axis (x,y,z) and the ...
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Copy/pasting object transformations into bones in pose mode
I'm trying to replicate the transformation animation of an object with a bone in pose mode.
The way I approached this was to copy the keyframes of the selected object, go into pose mode, add a ...
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Left click selection not working
Since I started using Blender I've never been able to left-click select anything, nor move it, nor anything. It's as if it is something that isn't supposed to work at all. The only way I've been able ...
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How to scale my textures to be consistent with each other
I have made a custom wood texture and have applied it to two objects, a countertop and a drawer:
The texture has affected the countertop nicely. However, the drawer has scaled the entire texture down....
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Sculpting Full Scale Creatures
Ok as an an arbitrary example I want to sculpt a Chimera so as a base concept I want this thing to generically be the size of either a lion or the biggest cat genome currently or ever. How do I start ...
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Finding a camera position based on an image and a 3d model of the same scene
I'm new here, I really hope what I'm asking is possible, thanks for your help in advance.
I have an image from a security camera and a photogrammetry 3D model of the same scene. I want to find the ...
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Is it possible to slide NURBS control points along rows?
For a mesh, I can hit 'G' twice and drag a vertex along connected edges. This could be very useful when working with NURBS surfaces, as I am now inclined to for a specific model; however, double-G ...
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How to set extrude to be always of absolute value
I have the attached object. Initially to achieve the depressed centre of the coin I extruded it (when it was initially just a cylinder). Now I want to resize it so that the coin is thicker, i.e. ...
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Why does this cube look this way and why can't I scale it correctly?
Doing a Blender tutorial. Instructor wanted the viewer to create a cube to use as a cutter. Took a lot of positioning to get it into the correct location. So I thought I had a better idea. ...
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Why is my modeling and my Layout different?
My layout is showing me something different than the modeling is showing. I don't know how to fix that.
My layout is showing me something different than the modeling is showing. I don't know how to ...
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Blender file increases dramatically, when bending complex objects
My project consists of complex objects, it visualizes architecture. When one of the complex objects I join (CRTL+J), the Blender file increases dramatically from 500 MB to 2.5 GB.
Can anything be done ...
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Move center of mass of an object to the origin?
I have a single mesh that is offset from the center. All I want is to move it to the origin such that the center of mass (the average of all the points) lies at coordinate 0,0,0.
I have tries ...
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VSE: can you modify strips trapezoidally (skew)? [duplicate]
I know I can modify strips in scale, position, and rotation. however, I want to modify an image strip to overlay a projector slide from a video, but to make the aspect ratio look like the scene, I ...
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Curve Deform Modifier Behaving Strangely
Blender wizards,
I've developed a curve, using a spiral, to use as the object of a deform modifier for a circle. The purpose of this is to "apply" a "sticker" to the path of this ...
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How to make an object "stick" to another even after resize?
I'm trying to make a model of a coin with numbers on its face.
Lately, I had to change the coin thickness but the problem is that the numbers just sink into it, instead of staying "glued" to ...
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Every time I extrude 2 faces, a neon blue line appears, slightly askew, and blue. I need to extrude in a straight line. Help?
I was modelling a robot, with curved legs made of spheres hacked into 8 even pieces. I tried to extrude 2 faces to make part of the joint that connects 2 of the legs (named paddles for some reason), ...
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Scale instance on points?
I have geo node with curve to points and then instance on points. I have managed to get my objects rotated along the curve. I would like to scale the instances to have them smaller at the ends of the ...
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Transform deforms a simple cylinder
The cylinder is deformed when I try the transform node in Geometry Nodes as the attached picture (the current selected object).. It rotates correctly (from vertical to horizontal, 90 degrees), but the ...
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How can I make the blade of this sword thicker?
I have this part of a 3d model I bought for printing. The printed sword is about 9.5cm long (or 4 3/4 inches), but the blade is too flimsy, and doesn't hold its shape. So I want to edit the blade to ...
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How to slide vertices into the opposite direction in the exact same angle? [duplicate]
I'm trying to improve my modeling knowledge via modeling different cars but I always fail miserably shortly after modeling curved panels because I made bad topology, which I have zero experience with ...
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Set height in different object
I have two objects (Avatar and base) separated with random dimensions. I need to scale them using a specific dimension (in this case, the avatar's height). I want to scale the avatar in 1.60 height ...
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2d animation. connect objects and moving together
hat and pipe are png images. I added. stickman is a greace pencil drawn by me.
I want the three of them to move together as the stickman walks. like a single object.
please help me.
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Object moves only in 0.01 m steps in the Y-Axis
it´s so frustrating, i just can´t find the problem. I have a file, where i can only move an object in the Y-axis in 0.01 m steps and therefore cannot make any fine adjustments. The problem does not ...
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Grass for Large Scale Scene
Let me start by saying that I am VERY new to blender. I am trying to create a scene with a large field of grass that fades into the horizon without killing my computer. I found the particle generated ...
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How to Move child to the same spot on a new parent
So I have an child parented to an object. I'd like to move it to the same location on a new parent (which will often be a linked duplicate). I've tried various combinations with keep transform, clear ...
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Align object/instance to point away from end of curve
I am trying to create a lamp with a flexible metal arm. The metal arm is modeled with a curve that is modified by geometry nodes. I want to attach the lamp "head" to the end of the curve and ...
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After exporting the armature from blender to unity, the transformation parameters are displayed with an inaccuracy
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There is a model with already existing rig. I did some simple modifications to it:
Added IK to arms and legs;
Added Copy Location constraints to arms and feet;
Fixed scale of rig from 0.01 ...
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Scaling problem
I am a very newbie to Blender. Trying to get used to modelling now.
I selected the faces on both sides on this object with shift+click, and scaled down by Y axis by S+Y, but the result is not what I ...
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Transformation tools gizmos not working
I have a problem with a project im working on; when I try to use any of the transformation gizmos they just dissappear when i click on them and the subtool I have in the selection tool is the one that ...
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Showing the object xyz axis lines via python when moving an object
In Python selecting an object does not display the axis lines, bpy.data.objects['Cube'].x = 5 simply moves the object.
I've tried injecting keystrokes like G + X ...
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Blender export/import scale breaking between programs
I'm exporting assets for use in game engines and importing into other software; ie modo/maya but when I export a "table" with blenders unit scale being 1.0 & in meters as FBX it imports ...
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Scaling top side of a ring of cubes
I'm trying to shrink the rim of this rock base so the top is slightly smaller than the bottom. But when I scale this selected rim, it pulls everything inward. it looks good from the exterior wall ...
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Geometry Nodes - Transforming simple geometry causes material (Image) to flip back and forth
I have created a simple cube primitive in Blender 3.4.1 using Geometry Nodes (10m, 2m, .1m and subdivided 50 on X only). I have also created a spiral and got the cube to conform the the spiral, ...
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How to fix blender armature distorting my model?
This might be insanely easy or not possible, but does anyone know how to stop armatures from distorting certain axis' scales when I use rotate? For example, (which is why I'm making this) my player's ...
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Blender exports GLB 1000x too large
So when I am creating Blender files (textured and animated) for Augmented Reality, since there is no proper USDZ export (as far as I understand) I have been exporting as GLB and converting them to ...
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Time-scale an animation in Blender 2.49
How can I time-scale an animation in older Blender v2.49? In the newer versions there is the ...
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How can I replicate this image of a tied-up balloon?
I want to make a picture of the balloon tied with a string like in the picture.
Is there any useful function for that?
Should I reduce the scale of the dots that the string passes by and sculpture ...
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How can I copy and transform a bone's location movement to another bone?
I'm trying to setup root motion for an animation that I have but I'm struggling to get it working right.
My armature has a root bone named root and its child is the ...
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How to change location of objects without having the constraints affect the objects look/values?
I am currently trying to make a thrust vectoring jet engine nozzle. However when Ii Alt+D duplicate the object to rotate it around, the constraints starts messing with the object making it weird. ...
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Run some blender action from command line
I'd like to scale an animation in bunch of files. How Can I run the blender from Windows command line to apply animation scale ...
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