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Questions tagged [modeling]

Modeling refers to the process of creating 3D objects or entities using a 3D modeling application. This tag is used for anything related to modeling including techniques, tools and tips.

See the modeling section of the blender manual.

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What is non-manifold geometry?

I am not quite sure what non-manifold geometry is. I thought non-manifold geometry was just floating vertices and hole in a mesh. From my experience this is not always the case however. What is non-manifold geometry and what are the types of it and…
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Extrude Faces along Local Normals

I am trying to extrude faces of a cylinder along local normals. 3dsmax can do it easy, couldn't find how to do it in blender. The extrude region option extrudes it as shown in the first example. I want it done like the 2nd example.
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How can I make a wrought iron basket?

I'm want to know how to make something like the wrought iron shapes as shown in the picture.
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How to merge 4 adjacent, coplanar faces into a single face

I have a plane consisting of 4 squares - take as an example a subdivided plane. How can I merge these faces into one?
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Create vertex on a desired part of an edge

Ctrl + R creates vertex exactly between two vertices of an edge but I want it in the place where I click, that is any part of an edge where I click. I wanted to know if there is any such feature available in blender. This will just increase my…
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Procedurally generating wear on an object?

What are some techniques for procedurally generating wear (chips, cracks, dents, etc.) on a mesh object? For example, what are some ways I could do something like this: but with more dents and detail? (and without having to manually duplicate…
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How to set the current scale to 1?

I want to take an object that I have scaled in object mode and set the current scale to 1. I can find the current scale, clear the scale with Alt+S, and then switch to edit mode and scale to what it was before I cleared the scale. Is there a built…
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How to align a cluster of points?

If you have a cluster of points selected like this: how do you align the points so that they create a flat plane?
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How to remove interior faces while keeping exterior faces untouched?

I built something Minecraft style model by cubes. Now I met a problem: when I'm trying to remove all interior faces, it appears that some exterior faces are influenced inevitably. I wonder if there is some better way to do it better. P.S.: There…
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How to make a spiked sphere?

I know how to make it manually with cone rotation around the sphere. but maybe there's much simpler solution or addon that has that option, preferably not very high poly solution. Also if possible I would like the spikes not to be very pointy if…
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Sliding a point along an edge?

I have a line with a point in the center (2 edges with 3 points that forms a straight line). How do I slide the middle point along the straight line it resides on?
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How do I make a sphere out of a spiral?

How do I make a globe into a hollow sphere made out of a spiral? In other words, how do I make a spherical spiral, or a spiral follow a spherical shape?
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How to model the bottle threads?

The picture show the threads I want to create on the highlighted object. Problem is I don't know how and tutorials really haven't helped much as most of them seem to be about creating a bolt. So I was hoping I could get some help on how to do this…
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How to copy/paste X, Y, Z coordinates in one step

Is there a way to copy and paste all 3 coordinates from the Properties (N) menu in 3d view? I can do it one at a time, but not all 3 at the same time.
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What's the fastest way to turn a triangular face into three quads?

What's the fastest way to turn a triangular face into three quads?
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