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No file output after rendering?

I usually am able to render successfully to the c:\tmp folder, but when I came into work today, I rendered out the image on my work laptop, and everything seems to work, but I'm not getting an output to the tmp directory. Does anyone know how to…
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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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How can I duplicate a mesh along a curve?

I want to outline a curve in the form of text with a mesh (UV-sphere, cube etc.). How can I do that while saving mesh geometry without using the Curve modifier?
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Why can't I import a SVG file from Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape?

I've tried multiple times to import a SVG file from illustrator CS5.5 to Blender 2.71 and 2.73. However, I do not see a mesh, curve, or anything pop up in my "Outliner" window. So I know its not so small I can't see it. I even made sure under user…
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How to change the snapping increment in different units?

I would like to know how to change the increments used for snapping transforms. This would be useful in a number of situations but my problem now is that when I change the units it does not scale the snapping increments to match. So when holding…
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Is the Blender GUI package available for other programs?

I really love the look of Blender's built-in GUI, and would potentially like to use these tools in some of my other Python applications. As I understand it, Blender created all of these tools from scratch, instead of inheriting them from one of the…
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How do you return to the default view (the one you see when blender starts)?

I cannot find any menu or keys that return blender to the view that you see when you start blender. Using save close and then open again but it must be easier than that? How do you change the view from side or front, or back to the view that is…
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Node for setting render colour, regardless of lighting

I'm trying to make a material node setup to set final render colors, regardless of lighting conditions. Is such a setup possible?
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Can I delete all materials of all objects in a scene quickly?

Is there a quick way to delete all materials in the scene? I have a scene containing 20+ materials and all linked to objects. I'd like to remove all the materials from my blender file.
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Is it possible to create image data and save to a file from a script

I'm currently trying to extract textures from a binary file, and ideally I'd like to save each texture to a file or embed in the .blend file. However, before saving an image, I need to be able to create an image in memory from an array of pixel…
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Blender's video and audio don't sync when editing

I imported my video file and for some reason (even though the video is one frame smaller than the audio) the video and audio do not sync after being played back for a certain amount of time. If I were to click on the sequencer and place it at any…
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Blurring/Feathering a Procedural Pointiness Mask

I'm trying to create a procedural mask to affect the sharp edges of my model using the Pointiness output from the Geometry node, leading to the eventual idea of using it to create customisable weathering effects, such as this. This is the base setup…
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What is Dot Product?

I am doing this Blenderguru tutorial on Making Fire and at some point he is adding the Vector Math node Dot Product to his material. And he says that he does not understand what he is doing but this seems the way how to do it (he is creating the…
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How can I use my Blender models in WebGL

I would like to create WebGL applications and use Blender as a modelling tool. I don't necessarily need to translate game engine functionality to WebGL but I would like to retain as much of the UV mapping, vertex colors, materials, etc. info as…
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Split an edge in two?

Is there a simple and quick way to add a vertex to an existing edge? I mean in a similar manner (Ctrl+R) like a loop cut for the whole object? My current workflow is, deleting the edge completely, then I select one of the vertices and extend it via…
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