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How to split/slice a polygon without subdivide?

So I'm relatively new to Blender AND human modelling and was working on this low poly CG character. This torso was built from a cylinder primitive and now I want to split/slice at the very bottom face in two (then I can cut half of it and mirror,…
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Fill cylinder cap with quads

Is there any way of converting the triangle fan found on a cylinder cap into quads.
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Can't see vertices, edges or faces in Edit Mode

I was working just fine and suddenly when I changed from object to Edit Mode, neither vertices, edges nor faces were highlighted as usual. I can still select them but can't see them, the object is displayed as in object mode. It happens with all my…
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yellow dotted wireframe appears when I mistakenly press Shift-t instead of Ctrl-t

When I attempt to triangulate a mesh I end up with that dotted yellow bounding box when I mistakenly press Shift+t instead of Ctrl+t. I cannot get rid of it by using Undo. From what I can tell, it has something to do with Texture Space but I…
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How to make a dynamically expanding menu in Blender?

Say we want to navigate a tree structure without knowing all the data ahead of time, is it possible to do this in Blender? For example, a menu which dynamically loaded a directory hierarchy from the filesystem (without having to scan the filesystem…
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Blender UI Multithreading Progressbar

The following question might've been asked several times, but I've found no satisfactory answer. Short question: How can I show progress of background task in Blender UI? Explanation: I have a long running task which I want to run in the…
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Python script fail, look in the console for now

I don´t understand why I get this error message: Python script fail, look in the console for now I only put this piece of code in the scripting window: import bge bge.render.drawLine([0,0,0],[10,10,10],[255,40,0]) Is supposed I get error…
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Can anyone give me some tips on Lighting in Cycles?

I am using the Cycles render engine. I love the ability to use my GPU for rendering, and I have achieved some nice results texture-wise, but I am having a hard time with lighting. One problem in particular I've noticed is Hemi and Spot lights don't…
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Input image strip without stretching to fit output frame

When you add an image strip to the Video Sequence Editor, it stretches/shrinks your image to fit the full output frame. How can I add an image at its original resolution? For example, if I add a 60x60 pixel image, it should appear very small in the…
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How to remove personal data from a blend file

How can I remove personal data from a .blend file? I was asked to upload a .blend file in order to reproduce the issue. I removed all objects from the scene as far as possible and also removed all Python code as far as possible. This is good: it…
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How do you keep a single object from casting a shadow?

Is there a way to prevent a single object from casting shadows? If I shut down "Cast Shadows" on the light source then all shadows will be lost. That is not what I want. I want to be able to prevent a single object from casting shadows. A use case…
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Why did the texture I painted in texture paint mode disappear?

I was following a tutorial on how to use the Texture Paint feature on blender so I could paint on a terrain I am modeling. I was successful to paint the whole terrain with beautiful, exuberant vegetation, and crystalline water running through the…
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How to automatically join stripped pieces of video?

I'm using Blender for non linear video editor, I'm simply removing dead times (times in which nothing happen) in my video using hard cut (Shift + k) after this process I've got something like this: At the moment I'm using g for moving the pieces of…
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Blender 2.78 with Windows 10 lags when interacting with the UI

Update This has been confirmed resolved in a later version 376.33 and possibly the update prior. meta Okay, I recently did a computer update. I used to run Blender 2.77 on a Dell desktop (5 GB RAM, 2.7 GHZ, Windows 8, build in graphics card). Since…
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How to hide hdri background?

I have added an hdri environment file and i want to use the lights and not the background image. Is there any option present to hide the image and just use the light source.
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