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How can n-gons be selected?

Editing a mesh for a while I didn't notice that I created a n-gon. After adding a subsurf modifier the mesh heavily deformed, it took while until I found this: Is there an easy way to select n-gons?
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Where can I find what version of python is bundled with certain Blender versions?

The question is where I can reliably find the information on which python version is bundled with a certain Blender release (like 2.72b at the moment)? I need to find the major and minor version numbers as soon as a new release is out (well, as soon…
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Making a Trypophobia-triggering image In Blender

Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps Is there an easy way, such as a modifier, to make a "trypophobic" mesh?
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Delete animation of object

Sorry for a simple question, but I have animated the movement of a door; just a movement of the X axis. Turns out I'll do this in code instead, so I want to delete this animation. How do I delete an animation completely from an object? For that…
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How to mirror a bone?

I can't find the bone mirror option. When I used Blender about two years ago the mirror option was tucked away in the rig/object panels, but now I see no obvious options. How can I mirror bones in 2.7+?
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Duplicate objects transformation applies to both objects

I'm facing this frustrating "feature" that I can't seem to remedy; when I duplicate an object (and now, even when I create two completely new objects), their transformations/scaling is synchronized. This is extremely annoying when trying to use any…
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Blender rendering automation (build script)

I would like to automate the proccess of rendering images (sprites). What I want to do is to render an image of the same model with different textures, ideally the texture filename would be passed as a command line parameter. However, I am totally…
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Move keyframes from timeline?

In Cinema 4D you can select an animated keyframe and just slide to move it directly from the timeline and all attributes like scale, rotation, position etc will be automatically adjusted to the new position. Is there anyway to do that in Blender?…
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Viewing normals in Blender?

I'm sure there is a way to view the normals, but I can't find it anywhere. Can you please tell me where to find this option? Thanks!
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Is it possible to animate a mesh's geometry without using Shape Keys?

I would like to animate a mesh's geometry without using shape keys. Is this possible?
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Light-bulb Filaments: Brightness and Internal Reflections in Cycles

I'm working on making an "Edison bulb" for part of a photo-realistic scene. The filament is composed of extrusions of a very small cylinder (if that's a poor method, please correct me; I'm very new to modeling) and that seems to have an effect on…
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why is this "abysmally" bad topology?

So I was asking for some advice and I got this: retopo this immediately, its abysmal. Use low poly to drive a subdiv or multires, and add geometry as needed. It's literally unworkable at this stage. Of course I now know that I shouldn't have…
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Is there a way to simulate convection with a particle system?

As stated in the title, I want a particle system that will have particles heat up and rise, and then sink when they cool. How can I simulate this? Additionally, I want to make sure the particles attract each other and move around on the x and y…
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How do I model this chrysanthemum crest?

I'm trying to do a low poly and high poly version to bake down. I attempted modeling it and planning to subsurf the low poly to get the high. Can't seam to get the round surface right and avoiding ngons without adding too much poly. Is there a…
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open .stl file with blender

I need to open .stl files with blender, without importing them! In the properties of my .stl file, blender is set as "open with", but when I double click on the file it just opens blender as my preset user preference (without any objects). The same…
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