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Get Blender X,Y,Z and Bounding Box with script
I need to get the x,y,z values of an object as well as the bounding box through a script. So far I have the area and volume with the following code:
bm = bmesh.new()
bm.from_object(bpy.context.object, bpy.context.scene)
area = str(sum(f.calc_area()…
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What do the settings in the new Principled Shader actually do?
I'm trying to understand how the new Principled Shader in 2.79 works, so I can make a video tutorial on it.
I get most of it, but a few things have me confused, and there currently isn't much documentation for it.
Since most dielectric materials…
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How to add bump to shader?
I have a simple diffuse shader. I would like to add some bump to it. How can I do this in Cycles? Where do I plug in my checkered texture.
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How can I make dynamic text in an animation?
Is there a way to change text during an animation? Something like a readout that could show distance traveled. And have it displayed on the screen of the animation.
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Assign a shortcut to "Limit selection to visible" toggle
Where might this entry reside in the User Preferences > Input list? I would like to assign it to a key (using ver 2.69)
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Finding vertices in a Vertex Group using Blender's Python API
Is there an easy way to get the vertices in a vertex group? The only way I've found is pretty brute-force - e.g., to find the vertices of object obs[i] in group "e":
e_idx = obs[i].vertex_groups['e'].index
vs=[v for v in obs[i].data.vertices if…
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How to rename selected objects using python?
I want to rename a large number of items. Doing so manually could take quite some time. I want to use python to rename the object. To find out the python command for renaming I renamed an object manually and looked in the console for the echoed…
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How to remove a node from a frame?
Frames are great for making node trees more understandable. However one annoying feature about them is that they trap any nodes that get accidentally dropped over them.
So how do I get a node out of a frame?
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How to measure the dynamic range of an HDRi?
In this question the issue of photorealistic images and the need of a Wide Dynamic Range is discussed. Rendering with a wider dynamic range to produce photorealistic looking images will need high quality HDRi's (when using HDRi's). In this article…
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How to align an object by one or two edges to xyz axes?
How can I align object edge to one of the axis? For example, if I have a cube rotated 'freely' in the scene with applied rotation -- how can I realign it along x y and z axes again?
using physics engine comes to mind, but it also sounds like an…
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Position all selected vertices to the same place
Can I position all selected vertices to the same place?
I basically want to set all of their x positions to 0.
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Placing 4 Circles on a sphere
I am wondering how I can create a sphere with 4 equally spaced, equally sized circles on a ball, similar to the circles in this image:
I only request to know how the positions of these circles are found, and how to create simple circles on each…
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Animating a punctured torus
On the torus wiki page there is an animation of a punctured torus. How would one go about creating same in blender?
In case someone wants to elaborate on @MutantBob shapekey sript answer here are the Parametric equations of a torus.
class…
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Where are some places to get reference images for modeling?
I'm a newbie. I've gone through a number of tutorials and want to get some actual experience with modeling. But, I don't know where to go to get good reference images for modeling with front/sides views.
Can anyone recommend the best places to find…
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Can I set my pose position like the new rest position?
I would like to move my armature from pose mode to another pose (a random one) and set the position I create like the new rest position. Is there a way in order to achieve this goal?
My armature is deforming a mesh so I want to deform the mesh…
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