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Is it possible to run a script from an external editor without reloading the file?

I use an external to Blender text editor (vim). I understand I can write in it and then reload file in Blender's text editor. Is there a way to run a script from external editor without this additional step?
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When should MIS be used and when should it be disabled?

I understand what Multiple Importance Sampling (or MIS) does, but are there any drawbacks to using it? When should MIS be used? Is there any case where one would not want to use it?
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How to assign vertex group to single bone

I'm trying to animate a simple character in blender. I made a very simple armature, with a bone for every moving part of the mesh. Each moving part is "stored" in a vertex group, and I would like to parent every vertex group to it's corresponding…
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Blender is rendering an older version my project

Blender is rendering an older version of my project, not the most recent one. I have made it using the Blender Render but it does not want to render in cycles either. A black and grey screen is rendered as if everything is transparent. Checked…
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How can I close a big hole in a mesh?

I have a large hole in a mesh that I'm trying to fill: I've been trying an approach like this: I'm finding it quite tough, since the number of vertices around the perimeter of the hole don't match a grid. Is there a better approach to filling a…
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How to remove the watermark in the rendered image?

I used Blender cycles to render an image, but the output has a watermark with some words in the top left hand corner. How can I make it disappear by changing the related setting?
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How do I use the compositor to output colour based on the depth of objects?

This setup seems like it should work, but it doesn't.
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Is there a way to rotate the axes themselves?

Is there a way to rotate the axes themselves? I want to rotate the global coordinate system, basically redefining the x and y axes 45 degrees from their original position.
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How do I scale down/zoom out an environment texture?

I have a large environment texture of space that I'm using as the background of my scene. However, when I try to use it in my render, I can only see a tiny part of it. I want to scale down or "zoom out" on the texture, so I can see more of it in…
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Does Blender support the glTF format?

Is the import/export of GLTF files is going to be supported or is there a python script that can handle that?
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How can I modify the frame rate without changing overall animation speed?

How can I change the animation fps when I already have finished making an animation? I already did an animation and I don't want spend some time recalculating the time by hand, is there a easy way to change the frame rate without making the…
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How to keep Blender from adding frame numbers to output filename?

When you render something, Blender will automatically append the frame number to all output files' names, producing filenames something like render_0001.png, render_0002.png, render_0003.png, etc. For frames of an animation this is great, since it…
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Rotate objects around their origin along a global axis (scripted) without bpy.ops

I have read so much about Blender rotation in the last two hours that my head is spinning, but I can not understand how to rotate strictly in global coordinates without using bpy.ops. In reality I will have a large number of objects and do this…
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How to make an object appear to be buried in sand?

My first thought was to use a fluid simulation, but that would act too much like liquid and too little like sand, unless there's some way to configure it differently. Ideally, I want it to look like the object was dropped in the sand a long time…
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Is there a way to align multiple vertices to another vertex?

I need to align some vertices up with the vertices that is extending out the furthest on the X axis. I want to know if there is a way to make them all aligned in one step. Instead of messing with each vertices X position. Is there a way to do that?
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