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Set origin to vertex in Edit Mode?

I want to make the origin in Edit Mode at a vertex, but it keeps setting it to the last clicked-on face. Now in Edit Mode the pivot is on the last clicked-on face.
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Align Object to Vector using python

I am trying to rotate an object using python, inline with a vector which gives me the direction I want (based on the difference between the last two coordinates of the curve I generated). I therefore have a vector which I'd like to align this object…
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How I could replicate this bumpy texture?

I was curious if anyone had any ideas on how I could replicate this texture? If I start playing around with texture displacements, but it always breaks the mesh. Any help would be appreciated!
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'Bake data' button not visible in fluid options

(new to blender) i am trying to create a fluid sim in blender 2.83 but in my physics tab under domain there is no 'bake data' button in the options. It's there in all the tutorials i've watched but i dont seem to have it.
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What Are the Differences between Smoke Collision Types?

What are the technical differences between Rigid, Static, and Animated smoke collision types? In the Documentation, it says that: Smoke can collide with mesh objects, using the 'Collision' option in smoke. Currently only static collision objects…
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Keying set failed to insert any keyframes

When pressing I, I now receive: keying set failed to insert any keyframes. No idea why pressing I doesn't work anymore. What did I do wrong? (I've upgraded from 2.71 to 2.72 and it stops working).
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Keeping Bezier spiral curve handle tilt perpendicular to a specific axis

It's doesn't seem to matter if I use the curves "extra objects" to make the spiral or just create it on my own. I can't seem to find a way to keep tilt parallel to any one axis. Or make tilt uniform in any meaningful way without tilting each handle…
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How can I get the camera's projection matrix?

As asked. I need a way to get the projection matrix of the active camera, via python. EDIT: I think this question is different from the one asked here, because getting a matrix is different from setting the matrix. Although, since this question was…
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Is it possible to twist a circle into a sphere?

I'm wondering if something like this is possible to make in Blender: This animation I found on Dribble looks really amazing. The person who made it says it is done on Cinema 4D. It looks like a string starting with a circular shape, then it is…
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My glass material isn't transparent in Eevee

When using Eevee, an object with a glass material (in this case: Principled BSDF, trasmission set to 1.0) doesn't seem like it can be looked through: it's completely opaque. See for instance the material for the blue cube in this scene: How can I…
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Can frames with no animation be automatically skipped?

I have an animation with lots of text objects flying about. I'd like to render it with motion blur and stuff, but there are quite a few long sections where nothing is moving so that the text can be read. In these sections the render output (should)…
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How to change the frame rate of video

I have some footage with a weird frame rate of 57.19 fps. Is it possible to convert the footage to a frame rate of 24 fps? I know Adobe Premiere has that feature but does Blender?
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How to connect faces between 2 edge loops?

I'm trying to fill empty space in my mesh, and I looked at the knife tool page on the Blender Wiki, and I'm not sure if there's a way to make it so that a new edge is made using the knife tool. I took a screenshot, and hopefully it'll explain better…
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How to get Blender 2.80 to render through an ssh connection? [Minimal working example provided]

I am using Blender 2.80 on my local machine and the machines I am connecting to via ssh. My local machine is Ubuntu 18.04. I hope to use Blender to programmatically generate images as part of my code base, and to do this via ssh. I installed Blender…
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What is the difference between Reference and Background image in 2.8

In 2.8 I can add images two different ways: "Reference" and "Background". As far as I can see both create an image that is aligned with the current view, and both create an empty. The only difference I see is in settings for Front and Side. When…
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