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How to weld two control points of a curve?

Is it possible to weld or merge two control points of a curve?
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Why doesn't bevel work on my object?

I have made an object out of a cube, that I applied boolean and mirror modifiers. Now when I apply Bevel, I don't see anything. I want it to have slightly rounded edges and corners. It doesn't seem to make any change if I disable the other modifiers…
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How to add custom objects to the "add object" menu?

I want to add things like basic tables/chairs/houses I have made over the past year to my ShiftA menu. Is it possible to do this?
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What is multiple importance sample option

What is multiple importance sample option. And the main question is Can It be simulated via OSL shader or in particular glossy shader?
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How to separate objects created using mirror modifier in Blender?

I am using Blender 2.56. I created all body parts of humanoid model. I used mirror modifier on individual body parts separately. Now I have to merg all the parts to make full body. Now my question is I want to make changes on only left hand not on…
sai
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Why does Blender 2.70 not stay in Orthographic view when rotating from, say, Front Ortho view?

I've just upgraded to 2.70 and now when I'm in Front Ortho view (or Back Ortho, Right Ortho, etc) and rotate out of it into User view, it switches out of Orthographic mode into Perspective. Blender 2.69 didn't do this? Why is it happening now in…
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How to create this curved 90-degree-angle quickly

I want to make this: from this: I created the beveled edge by beveling on the cube, then beveling the inner edge, however that resulted in a weird diamond shape: So I ended up disolving edges and fighting with the uncooperative knife tool for the…
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diff and version manage blender work

Are there solutions / best practices for dealing with the Version Management Problem when working on larger blender Projects? Explanation: Version management means to keep track of who did what, when and why. Blender is a huge GUI driven…
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Switch to vertex, edge, face mode in edit mode via python

Is it possible to switch to vertex mode (and edge, face mode) via python. I know I can toggle between object mode and edit mode in python with bpy.ops.object.editmode_toggle() But how can I explicitly say I want to go in vertex mode?
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How to change the shadow color in Blender Cycles?

I want to change the color of the shadow casting by a cube to green. While it's very easy to do it in Blender Internal (you select the lamp, go to the Lamp data header and change the shadow's color in the Shadow panel) in Cycles there're no such…
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What does the Cycles Fresnel Node do?

What does the Fresnel node (in cycles) do? I know that it kind of does rim selection(similar to rim lighting), but I'm not exactly sure what it's doing. I've seen it used in many tutorials, but I can't find any clear explanations. What's the…
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How can I navigate the viewport using Python?

Normally, with most actions that you want to script with Python there is a pop-up tooltip that shows you the function that you want to use. However, for viewport navigation there are no pop-ups, you use the mouse directly for everything (scrolling…
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How was that render created with Tissue add-on?

So the makers of the Tissue addon for Blender (for Tesselation) have uploaded this picture on their website co-de-it.com under the topic of the "Dual Mesh"-Functionality in Tissue: Since I am fairly new to Tissue, is anyone able to explain to me…
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Can Blender "un-smooth" a mesh?

When a mesh is smoothed, every selected vertex is moved towards the average position of its neighbors. Is there a way to do the opposite, given a mesh with bumps, curves and corners, to move selected vertices by small amounts opposite of what mesh…
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Mathematical formula for Bezier curves

What mathematical formula does Blender use to calculate Bezier paths?
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