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How do I make imperfect window glass?

I want to make a scene where someone sees a reflection in mirrored glass but I want the reflections to look like real windows so I don't want to just use a plane. They have to have some distortion. Every piece of glass has a particular imperfection…
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How can I add a vertex at the center of a circle?

I have filled circle and I want to add vertex at center of it. After that I want to connect vertices from circle to the center vertex (this part I know how to do).
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Is it possible to use the startup.blend UI layout in older files?

Is there a way to open files without changing the UI layout? Sometimes in older files the layout will be in the old 2.4x style, which can be annoying. One way would seem to be appending everything in, but that gets tedious with having to do it over…
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What's the most reliable way of converting a material into reusable code blocks?

I'd like to convert certain materials into executable python code without having to re-code them from scratch each time. While doing some initial experimentation on the principled shader, I realized that there are a lot of different attribute types…
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What's the best way to deal with zero-area faces that break normals

I run into this issue all the time and it's really frustrating to fix especially on high poly meshes. Either there's no face joining some edges ("zero-area hole"?) or there is a zero-area face. Either way it messes with the normals making ugly black…
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How do I wrap text around a circle having it still standing up?

I'm trying to make my text stand up while still following this bezier circle. I know it looks like a complete utter mess, but all I want to know is how to make the text stand up (Like on the clock image) instead of being "skewed"
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How to select the entire object on edit mode

I need to have further explanations about how to select everything while I'm on edit mode as in this tutorial. I would like to know how I can select the entire object in edit mode because when I'm on object mode I can select only one part of the…
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How can I get a cabinet projection camera?

How can I get a camera to render with a cabinet projection? I know it is possible to get a gaming isometric projection, but that's not really what I want. I've tried positioning an orthographic camera in almost all possible ways but still can't get…
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Delete all measurements

Is there a way to delete a bunch of measurements? I can't seem select them and Annotations Window is empty.
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How To Create a Matte Car Paint Material?

This is something that has been irking me for a while, as I've been working on a car project. I'm trying to create a paint (in cycles) similar to the the material in this image: The problem is, whenever I try to make it, it always comes out looking…
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Where is the smooth / flat shading property of an object?

I know that I can click on the smooth / flat shading buttons in the Tool Shelf panel when I am in object mode. What I would like to know, is where can I find out if an object has smooth or flat shading on it without having to go and click the…
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Move loopcut without distorting UV map

I have a brick wall that I am trying to add a door to. I have already UV mapped it, so when I move the loop cut to the right height, it distorts my UV map. How can I avoid having to unwrap it again?
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How to fill a hole in face?

I have this bit of wall here: As you can see, it is a window frame and I want the hole between the wall and the frame to be filled. I have searched it on youtube and so on but all I can find is tutorials for creating circular holes... Thanks for…
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Making a pineapple

Do you guys know any good ways of making a pineapple in Blender? It can be low poly and cartoonish. So far THIS is best i got
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Is it possible to model this padding with "inverted snake scale"-like pattern?

I`m new to Blender. There is a extruded square-like geometry on the surface of the headphones. As the geometry gets close to the boundaries, it changes shape. The shape changes from center to edges. How do I make this effect?
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