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How to set active scene via Python?

I have code to make a copy of my scene. bpy.ops.scene.new(type='FULL_COPY') cloneScene = bpy.context.scene cloneScene.name = 'clone' I wish to adapt it so that if the .blend contain several scenes, it will make a copy of the scene named 'Scene',…
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What are the denoising passes useful for in 2.79 experimental feature set?

In 2.79 when experimental feature set is activated, there are some new passes available to the compositor if Denoising is enabled. The new passes that are there after rendering the denoising pass are as follows: Denoising Normal Denoising Normal…
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Snap face to grid

I need to move an entire object, so that one of the faces is exactly at Z=0. What is the best way to do this? Basically, if I could select Grid or 3D Cursor in the Snap To menu, that would be perfect: My current workaround is to select the face,…
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What is causing disabled options when adding a mesh/curve object to the scene?

Sometimes when adding an object to the scene I see that all options (on toolbar or in window after pressing F6) are disabled. Can anyone tell me when can this happen? What is causing it and how to revert it - make it enabled again. It worked for me…
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Are Blender Cloth Physics Based on a Cloth Simulation Model?

What research is leveraged to implement Blender Cloth? I know of several cloth models - Geometric, Physical, Particle - as well as their authors - Provot, Baraff & Witkin - but I am not certain if Blender utilizes one or any of these. For example, I…
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Some vertices don't move along with the rig

I follow this tutorial which uses rigify and I have run into some issues. Not every vertex moves along the rig. Any idea what could cause this? I applied the location and rotation for every object. The entire head is weight painted with blue. blend…
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Speed control effect doesn't change the length of video strip

I ran into some confusing behaviour of the speed control effect. I've loaded a whole strip of video and applied the effect setting it to a 2x speedup (in two variants - with the default "stretch to the input length" and "Scale to length"). I…
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Three bones following a curve

I have a chain of three bones and I want them to follow a curve (bezier curve). I've tried to do this creating a bone constraint follow path but it doesn't work. I've tried putting four emptys and creating two constraints for each bone: one…
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Denoising option grayed out

I would like to use new denoising feature for cycles in blender. I downloaded latest build for blender (blender-2.78-81d7ff8-win64). When I open my project the option is present but grayed out, I can check it but it doesn't have any effect. Any idea…
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Creating paper pinwheel from an image

I have to create a 3D model from an image. For research purpose, the created model should be almost the same as what it looks like in the image. My steps : Create a simple triangle mesh Add a simple deform modifier(Bend) to the mesh Add a Bezier…
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Suspended particles inside a material (procedural)

Inspired by reading this very intense thread about procedural materials, I decided to try and build upon saunam's material of "suspended particles in a recipient" to create a material for a watermelon ice pop such as this (the red, top bit): The…
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How to fill a 3D bezier curve?

If I turn a bezier curve to 3D the surface will disappear. But I need 3D curve because it uses all the 3 axis to define the shape. I tried all the Fill options (Half, Front, Back, Full) but none of those do anything for me. So how to fill a 3D…
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Blender resources for architects?

My interest in Blender comes from wanting to use it to model physical structures and produce architectural drawings; what I have so far is really impressive, but there doesn't seem to be too much information about my particular interest. Are there…
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Trying to make glossy volume shapes

I am trying to make a reflection on the outer rim of letters, as if they were embossed in the paper they're printed on, or written with paint/glossy ink. Such as this: Credit Alex Trochut or: Goal: (answer to @LukeD's comment): The goal is to give…
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Bake Fluid Simulation via CLI or Python?

I would like to run a fluid simulation on a headless Ubuntu machine I have lying around. I did manage to find a bug report on the issue but to no avail. Has anyone else had any success? Or perhaps a better solution to my problem?
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