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How do I remove all loose edges?

I have cut a hole in a plane, but I am left with some loose edges. Is there an easy way to select and delete them all? See this screenshot: See this edges siting out with no face?
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How to import Downloaded Materials/Files?

This is an absolute beginner question, I'm hoping it's not to broad, I will attempt to narrow it down. I have just downloaded a handful of .zip files for several material packages (all for cycle render) and a "Modified Toon Shader" .zip file as…
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How to simulate string?

I want to make a group of party balloons. The strings on the balloons should have slack or be tight based on the length of the string and the location of the balloon. I thought the best way to start this would be to take a long thin cylinder and…
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Subdivide in only one direction?

Say I have the top mesh in the image. If I subdivide it, I'll have the second mesh in the image. But what I want is the third. It has vertical subdivisions, but not horizontal. Is there a way to do this?
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What is the range of values produced by Cycles texture nodes?

When I create a Cycles shader, I often take the 'Fac' output from a Texture node and feed it to the 'Fac' input on a Mix Shader. I'd like to know the exact range of values that this output produces so that I can transform it with Math nodes and not…
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How to create a "heat distortion" effect with a cycles procedural node set up without compositing

I know how to do a heat distortion effect in compositing. What I am looking for is a way to do the same effect with a material set up in cycles. What would be the best way to create a procedural material that can be placed in front of any object…
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How do I achieve a particle trail effect?

So I was attempting at the "Houdini Trail Effect" in Blender as shown: but got stumped with the whole particle system. I managed to create the following through trial and error with the Vortex on each pole, and added Forces to the Emitter…
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How to make Shadows-Only Render

How can I achieve the following effect? Here, we see all shadows, and nothing else.
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Why does operators bl_idname have to contain 1 dot?

Since anything before and after the dot is arbitrary, why bother? Related error: RuntimeError: Error: Registering operator class: 'abcdefg', invalid bl_idname 'abcdefg', must contain 1 '.' character
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How to list all selected elements in python?

If I select a face of a cube and switch over to the internal Python console and pass: bpy.context.selected_objects I get: [bpy.data.objects['Cube']] instead of something like [bpy.data.objects['Cube'].f[1]]. Coming from Maya I was looking for…
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Mark sharp does nothing

I understand this is a very basic question, but I cannot find the solution. Google & other Stack Exchange gave me no solution either. I am following Blender Game Asset Creation guide from Blender Cloud, at some point Aidy selects his whole model and…
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getting started: no module called bpy outside of Blender

After sudo apt-get install blender on Ubuntu 12.10, I have Blender version 2.63 However, I can not import the relevant scripting Library Python 3.2.3 (default, Sep 25 2013, 19:36:10) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or…
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Glass render problem

I am trying to render a lightbulb in cycles. I am still very new to this, but I cannot get the material correct and it is bugging me. I have the IOR at 1.5. I also set the film to transparent, but that is not showing up either. I would like it to…
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Blender for CNC, what to export to?

Blender has 3d printing tools as well as STL exporter. That is good for both hobby 3d printers which all use programs which use STL (eg. Repetier-Host) as an interchangeable format as well as professional 3d printers such as the ones by Solidscape,…
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Why does fluid (water) stick to the top of an obstacle?

In our simulation, Fluid (water) drops on an obstacle and splashes. It mostly works fine, but there is noticeable part which remains on top of the obstacle! In reality, there should be no water there, as you can see the shape of the obstacle is very…
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