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Hiding Emissive shape but keeping indirect lighting on Blender EEVEE with Ray Tracing? (4.5+)
I dug into several forums for the issue of hiding emissive source by keeping indirect lighting, it mostly works with Cycles with the "Indirect only" option. But here I'm trying to replicate ...
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Effectors have larger collision boxes than expected when using Quick Fluid
Im trying to make a fluid simulation where the water is supposed to flow off the sides of a water puzzle. When trying to simulate it with Quick Fluid, the fluid collides with the Effector before ...
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GPU HIP Rendering working inconsistently and causing major trouble
The GPU Rendering capability is really inconsistent and causes major trouble.
I am a Linux Mint 22.2 Xara user, have a AMD 7900XTX and installed HIP though the apt repo through following command ...
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hard to see too much mesh
I don't know what happened haven't used blender for ages, but now when I'm in edit mode the whole thing is covered in thick black mesh lines between the edit points. Why is it not easy to adjust this, ...
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Dynamic parent error on Blender 5.0 [closed]
I have this error when I'm trying to use dynamic parent on Blender 5.0, but on Blender 4.3 It works perfectly.
I tried to reinstall the add on, replaced the script itself and it still not working
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How can I bend or deform an object to create a concave or pincushion shape?
I want to bend this object into a subtle concave shape, but I'm not sure which tool or modifier is best for this. What should I use?
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How to turn 90 degree curved UV to vertical or horizontal square grid?
Is it possible to straighten this UV grid to vertical or horizontal?
I tried using UV Squares for Blender 5.0 but the result when using To Square Grid is not so nice.
Is this expected behavior? I ...
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Are the Blender v5.0 Sky Texture node Aerosols and Ozone parameters linear or nonlinear?
I am creating a historical exterior scene (late 18th century London) and am using the Blender v5.0 Sky Texture node (integrated with Sun Position add-on) to illuminate it. Historical references ...
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Rotating my object Car Rig makes it spin on all axes and impossible to correctly rotate. Blend file and video attached [closed]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wWBQcmzq9PfkQqyh2qu1SSvS3uIBnLCt/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ls4ViHhQ8j5sPrf2QdcjzxCAUeiv7NPt/view?usp=sharing
Please help. The object called &...
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Blender 5 broke my model because of a volume material? [closed]
After I downloaded Blender 5.0.0, I found that one of my models (which seemed to work fine in Blender 4.5.3) runs out of memory when I try to render a still image.
The rendering seems to get hung up ...
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Boolean isn't cutting into object
The cube just disappears with no hole whenever I hide it after applying booleans. I've merged by distance, applied the scale and nothing seems to work.
I've also flipped and recalculated the normals. ...
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Bridge Edge Loops not working between 2 clearly defined Edge Loops
I have a 2 pillow meshes I want to merge together, so I cut them in such a way so that I can bridge them together but the Bridge Edge Loop is behaving weird on Blender 5.0. How can I connect both ...
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Scale instances in Geometry Nodes relative to a trim curve animation
I'm relative new to Blender and super noob related to Geometry Nodes. I've searched a lot online, and had my share of angry discussion with ChatGPT trying to solve something that, at firts seems ...
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Laplacian and surface smoothing in sculpt mode
In newer versions of blender, smooth brush in sculpting mode has two option of smoothing laplacian and surface. I use older version now (2.80) and I dont see this option, is it hidden somewere, or it ...
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Facial Animation Drivers (basic)
I'm trying to set up a driver to switch between normal maps (to add wrinkles to eyebrows). I haven't used drivers much, and whenever I try I just immediately get stuck and frustrated. Would someone ...
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Define Min and Max Values in Geometry Nodes Relatively to Another Mesh
I am new to Blender.
Suppose I have a Bottom Mesh that is 10 metres deep (X) and 10 metres wide (Y), and a Top Mesh that is 5 metres deep and 5 metres wide. Each is created with a Cube Mesh Node.
I ...
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How to flip or mirror keyframes horizontally on the X-axis in Graph Editor?
I want to mirror some keyframes on the X-axis so that I don't have to redo the keyframes for the opposite/reversed animation. After duplicating the keyframes, I expected that selecting the keyframes ...
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Catalog brushes assets "issue ?"
On blender 5.0 I have 2 asset libraries.
One with the custom brushes created by me so the .blend file was auto-generated. On this one I can organize the brushes with different catalog.
The second ...
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Particular Reflection exclusion by using Shader
How to Exclude Object reflection (2) from another object (1), but dont affect object (3) by using Shader of object (1)?
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Applying Curve to Tube without losing subsequent modifiers
I used this workaround to make Curve to Tube work with Catmull-Clark Subdivision. However, now I cannot apply the Geometry Nodes modifier due to this error:
Cannot apply constructive modifiers on ...
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Snap nearest Spline with geometry node
How to snap the nearest spline ?
I would like to find the closest spline of a given vertex, and then change the factor value to put my vertex where I want on this spline.
Here I have a curve with 3 ...
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recovering lost file
I have a file that i lost in blender maybe because blender deleted it, i have no autosave but im pretty sure it did not get overwritten, im pretty close from recovering it but when i do the missing ...
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I cant use the 3D view key (back3D view pie hotkey) on mac even when in my preferences it is showing correctly
I'm a blender user on Macbook m4 pro. The tilde key doesn't work. I have tried going into the preferences as well and checking up all the key bindings. all seems correct but i cant see it working. I ...
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Atomic Blender in Blender 5.0 [closed]
When I import a .pdb file in Blender 5.0, I cannot visualize my atom_ball.
If I click the "eye" icon, the central atom (which is copied to a mesh) does not appear. However, this problem does ...
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opposite colors showing in objects with volume scatter
so when i make a part, any part, and i plug in the volume scatter node to the volume input of the material output, i see the color i put in to the volume-scatter. but in the shadows of the object that ...
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Make mesh stick to each other
I'm really new to blender and I'm wondering if there is a way to make two mesh objects stick to each other in order to get clean edges. I have used G in order to move them, but it is hard and time ...
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Imported Blender models 1000 times too big
I'm using a Creality Raptor 3D scanner and using Crealityscan 4 to export .ply or .stl files. When I import these into Blender, they are 1000 times bigger than the original. ie 300M across instead of ...
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How to properly bevel edges of text?
I'm modelling some text as part of a model, but having trouble bevelling the edges. Using the Bevel material node works just fine, but I'd prefer to bevel the actual geometry.
Here's the text before ...
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Removing intersecting geometry automatically in python [closed]
I have written a python script that plots 3d graphs using blender. It mainly works, but one thing I would like to do is crop the plot so it doesn't go beyond the axes. I have tried to do this using a ...
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Spawn image as plane sequence as particle and start at frame 1 each time
So I have an image sequence of a VDB, and I have a emitter particle system set to the collection of that VDB, I have it spawning over an area fine, but the image sequence particles all play a the ...
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How can I connect a compositing output node in Blender 5 with Python?
In Blender 5.0, the compositing node tree system was changed to work more like any other node group. This means there's no more "Compositing output" node, but rather a regular group output ...
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Blender 2.79 add-on for g3d import export [closed]
I have Blender 2.79. Could some kind soul reply with a link on this site to download the g3d version for 2.79, or reply with it in a zip. That would be neat.
Any plugin version later than 2.79 will ...
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Exporting Multiple Scenes from blender's VSE with the Clip source Name as the output file name
I'm trying to render a few scenes back-to-back in Blender's VSE editor for batch rendering.
However, this prevents me from adding a unique name to each scene, so all the clips in the VSE get the same ...
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blender bone object has no attribute 'select' [closed]
Tried using wiggle 2 after not using it for a couple of long months and now I keep getting this report "blender bone object has no attribute select" i thought it was because i was on a newer ...
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Porous structure in Blender 5.0
I am trying to recreate this material in Blender 5 with Volumes.
I watched some old tutorials where you subtract the noise of a Voronoi, but I don't really understand how to approach this in Blender 5....
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Voroni Scaling for organic materials
so here's my challenge I'm facing. I'm trying to scale a voroni texture in different areas to get the common desired effect where you have small and large "bubbles" that populate the surface....
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Why is my render black despite lights and camera being active?
This is going to sound like a noob question, because I am, but my renders are coming out completely black. I've googled and searched and adjusted accordingly but still nothing.
My lights and camera ...
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Volume to mesh from simulation not working
Blender file
I am trying to create a mesh file from a simulation of fire. My final goal is to make a 3D printable flame. I am trying to follow a tutorial but I am on 5.0 and I think the video was made ...
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Blender not displaying models correctly after installing new graphics
I've reinstalled system to mount new graphic card, but after that, Blender started to display some of my models weirdly, as you can see on images. I've installed the same version of Blender 2.83.18 ...
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Black areas where overlapping curve-based road geometry renders in Cycles (BLOSSM / OSM import)
I imported the city of Bielefeld into Blender using BLOSSM (OSM importer).
All streets were imported as a single Curve object (thousands of road splines).
They have a bevel to give them width.
Problem:...
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How do I fix a "invalid cage object" error?
Currently trying to bake a normal map on a dragon I modeled. I followed the tutorial as best I could(the tutorial is this one: https://youtu.be/Qp72OUGdLGQ?si=lAY77jooMIflxR_o ), but it still gave me ...
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Max tile an the temoval of disable tiling in 5.0
Since Blender 5.0 it seems the option to disable tiling when rendering has been removed and is now always on.
That itself is not really a problem as you can choose a tile size large enough so it still ...
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Can't set white background via compositor
I turned on Cycles and rendered the cube with a transparent background
Then in the compositor I connected a simple white color as the background via an "Alpha Over" node.
But as a result ...
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How to make a wiggle object in Blender 5.0?
I installed the Jiggle Physics addon:
But the Global Jiggle Utilities is not working? What did I do wrong? I expect it to move like an IK rig like in this video. Or is this the right addon to use? On ...
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Boolean Cleanup [closed]
In Blender, I use bisect tool in edit mode to cut an object, I want to know if it has some approaches to clean up the boundary vertices of Boolean cutting?
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How to generate clean curved topology without manually placing support loop cuts?
I have this simple shape and want to give it clean, rounded edges with quad-only topology.
Here is the base mesh:
When I add a Bevel modifier, the resulting geometry becomes messy and the topology ...
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Is there a to show all keyframes in the action channel, without showing all of the channels?
In Blender 4.3, when you selected a bone in a rig, the timeline would show you the keyframes for that bone, and then the action channel would show every keyframe for that rig.
However, I've noticed ...
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Why does the Boolean sometimes overlap?
Why does the Boolean on the left have the same topology, but overlapping and therefore poor shading?
Second question: how to Clip and Merge in the Boolean modifier (like in other modifiers, like ...
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Trying to split a mesh using existing mesh planes
I've imported some .obj's of mine shafts (squiggly mess) and planes from Fusion 360. The mine shafts are highlighted/selected in orange are an .obj mesh file. The xz and yz planes (grey, not ...
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Textures in Geometry Nodes not showing
I have applied a material to a mesh. It is the blue material shown in the first image below. The material has an associated texture, which you can see in the second image. However, this texture does ...
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