Questions tagged [customization]
Questions pertaining to changing Blender's default settings and user preferences.
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Creating a new menu in the Object mode top bar (header)
I'm making an addon for Blender and I want some of the functionality to appear in a menu next to the View, Select, Add, and Object menu in Object Mode.
Something that looks like this:
I know I can ...
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Why isn't Rigify enabled across all my files when I enable it & "save settings" in one file? [closed]
I'm using Blender 4.5.4. My add-ons weren’t working, so I reset Blender to factory settings using Defaults → Load Factory Settings. After that, I enabled the Rigify add-on. I have Auto Save ...
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How to automate setting multiple machines to use OptiX Cycles Render Devices in User Preferences?
My goal is to be able to do this without manually opening Blender.
I'm managing a render farm and I've noticed that some machines render faster. I found out it is because they have GPUs enabled with ...
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Loop Cut Smoothness - how to set a default value?
It seems we can't set a default value of Loop Cut Smoothness. It's annoying if I have a number of loops to cut and each of them should have the same smoothness different from the default because every ...
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"Copy" a Blender built-in UI selector into a Custom Interface
I am building a custom User Interface to allow the user to easily interact with a given scene (without having to navigate through all the Blender interface).
And to do so, I would like to add a quick ...
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How can I permanently position custom bone control shapes such that their arrangement is not affected by "Alt G", "Alt S", or "Alt R"?
I'm using custom shapes for bone controls. I want to arrange the custom shapes to my liking, for convenience when animating. It seems I can only do this in Pose Mode.
However, in the course of ...
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Reference image covering the visibility of vertices in edit mode
The Reference image is obscuring the visibility of the vertices in Edit mode.
I would like the Vertices not to be obscured by the Reference image and to be displayed in front of the Reference image ...
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How to Recover Blender preferences?
Today while I was working on a Blender file, my PC suddenly crashed and restarted.
I opened the blend file again to continue working and everything seemed fine at first, but I noticed the font was ...
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How to open image in external editor?
I want to use a context menu to open an image in an external editor (GIMP).
I have this set up in my preferences:
and yet if I select an image file in the Blender File Browser and invoke the context ...
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The default select mode (box?) is now set to lasso and when I try to change it back to box with the W key it doesn’t work
Okay so I am BRAND NEW to blender and I have no idea what to do. I’m attempting to make a 3D print of Notre Dame for a school project and so far my “fake it til you make it” mentality has been working ...
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Gray-out Text and Icons in Light Theme in Blender 4.3.2
I just updated to Blender 4.3.2. I was using the light theme in Blender 4.2.3, but the outliner looks different in 4.3.2. The 'grayed-out' objects and collections that are hidden are supposed to fade ...
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How to Remove the Black Outline Around PNG Image Reference
How can I remove or hide the black outline around PNG images used as Image References?
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How can I adjust the opacity of the transformation values (dx, dy, dz) in Blender's interface?
I'm trying to make the text display for the Dx, Dy, and Dz values that show up when grabbing or transforming an object more opaque because they appear too faint. I can't find the specific setting ...
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I can't see either the dark or light UI. I tried to change everything under Edit > Preferences > Themes, but screwed up
I'm in 4.3 and I'm a beginner in blender, but I can't read the text. It would help if I could change the Viewport to a light color and make the text bold and dark with colorful dropdowns, toolbars, ...
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Custom Edge Colors and Thickness for Specific Objects in Edit Mode?
Is it possible to set custom edge colors and thickness for specific objects in the Viewport? I have certain objects with a special attribute, such as a 'green' attribute. If an object has this ...
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Blender right click issue
I am experiencing a weird behavior with Blender. Something I ideally do not want.
When I use the right-click on my mouse or touchpad, the active blender window goes fullscreen.
I do not want that.
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Where has this menu disappeared to? [duplicate]
My screen looks like this:
But I want it to look like this:
How do I get this back?
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How to Install extensions.blender.org addons to custom directory?
I want to know if there is a way to install the extensions.blender.org addons to a custom directory, because currently it installs to the %appdata% and that is highly inconvenient for me as I have to ...
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How i can change the shortcuts for a specific workspace in my case the Sculpting space
I only want change the shortcuts for my sculpting workspace so that the change of my shortcuts are not affecting the other.
In my case I want change the Pan view for only the sculpting workspace the ...
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Can the Asset Library be used like Hero Forge? If not, how can it be done?
I need to create lots of characters using hundreds of props and clothing and poses. All those props/cloths are already assets that can be dragged and dropped using the Asset Library. However, they are ...
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How to Use the Point Erase Mode with the Ctrl Shortcut in Grease Pencil Brush?
In Grease Pencil, I often manually switch from the Brush to the Eraser tool when I want to erase stroke portions, preferring the Point mode.
I recently discovered a shortcut that allows me to hold ...
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adding extensions [duplicate]
I recently upgraded to 4.2.3 LTS and appear to have lost all my extensions. I found a blender site with 300 extensions, and downloaded those I think I wanted. I received them as zip files and stored ...
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Render on transparency checkerboard options?
Is there anything that can be done about the grey/dark grey checkerboard background when rendering transparency in Blender 4.2?
I understand the significance that it's a visual cue...(rendering ...
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Poor readability of Spreadsheet Editor leftside statistics panel in Geometry Nodes
This is how the Spreadsheet Editor (Dark theme) shows the statistics of Geometry Nodes:
As you can see the Count column values are barely readable (this is my opinion, at least) and I have to go ...
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Make Edge Slide Clamp Off By Default
Is there a way to do this? The edge slide tool seems to reset with every use, and setting the current scene with the checkbox unticked as a startup file does not seem to do anything.
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Is it possible to add a totally custom light type as an add-on?
I would like to create a custom light type in Blender that has an arbitrary behavior, such as a collimated light source (laser) or a light source with two different divergence angles along the two ...
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Trying to customize the T-shirt print
So, I'm trying to customize a stamp onto a shirt. I did the UV Mapping but when I upload the image in my software for it to be applied to the shirt, this happens:
Beside the shirt there's another ...
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Changing Workspace shortcuts (SHIFT + F3, F1, F12)
I was wondering whether it's possible to change the workspace shortcuts such as Shift+F3? Currently it takes me through all node editor workspaces which means often I have to cycle through, ...
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Why Is My Weight Painting Black?
I can't paint this model. My weight painting is Black. Why?
This is my file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_VHAp8aFk5-p522MYeaY93SwWz_b5udG/view?usp=sharing
i cannot make or brush this to blue
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Blender 4.2 Preferences not saving [closed]
I am trying to save these two Preferences so that they persist and load with each start-up of Blender: Preferences > Animation > F-Curves > Unselected Opacity (from 0.250 to 0.125) and Only ...
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Layout doesn’t look as it should because I accidentally made changes
I recently started learning Blender, and while switching to the Shading tab, I accidentally altered the layout and scene. It no longer looks like it did when I first started a new project. How can I ...
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Keymaps within an add on's preference panel
I am learning to build a simple add on executed by shortcut keys. I have the add on working with a keymap that I defined upon registering. The user can change this keymap from Preferences > Keymap ...
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Can't change keymap for "View Roll" in Blender 4.2
I am trying to remap "view roll" (originally Shift + Numpad 4) to (4).
To be clear, remap it to "4" in the main section of the keyboard, not in the numpad section.
I saved the ...
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How can I launch a custom template splash screen when the program starts under MacOS?
I've been trying for a long time to get blender to launch my own "templates" at startup, with a custom "splash screen".
I tried adding my "splash.png" images to my "...
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How can I transfer settings from Blender 4.1 to 4.2? [duplicate]
I recently installed Blender 4.2, but it’s starting with the default factory settings—meaning all my key mappings, shortcuts, and startup preferences are gone. It seems like Blender 4.2 starts from ...
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Control Blending Mode of the Color Mix node through the custom driver
Could somebody point me out on how to control the Blending mode of Color Mix nodes through the Custom Properties driver? I want to be able to choose between Mix, Multiply and Add parameters.
I have ...
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Armatures Presets folder created at startup
Every time Blender starts up, this folder is created on Drive C on Windows. If I access different drives during work process, the same folder is created on each of those drives. Do you know what is ...
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Blender 4.2 in the Extensions tab, my Addons are not showing Addons in 4.2 Beta [closed]
in the Extensions tab in Preferences, I see this message "Checking for Extensions updates" Blender hangs and nothing updates the Extensions window.
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Rigging armature and parts
I am trying to make an animation with a custom skeleton.
I initially have a model sculpted in 3 different parts. I joined all the parts, cleaned them up, and added the bones. Then I did an automatic ...
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How to make a custom shape rug?
I want to make a rug from animal crossing but idk how to do it. I've tried using curves but I still can't seem to understand that feature well X)
rug pic:
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Creating a Custom Node for Materials through Python
I'm trying to create a custom material node in blender using python.
For instance, in the example below (which I found here and modified a bit):
The node is supposed to take two colors multiply them ...
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Save/customize the file browser interface
Everytime I open the file browser interface, the directory windows on the left are arranged as default. Even if I switch Recent on top of System and minimize System, the next time I open the interface,...
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How to add filters to the "Browse Material to be linked" popup?
I would like to use a UI component similar to the "Browse Material to be liked" (located in the Materials panel) in a script but a bit customized.
I found how to use this one:
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4.0.2 addons will not install. Hard ops and Procedural Crowds
I accidentally deleted Procedural Crowds and Hard Ops by clicking the checkmark in Preferences in 4.0.2
I tried to reinstall these addons and after clicking "install" but the addons never ...
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Pose mode moves bone before clicking 'g'
When I select a control in Pose mode, in order to rotate (or scale) I have to first click 'r' (or 's). To move it, I don't have to click 'g', I can move the bone immediately. However, I make a lot of ...
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The command/opt/shift key assigned to the side button of the mouse does not respond only within blender
I am using blender v3.3.4 for MacOS.
I have set up three different keys, command/opt/shift, on the side button of the mouse, but none of them respond within blender and I am having trouble.
When I ...
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Blender 4.0 Windows explorer thumbnail preview not working even after making it default version
Blender 4.0 Windows explorer thumbnail preview not working even after making it default version.
It used to work properly, I don't know what happened and it is not working anymore. I've searched for ...
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How to turn on indictor of center of rotation
Sorry, I don't know what this thing is called or how to turn it on.
Here's what I know: I use Blender on a Mac Studio and also on a MacBook Pro. On the Mac Studio, in the center of the 3D viewport is ...
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Is there a way to retain an Add-On's preferences when updating the Add-on?
I have a couple of preference properties (string, boolean, float) in my add-on and they all have a default value in their defining statement.
When I install an update to my add-on, the previously ...
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Editing Mode Alt+MMB Keymap Name
Blender has a feature to rotate/orbit the viewport while editing an object in the edit mode which is Alt + Middle Mouse Button click-drag. I want to change it to an Alt + Right Mouse Button.
However, ...
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