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Is it possible to use generative texture in modifiers like Displace? [duplicate]
I am expirementing with stylized things lately, one of them is water. I has generative texture to simulate waves. It looks like this:
I use substraction of 2 Voronoi textures to has this result:
I ...
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Is it possible to access world geometry generally while working with geometry nodes within a volume?
The following situation (simplified for easier explanation)
There's a library with a lot of book shelves that I modeled. All the shelves are empty.
I want to create a geo node setup that first detects ...
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How to create realistic God Rays in EEVEE?
How can I create God Rays in EEVEE? What settings would I need? Is it even possible?
I've tried following several tutorials, but none of them worked.
I want the god rays to look realistic.
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How to grow a sphere off a phere with a sliced edge?
I'm looking for a method to grow a sphere off the highlighted edge so that it is no longer a flat face and grows in to the male body but i want to retain the cut out at the back too. the cut out could ...
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How to get even rotation on multiple axis with a procedural shader
With the help of K.A. Buhr I got a nice shader Shader displacement creates sharp edges instead of soft curves
If I rotate it, it works fine for one axis (as seen on the front), however I want the same ...
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Live update when creating a Geometry Nodes Tool
I'm creating a tool using Geometry Nodes. In Tool mode, I can see updates only when I click the menu entry created in the toolbar. However, if I create it in Modifier mode, the changes update in real ...
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I cannot get a second texture image to assign to other faces
I have created a simple gable roof for a building.
I have added two separate texture images in the materials list the first one (roof grey tiles) automatically assigns to the mesh.
I uv unwrap as ...
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Issue with dyntopo creating artifacts on low res meshes
I have a low res model in Blender and I'm trying to sculpt detail in it. I can't use a subdivision modifier, or multiresolution, because the number of subdivs I need to get enough detail create so ...
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How to determine using Python whether the mouse pointer is hovering over the viewport navigation gizmos?
In top-right part of 3D Viewport, the Navigation Gizmo has multiple components:
Axis gizmo
View gizmos
I have a custom operator which meant to be executed only when mouse pointer is above VIEW_3D <...
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Remove Nishita Sky Shadow from Shadow Catcher
I need to render images with shadow catcher for transparent background.
I need the Nishita sky to cast shadows from the object onto themselves but not the shadow catcher.
I would like the shadow ...
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Which node on the compositing tab is giving me black bars on the top and bottom of my render?
I downloaded a blender scenario and it came with a compositing setup. I have never used the compositing tab and cannot find which node is giving me two low opacity horizontal bars on the top and ...
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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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Geometry Nodes setup imports its referenced scene objects every time I use it as an asset
I’m trying to build an asset library in Blender that contains collections, some of these collections include multiple objects with Geometry Nodes setups.
When I mark the entire collection as an Asset, ...
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Do faces of an object follow the material when moving slots up or down?
I have an object and added more material slots. I read that faces of an object are assigned to a slot, so I thought that if I have faces assigned to the first and second slots, then moving the second ...
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Why are some of my lineart lines disappearing from frame to frame?
I am using a line art modifier on a grease pencil object with no other modifiers. As you can see, the lines are inconsistent frame by frame and I have never experienced this issue before
Thanks in ...
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How to make a bone tail move along a straight line or rail for mechanical rigging?
I am trying to build a lever and try to figure out how to make a bone's end stick to a rail. In my example I want ( 2 ) to stay at that height and move to the left along with the two lower bones. If I ...
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Problems assigning material to top two faces of gable roof
I have a model of a simple building (so far) which has a hip roof and so two faces of the roof meeting at the center (see image below with arrows to each side showing texture differences).
I am trying ...
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how to I have light align with the same space perpendicular to the front objects face during a curve deform
I've created a shape with lots of loops going across the width with a prism rectangle, then added a plane and made it the parent, then instanced it so it will follow a curve but not deform.
I added ...
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How can I generate a stack of boxes with no overlap
As part of my honours project Im making a warehouse and each shelve will have multiple box stacks on it. I want the stacks to have varied sizes of boxes with optional gaps where boxes could have been ...
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How can I animate a Shape Key for only one object instance?
I have an object (default cube) and have created several linked duplicates (instances) with Alt+D. When I add a Shape Key to one of these instances, the new Shape Key automatically appears on all ...
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How to match the dimensions of two faces?
I have a trapezoidal shape where the upper and lower faces are currently different sizes. I want to adjust the lower face so that it matches the dimensions of the upper face exactly. The goal is to ...
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So Curve to Mesh node changed in blender 4.5.4 LTS. Once of my nodegroups with older CTM got an auto upgrade. Does blender change stuff on groups?
So i made a UV Unwrap Node in geonodes for myself. Now in 4.5.4 when i open it, the node group still works (more or less) but somehow two nodes are added to the setup and I can't make sense of why ?
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Redistribute select curve points
I have a Curve object that I would like to instance objects on and have them move in a specific way. The points are initially distributed evenly across the curve length then compressed to a smaller ...
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How do I delete / remove all instances on a plane which sit to one side or other of a separate curve object?
So I have some instances on a plane and I want to delete any instance which is on the 'wrong' side of a curve (in this instance, lets say below the curve on the Y axis). I guess this would either be ...
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Shader displacement creates sharp edges instead of soft curves
I want to create a procedural quilted pattern by using shader displacement.
I thought I had a good setup as seen on the left side in black and white. When looking at it in black and white it seems ...
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How can I make objects appear only on part of a surface in Geometry Nodes using a Vertex Group?
I want my objects (characters) to appear only on a specific area of a surface, not all over it.
I already created a Vertex Group that marks the area where I want the characters to be distributed. ...
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How to get a visual representation of audio?
Is there a way to get some kind of visual representation of a music track into the timeline or something? Let's say you want to animate a dance to a soundtrack - how do you get the animation on track ...
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Expanding Rectangular Window Faces in Geometry Nodes
I’m working in Geometry Nodes in Blender 4.5.3. I have one object made of rectangular faces oriented in XZ and YZ planes — these faces represent windows of a building.
I’m trying to find, for each ...
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How to bend an angled bone inwards and move bone head in straight line
I am trying to create a lever that is being activated by a handle. The handle (1) is moving parallel to (2) in a straight line. When I move (1) to the left, the bone on the left is bending upwards ...
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Smooth rotation of instances along curve
I have a setup where the rotation of my instances follows the curve tangent, but the Z axis of the instances points “away” from the direction of the curve where the angle of the curve is sharp enough.
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how to pull with the hinge
Above image is the correct way to hinge practically, when i fold the leg of the table. with the constraint i have bend the legs.
What im looking is when i pull this empty both the side should fold ...
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Controlling shape deformation in Geometry Nodes to match a reference image
I’m working on a model in Geometry Nodes and I’m having trouble getting the deformation to match my reference image. I would like the shape of my model to look more like the reference on the left.
How ...
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Is it possible to find the scale applied to an image texture of an object in an old blender file?
I am creating a building for a scene which already contains another building created 2 years ago where I used a PBR (I think) material (tiled roof) and applied scale so that the 'tiles' appear in the ...
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All of my UV meshes just collapsed into a single vertex
Quick background, I've been editing some game models in the 'Solid' display mode. I know the UV meshes are properly set up, as they were fine when I started editing. However, when I went to 'Material ...
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Determine the name of the shader property under the mouse pointer
In Blender, in the Material tab, there are different properties such as Base Color (1), Metallic (2), etc.
I need to find a way to determine which property the mouse pointer is currently hovering over....
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How can I blur a generated material? [duplicate]
I would like to use a (pseudo) gaussian blur on a material I have made, but I have only ever seen blur operations for imported images.
(I'm new here, so if there's any courtesies I wasn't aware of, I'...
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Issue with aligning instances to align with normals in geometry nodes
So I am making a t-shirt and no matter what I try I cannot make the stiches align to the t-shirt. Applied all transforms on everything, normals on the t-shirt are facing right direction. The geo nodes ...
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Bone twitches between frames when rotating only on Z axis
I have two bones that essentially perform the same function. Their rotation is limited on the X and Y axes, and I only need them to rotate along the Z axis during the animation.
However, the bone ...
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Origin of the word "Principled BSDF"
What's the origin or meaning of the word "Principled" in "Principled BSDF"?
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My 3D model goes back in a certain position every time I open the file after closing it. How do I solve the problem? [duplicate]
So the Picture 2 is the model when I close the app after saving. But, when I open it, It goes like the first image. What is being moved is the F1 body, and the rear tires. The mesh planes don't move, ...
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Quarter Circle Animation: Matching Rotations Without Overlap
I’m trying to create an animation similar to this video, but using quarter circles instead of one-third circles. I have an XY base bone controlling the quarter circle’s rotation around the Z axis, and ...
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How to Fix Inverted Normals After Using gltfpack on a Large 3D Model in Blender
I’m facing an issue that has been bothering me for a while and would really appreciate your help. I have a model with over 100,000 polygons and a file size of around 400MB in .glb format. After using ...
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Problem when rotating an object with cloth simulation applied
I created an object with cloth simulation applied in order to use it for hair rigging. The simulation itself works fine, but when I rotate the head from side to side, the hair doesn’t fall naturally ...
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Is it possible to save a "face group" instead of a vertex group? [duplicate]
I work with face corner vertex color a lot. Sometimes I need to go back and change the color of e.g. all red faces to green faces. I could select all the faces manually, but this can be time consuming ...
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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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Texturing animated hose with screw modifier
I have to animate a hose being stretched over some bearings. I got the animation setup down, but I can't figure out how to properly texture the result. No matter what I've tried, the texture stretches ...
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Why are none of my Edgewear techniques working?
I have tried every edgewear method I found, Including one that cost me money, however, none of them work.
This is what I get out of the Bevel Node attempts:
Basically, doesn't detect any edges. I've ...
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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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How can I make my Geometry Nodes setup conform to an uneven surface?
I’m using Geometry Nodes to place a collection of characters on an uneven terrain.
I’ve already added a Raycast node — it works in general, and some of the instances do touch the ground.
However, ...
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Principled BSDF does glass and mirror wrong?
Its not really a bug, so I wasn't sure where to write it, so if someone knows a better place, let me know.
Principled BSDF (Glass BSDF same) gives the same solid (or close to) shadow regardless of set ...
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