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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....

texturing procedural  
user avatar asked by Default Cube Score of 6

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 ...

geometry-nodes  
user avatar asked by Hugo Almeida Score of 4
user avatar answered by Kuboå Score of 4

How to restore old behavior of 3D Viewport Header menus?

I went from 4.5 to 5.0, so I can't say exactly when this change was inflicted. Menus in the 3D Viewport Header like the Snapping Menu, Viewport Overlays, Viewport Shading, etc, the menu would ...

interface customization  
user avatar asked by Rekov Score of 3
user avatar answered by Martynas Žiemys Score of 4

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?

modeling modifiers objects lattice  
user avatar asked by Haudhal Ahmad Score of 3
user avatar answered by Harry McKenzie Score of 5

Automatically repeat meshes on top of each other with geometry nodes

I'm learning Geometry Nodes and working on a setup where a mesh repeats endlessly on top of itself. That part is sorted, but I want the Z Offset to match the mesh's Z size so they snap perfectly ...

geometry-nodes  
user avatar asked by Hugo Almeida Score of 3
user avatar answered by quellenform Score of 4

How to model cutouts on the top of a toaster?

I'm working on a toaster model and can't quite figure out the best way to proceed with one of the elements. I'm trying to model the top of this toaster: What is the best method to connect the four ...

modeling vertices geometry topology boolean-modifier  
user avatar asked by Ratthew Score of 3
user avatar answered by moonboots Score of 6

How to Reorder Mesh Island Index by Z-Position (Lowest Z = Index 0) in Geometry Nodes?

I'm working on a Geometry Nodes setup and need to reorder the Mesh Island Index so that the indexing begin with the lowest minimum Z-coordinate. The default Mesh Island index is based on vertex order, ...

animation geometry-nodes  
user avatar asked by Václav Musil Score of 2
user avatar answered by Kuboå Score of 3

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

Where can I find the dimensions of an object?

In earlier Blender versions, the "Transform Properties" panel showed the object dimensions (i.e., bounding box: width, height, depth). Now, it just shows location, rotation, and scale.

interface transforms  
user avatar asked by Matt Fichman Score of 42
user avatar answered by CodeManX Score of 68

Ctrl + T doesn't work

I usually used Ctrl+T for my Texture Setup, but it doesn't work. I enabled my node-wrangler-add-on, but nothing changed. I already googled for a whole while but didn't find anything helpful.

texturing uv node-editor add-on shortcut  
user avatar asked by Tlender Score of 10
user avatar answered by Max Becerra Score of 14

Need some help baking, "No active image found in material"

I followed the guide here: How do I bake a texture using Cycles bake I unwrapped my UV, created a new image, created an Image Texture node and selected my new image with that, and hit bake. I then ...

uv texture-baking  
user avatar asked by Douglas Gaskell Score of 20
user avatar answered by Denis Score of 14

Can't paint texture

I am new to blender and I could use some help, i watched a lot of tutorials but I still can't paint an object, I click on the object but it doesn't add color. I enter on texture paint and all the ...

texture-painting  
user avatar asked by Vlad Ivanescu Score of 12
user avatar answered by gandalf3 Score of 8

Where is Transfer attribute in 3.4?

Where is Transfer attribute node in 3.4? I don't find it in the list of nodes:

geometry-nodes  
user avatar asked by Crantisz Score of 30
user avatar answered by Crantisz Score of 55

Add the Same Modifier to Multiple Objects at Once?

Is it possible to add a modifier to more than one mesh at once? I have a lot of unique objects, and I want to set a subdivide modifier to them, would I have to do each one individually? I have ...

modifiers mesh  
user avatar asked by Stephen Score of 99

How to apply a modifier in V2.9+

Why I can't apply mirror modifier? Here's screen

modeling modifiers mirror  
user avatar asked by user105581 Score of 37
user avatar answered by susu Score of 54

Can you answer these questions?

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 ...

shaders normals drivers  
user avatar asked by m filmtrip Score of 1
user avatar answered by josh sanfelici Score of 0

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 ...

compositing-nodes video-sequence-editor file-format  
user avatar asked by banula perera Score of 1

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 ...

shortcut keymap  
user avatar asked by Harshit Vardhan Score of 1
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