Blender Stack Exchange Newsletter – Friday, January 20, 2023

Top new questions this week:

How to create squiggly line along path?

I want to create a squiggly line along a path compared to the Object to the right, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to recreate it. Object I want to adjust to the left, Object to the right …

modeling

asked by Thorium Score of 7 answered by moonboots Score of 11

Return a color from the Themes -> Text Editor panel in Blender

When opening Edit > Preferences > Themes > Text Editor and hovering over Line Numbers color picker, Python Tooltip shows: ThemeTextEditor.line_numbers …

python error theme

asked by Mark S Day Score of 5 answered by Harry McKenzie Score of 4

How to clear all bpy.app.timers from previous script execution?

How do you clear all timers in bpy.app.timers? It seems like there is no straightforward way, if not impossible, to clear timers that have run from previous script …

python scripting timer

asked by Harry McKenzie Score of 4 answered by Harry McKenzie Score of 4

How to tell a vertex to have its normal perpendicular to the tangent of its edge?

I have this mesh containing only edges and vertices with checker-selected vertices and wanted to scale them out in a way that is perpendicular to the tangent line intersecting each vertex. I learned …

vertices transforms edges normals

asked by Harry McKenzie Score of 4 answered by Robin Betts Score of 4

How come my cloth simulation is clipping with itself when using armature despite having self collisions enabled?

I am trying to create baggy clothes and using Cloth Simulation, but seem to be having a problem with self collisions. Despite having enabled Self Collisions for my shirt simulation, the shirt still …

physics cloth-simulation collision

asked by Matthew Park Score of 4 answered by Chris Score of 4

Sampling color from texture so each mesh island is a single, solid color from that texture (making a mosaic)

I’m making a mosaic using geometry nodes, and I’m trying to make each stone a singular color from a texture. Currently I’m able to project an image texture onto the object, which looks pretty good, …

texturing materials geometry-nodes

asked by Rooibos Score of 3 answered by quellenform Score of 3

How to replicate “Delete Hierarchy” in Python?

I am trying to do the following using the Python API: import an armature from an fbx file add it to the asset browser delete the armature from the scene, but not from the file, so that I can keep it …

python

asked by StS Score of 3 answered by Harry McKenzie Score of 5

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

How to import an FBX file into Blender

I am trying to import an FBX file from Unity into Blender. Does anybody know how to do that?

import unity

asked by Jerry Score of 14 answered by Keavon Score of 23

How to model effectively using exact measurements?

I always struggle when trying to create a floor plan or furniture. How do I model using exact measurements.

modeling measurement

asked by stacker Score of 57 answered by zeffii Score of 48

2.8 locking object from selection

I want to lock objects from getting selected, but not change their visibility. 2.8 removed the lock button from the outliner. How do you lock objects in 2.8?

selection-tools outliner

asked by zander Score of 36 answered by HikariTW Score of 34

How to import a .mtl file?

I am new to Blender. I downloaded a .obj file of a plant model. When I unzipped it I found two files (.obj and …

objects import

asked by user1468 Score of 40 answered by iKlsR Score of 35

How to apply a modifier in V2.9+

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

modeling modifiers mirror

asked by user105581 Score of 34 answered by susu Score of 50

Splitting pieces of a mesh into a new object

I’ve just made a set of armor by using a male body mesh model I downloaded and selecting certain faces from the model and duplicating them to create viable armor pieces. Since the pieces are just …

modeling mesh

asked by user2016 Score of 160 answered by gandalf3 Score of 215

Render not showing UV texture

I have added a texture to a cube in the UV editor and it shows up fine in textured view But when I render it there is no texture What have I done wrong?

rendering texturing uv

asked by Qwertie Score of 34 answered by Ali Jibran Score of 29

Can you answer these questions?

Problem, when selecting points, the segment itself is not selected

Problem, when selecting points, the segment itself is not selected what happens what I need

modeling

asked by yidin Nick Score of 1

Issues working in texture paint

I have done a rough model with a smart UV projection and when I try to paint on it in texture paint it looks really weird, there are this gradients around the seems that I don’t understand. As seen in …

texture-painting normals

asked by RenderGenderBlender Score of 1 answered by moonboots Score of 0

Blender Bump Node what color is the neutral position (no bump)

In Blender Bump Node what color is the neutral position (no bump).black, white, or 50% grey? and what is up and what is down?

cycles-render-engine bump

asked by Yvana Score of 1 answered by Gordon Brinkmann Score of 0