Questions tagged [coordinates]
Blender represents locations in a scene by their coordinates. The coordinates of a location consist of three numbers that define its distance and direction from a fixed origin.
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Is it possible to make Blender a Y-up world?
After learning bits and pieces of Maya, 3DS Max, IMAGINE and XSI I noticed that they all have Y-up worlds with Z being used for depth (naturally).
is there a way to make Blender a Y-up world?
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3x4 camera matrix from blender camera
In computer vision, the transformation from 3D world coordinates to pixel coordinates is often represented by a 3x4 (3 rows by 4 cols) matrix P as detailed below. Given a camera in Blender, I need ...
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Digits of precision of vertices coordinates
Vertices coordinates are float or double values ?
Is it possible to see them with full precision and not only with the limited precision of the text fields ?
Or better is it possible to see the bit ...
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Could someone please explain gimbal lock?
I have read the Wikipedia page on gimbal lock, and am still confused about the entire matter. My understanding is that, using a local coordinate system, if you rotate a model about its X axis then ...
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Poly / Bezier curve from a list of coordinates
I'm trying to create curves from a list of points, I have the xyz coordinates in text files.
I could make it manually via the python console for a single curve, but I have to do it many times and I ...
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What is blender's camera projection matrix model?
I have question what is blender's camera projection model.
I want to use blender to my computer vision experiment which need to compare real photo and CG. For real photo, I used camera matrix K for ...
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Why are keyframes in global coords, instead of local coords? (Blender 2.70a)
So, I've been using Blender for several years, including a fair amount of animation, and in the past it's always been useful to align an object with its local coords. I.e. having the y-axis pointing ...
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python script that reads text file containing coordinates and creates a path/curve for object to follow
I am a highschool student working at a college's engineering department for the summer. I just began working in blender and have intermediate knowledge of python. Could anyone share a script they've ...
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Getting the list of points that describe a Curve without converting to mesh
I've used mathutils.geometry.interpolate_bezier() in the past to create points for a curve using the bezier handle and knot coordinates.
from the docs:
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How to get data and edit it on UV map edges?
I have a UV map. I want to get texture pixels around connected mesh sides like this (selected in pink and red):
or even on separated islands like this:
How to do such thing with Python Blender API?
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How to import recorded iPhone gyro data into blender?
I recorded iPhone's rotation and now I want to import these data as x,y,z for object rotation in blender.
How can I convert OSC or CSV formats into F-Curves?
Thank you for help.
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How to scale a UV Image Texture?
I have a tiling texture that I prepared for use as a bump map.
The problem is that it's too big!
I want the texture to display on the model at about 1/8th of the present size, but I can't figure out ...
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How can I rotate an object's coordinate system without rotating the object?
I have the following situation with a chimney on a roof:
I'd like to slide the chimney around on the plane parallel to the roof. One way I could accomplish this would be if I could somehow rotate the ...
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Calculate points on a Nurbs curve without converting to mesh
I found this question: Getting the list of points that describe a Curve without converting to mesh
But I would like to do the same for a Nurbs curve. This Nurbs curve consists of a lot of splines and ...
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Object Positions Reset On Blender Load
So I am attempting to make a modular environment in Blender, so I'm modeling many pieces in one scene to make sure they all match up properly before separating them out.
However, whenever I restart ...
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