Questions tagged [groups]
Prior to Blender version 2.8, Groups were a means of organizing and instancing multiple objects, which could be manipulated as one. Use this tag for questions pertaining to Groups in version 2.79 and earlier versions of Blender. For more recent versions, see the [collections] tag.
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Missing Vertex groups with imported FBX
I'm trying to import an FBX from another app but the vertex groups are missing.
The groups import fine on an OBJ but not an FBX (which I do need)
Is it possible to import vertex groups via an FBX?
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link between a given bone and it's fcurves?
I need to find the previous f-curve keyframe a particular pose bone, to test if any of the transform values have changed. In fact my goal is iterating through all pose bones so I can keyframe_insert()...
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How do you animate a model that consists of multiple different objects?
I am looking to animate a model that is comprised of multiple objects.
I'm experienced with modeling but I'm totally new to everything animation. I was wondering if anyone could give me the first few ...
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How to darken an object face in a node group and make this optional
I am currently working on some virtual remotes for my home automation system.
This will involve images of remote buttons before and after pressing. To make it clear, I would like the face of the ...
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How to add Inputs and Outputs to Group Node using Python [duplicate]
So I'm trying to write code that creates a custom set of Nodes for the ShaderEditor.
Code:
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bpy.ops.group.create(name='Leaves') does not create the group named "Leaves"
I am trying to use an old script to generate random trees.
The Blender version is 2.79b and the whole script can be seen here:
https://github.com/tduboudi/IAMPS2019-Procedural-Fruit-Tree-Rendering-...
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Geometry Nodes: Make all Groups single User at once?
Is there a way to make all the groups in a geometry nodes set up single user at once?
I don't really understand why they keep being linked to the original ones when you have already made the Set up ...
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Ungroup with changing transform
When I delete the group, my character loses the group rotation and scale, so how do I take my mesh out of a group without losing the transform? And ⎈ Ctrl⎇ AltG makes my mesh disappear
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Remove button from Edit mode in Materials dissapeared
I dont know if im missing something but the remove button that appears in-between assign and select doesnt show anymore.
It might be something simple but i dont know what happened.
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How can I group many animations under a single name?
I'm quite new into animating in Blender, so I'm currently very confused about how to do simple things. I need to program something in Javascript and I have to animate a car being roofless. The thing ...
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selection group
Imagine I have 10 objects in my scene.
I keep needing to select object 1,6 and 9 to do something.
Is there a way to name this group? Say 169.
I dont want to group/parent/put in container. This "...
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Node group and using multiple geometries / objects
I'm trying to create an object cutter node group then add it to my asset manager.
Example: you have two objects and one object is used to cut out a hole from another
one.
I can get the nodes to work ...
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How to gradually hide/unhide a group of objects?
I want to gradually hide/unhide a group of objects (ctrl-j). For example, I have 2 nested spheres with a radius=1cm and radius 2cm. Both have different materials. Opportunities I have found so far.
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select vertices in a vertex group
I have a problem, I use a mesh of about 230,000 vertices and 500,000 faces, it contains vertex groups, suppose you have to query a vertex group database and this returns some of them that you want to ...
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Parent specific objects to empty with python?
So basically i have a few cubes in my scene, i want to parent all the thin cubes to the empty in python, i know i would start with a sort of detection system in python to detect which cubes to select,
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