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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Rotating multiple objects in animation
I am trying to animate a drone with 6 spinning propellers in version 2.79b. I can make the props spin in object mode by selecting them and choosing individual origins for pivot center, however when I ...
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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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Can I sculpt a group of OBJs
I have a group of OBJs (imported with vert order and poly groups intact), specifically two upper arms and I want to sculpt one and have it mirrored on the other, but I do not want to combine them ...
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How to remove one of the group inputs
I'm using Blender 2.74 and trying to follow an online video tutorial on creating "sun" (presenter is using version 2.63). The problem I'm facing is that the presenter just selected a few nodes in the ...
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Move collection including invisible objects
How can I move/transform a whole collection of objects, including invisible objects? I have invisible objects to facilitate boolean modifiers.
The popular advice to move a collection is to select all ...
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Why do all the objects get the same color?
I try to give different base colours to my objects but when I define a base colour for one object, a couple of objects get the same colour at the same time. made a new material for those ones to ...
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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.
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How to align objects to the center of another object
I am new to Blender (2.8) and trying to model a kind of turret, to try and learn by myself.
I am encountering a rather simple problem : I have placed 4 cannons relative to one another, and would ...
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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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How to determine which vertex groups a vertex belongs to?
I'm using the newest version of 2.8, and I'm wanting to determine which group specific vertices belong to. I have a lot of groups and vertices, so checking them one at a time will be a lot of time ...
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Dope sheet doesn't color channels anymore
When having bone groups with colors would make these colors to show up on the Dope Sheet keyframe channels like this
This is what it's meant to look like, But now everything is a single color
I took ...
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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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