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Converting mesh to metaball?
Is there a way to convert mesh to metaball?
I've been looking for tutorials and found how to do it backwards (convert metaball in mesh) but couldn't find them.
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How do you combine a sculpt mesh with primitives for 3d printing?
I created a crystal mesh 130mm x 120mm x 250mm high for 3d printing using sculpt. Now I want to add a tube within it and add some scaffold primitives to the inside of the mesh joining the tube for ...
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What is the difference between a meta-object and a mesh
I have been using Blender for a year now, and I have wondered many times,"What is the difference between a meta-object and a mesh?" What exactly is the difference? Why can a mesh not be calculated ...
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How can I add a description to an object
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How can I add a description to an object. Preferably being able to shows this on top of the object, as an overlay. And that the description can be toggled to show/hide.
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This ...
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Cannot duplicate metaballs
I made a little cloud using Metaballs:
I would like to duplicate the Metaballs to a different layer to back up this cloud, then convert the main layer's Metaballs into a mesh.
When I select the ...
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How to create a claw out of this mesh?
The mesh on the arms of my reptile are quite complex and I'm wondering what would be good way to make some appendages on this piece. I'd tried sculpting and proportional editing but was not able to ...
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Can't sculpt Meta Ball
I am just trying getting myself into sculpting and I have just created a metaball having kind of shape like a bust, because I have seen it once online some time ago but when I pick it I can't get into ...
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Why is there no option to convert a mesh to metaball object?
I realize this wouldn't be optimal for detailed meshes, but it would certainly be useful for creating others.
Sometimes I have meshes I'd like to join together, only I'd like them to interact as if ...
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How to create a mesh from metaballs which will always work with a Boolean modifier?
My goal is to simulate a particle system in an animation, convert the particles to a mesh, then apply Boolean modifiers to the result mesh. This usually works. However, the mesh generation ...
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Is there a low level alternative for bpy.ops.object.convert()?
I am using bpy.ops.object.convert(target='MESH', keep_original= False) in a python function in blender to convert metaballs to a mesh. The script works fine when ...
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