Questions tagged [meta-objects]
Meta objects provide an implicit approach to modeling: instead of defining the surface of a model explicitly (as is the case with meshes and NURBS surfaces), the surface of a collection of meta objects is calculated with a mathematical function evaluated with the meta objects as input.
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Frame-Duplicated Metaballs not rendering in Blender 2.79
I am trying to create a flow of water by duplicating metaballs along a curve. I've gone through the motions of creating a curve and a metaball, setting the Parent ...
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get this gradient style in blender
I'm trying to get this gradient style:
My best result are with eevee with volumetric and gradient on a metaball, but i cannot figure out how to get the gradient fill the totally of the metaballs like ...
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Is it possible to keep metaballs symmetric?
When I model animals or humanoid species, mostly I use metaballs to create the base mass of the mesh. I love metaballs, it's easy to create a good proxy mesh from them. But I don't know how to keep ...
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Making instances reach towards each other
I would like to make instances reach each other depending on the distance (like metaballs would) and, if close enough, merge into one without a border between them. Can somebody please suggest a node ...
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How to create proper displacement for weld joints?
I am looking for a way to create procedural weld joints in Blender. Here are some reference images showing what I am looking for:
The basic approach I have been taking is to create a base mesh then ...
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Why some objects won't show and selectable in Cryptomatte?
I have created some metalballs and animated them, and I need them to get excluded and masked in Composition, but I can't select them in any kind of matte: asset, material or object
The problem gets ...
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Metaball Active Element Panel is missing
I've been getting to know meta balls in Blender 2.82 and often find that at some point in Edit Mode, the Active Element panel goes missing for all but one element in a family. I'm trying to understand ...
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How to stabilize Random Per Island for Meta Objects
I have a very basic AN setup where I vector jiggle the position of meta ball instances for a lava-lamp-like motion.
I wanted to change the color as soon as an individual Meta Ball disconnects from ...
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How to find a consistent volume for this negative space?
Newbie at blender - I am an anthropologist working on my dissertation. Seeking someone to help me develop a reliable (read: CONSISTENT) way to find the volume of this incomplete space on the distal ...
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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 Properly Unwrap Metaball, Metaball animation
I have a Metaball animation running with animation node. I want to project the UVs from the surrounding sphere to the metaballs so I can have the textures applied without artifacts (you can se in the ...
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How to reduce or eliminate Metaball speckles?
I often encounter a problem where the rendered metasurface is not smooth -- and often it's least smooth in Cycles. I like to make them shiny and discontinuities in the surface lead to speckled ...
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Accurate modeling of a sessile drops (like dew droplets)
Is there some relatively easy way to generate drops, like dew, on a given object/scene? I'm interested in some kind of real simulation of fluid-surface interaction (would like to specify surface ...
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Metaball not appearing when added
Metaballs or any other meta object don't appear when I add them but the adjustment rings around them do. I've seen people having problems with them not appearing in a render but mine never appear. ...
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Render keyframe with changed location without applying it
Simple project with my problem:
I create a new project
I insert a keyframe in 0
I duplicate that object with same keyframe
I move my new object to random X location
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