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Questions tagged [modifiers]

Modifiers are automatic operations that affect an object in a non-destructive way. Use this tag for questions pertaining to modifiers and their usage inside of Blender.

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How to let the Explode modifier only affect the mesh via Weight Paints?

There is an effect that I found that involves the scene breaking away (think of Coraline once the Other World falls apart when she wins the 'game'). I'd like to replicate that effect in Blender by ...
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How to link object data whilst keeping the location and rotation of all objects

I have a pretty hefty frame structure that I need to optimise. This was created by arraying a single smaller section of the frame along a curve, then arraying the result 32 times around an empty. ...
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Restore mesh data layers (specifically UV) after non-destructive Remesh modifier?

The output of the Remesh modifier seems to lack all mesh data layers, including UV layers. The Data Transfer modifier requires mesh data layers to already exist in order to work. It thus does not have ...
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Simple deform modifier making object thicker

I am trying to make animation of an object opening and closing using the simple deform modifier, but it is also causing the object to thickened. How can I only animate the opening and closing of this ...
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How to extrude images as plains to give it depth [duplicate]

is it possible to extrude an image in Blender? I have tried to solidify it with the Modifiers, and also convert to mesh. It does extrude the image, but it creates a blank gap in between the image.
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Can you Constrain the Noise Modifier?

I'm trying to use the Noise modifier to animate an object's Z axis. I want the object to move up and down which it is doing with the Noise modifier but I would like to constrain how far down it goes. ...
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Animation after applied modifier

I have a plane, that transforms into cylinder after simple deform modifier: I can now animate this transformation. However, after that I would also like to animate some adjustments to my cylinder ...
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Mesh cache modifier bake to keyframes

I have such question. I made clothes & animated them in Marvelous designer, and then using Mesh cache modifier, opened this animation in Blender. And I would like to know, is it possible to turn ...
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My subdivision modifier seems to be capped at 2

I'm adding a cube to my scene and then hitting Ctrl+4 to subdivide it 4 times. However, it only subdivides it 2 times (Blender 3.5 and 3.6). After some experimentation, I have discovered that using ...
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Boolean modifier is ignoring original object of array

I am trying to make this pattern of holes on my object I made the 4 cylinders through an array with the left most one being the original. When I apply the Boolean and turn of the cylinders there is ...
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Animated Boolean

I'm relatively new to Blender and trying to put together a simple little animation which in a simplistic way goes as follows. A pre drilled hole is reamed to size so that the hole is one size before ...
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Skin modifier doesn't add any verticies

I am trying to follow this tutorial on how to model a dragon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR8nYG0DtJc&ab_channel=RicSanCustomToys) (I know its old and that theres probably better ones but I ...
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Help merge meshes. Boolean not an option

(Experienced but still a noob.) I downloaded a 3DS object (a satellite) and I'm trying to edit it in Blender. The mesh was one big object. I'm trying split it into separate objects, but in one ...
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Correct use of Merge by Distance in Geometry Nodes, with smooth joining sites

I´d like to effectively merge two curves at their ends in Blender's Geometry Nodes without creating angles at the joining sites, while maintaining the smoothness of both curves. I wonder what is the ...
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How to fix noise modifiers getting clamped to -0.5 to 0.5 range

I'm having this bizarre issue that I can't figure out how to fix. I have learned that noise modifiers have a max range of 1 unit peak to peak (multiplied by strength), however, the generated waveform ...

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