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Add modifier to selected and another to active object
I am trying to set up an operator to use the BoolTool after I set a position and modifier on Selected object and a different one on the Active object. I basically need to move the selected object up ...
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Access skin modifier radius data
With Skin Modifier, we can "weight" a vertex (in Edit Mode) so that the resulting Skin mesh is bigger or smaller - similar to Curve objects which has "Scale Feather" adjustable.
Manually, we can hit ...
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2D solidify. Is it possible?
Is there a way to make some "2D solidify" from edges to faces. (It's about creating roads from GIS data). I've tried Skin modifier, converting to curves with depth and back to mesh, but all the ...
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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 it possible to create an incremental array?
The effect I am trying to achieve is an array that is fully editable in one instance, with Text labels incrementing in value, i.e. 1, 2, 3 etc. Is this possible? I know by nature it is not possible by ...
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Is it possible to render modifiers at preview settings?
I have an issue where I am trying to render a very complex scene, and I need to cut on my poly count in order to fit it on my GPU. The simplest way is to change modifiers like Sub-division to a lower ...
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Applying modifiers in a script
I've seen a couple of good examples of creating modifiers and applying them to objects, but they don't seem to be working for me. Or at least are only working part way.
My function takes a modifier ...
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How to add modifiers using python script and set parameters?
I've found some code that could add a modifier but none can set parameters like Octree.
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Adjust fall off custom curve of Vertex Weight Edit modifier using script
I'm writing a script to use with headless Blender but can't seem to figure out how to adjust the fall off curve of the Vertex Weight Edit modifier. Just want to move the upper point (1,1) down to ...
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Check if active object has a modifier
How can I check if the Active Object has a specific modifier so that when I run my code, it doesn't add the modifier again to the object? It should add the modifier only to the object which does not ...
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how to find the data_path for scripted keyframes
I would like to script keyframes for bevel modifier width (and many more later). Here is what I have so far. I've commented out the last line which doesn't work. When I type ...
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Create a grid in a mesh
I’m trying to fill a mesh with a grid and I wrote following code:
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How to make boolean modifiers with python? [duplicate]
How can I improve this code, so that it works like this:
I want a script to automate some steps of Boolean operations intersection to be applied in the following objects:
A plane and a cube,
As a ...
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How can I apply decimate modifier to multple files and save them as a different file automatically?
I am developing a game where game consist lots of buildings. I finished modelling of buildings. But in optimization of game I understood that I need to use some thing like a LOD system. For that I ...
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How to move modifiers of multiple objects up or down?
I would like to move a modifier (which I have already identified) to the bottom of the list of existing modifiers. Unfortunately it does not work and I don't get why...? However, if the object is ...