How to randomly shift texture on objects
To shift the texture randomly on different objects, the easiest way is to change its location along any of the axes by a random value.
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How to tune the camera height in the “walk” mode
To change the camera height in the “walk/fly” mode in the 3D Viewport window (enables with shift + ` keycode), you need to on the “Gravity” checkbox in the “Preferences” window – “Navigation” and tune the height with the “View Height” parameter.
How to enable gradient background in the viewport window
To enable gradient background in the “3D View” window you need:
- open the “Preferences” window
- press the “Themes” button
- in the “3D View” – “Theme Space” -” Gradient Colors” section on the “Use Gradient” checkbox
- and tune the gradient colors “Gradient HighOff” (top color) and “Gradient Low” (bottom color)
- press the “Save Preferences” button to save changes
How to orient the viewport window to be parallel to the selected polygon
To orient the “3D Viewport” window to be parallel to the selected polygon you need to press the following keycode:
shift + Num 7
Render time remaining
To see the render time remaining just move the cursor over the render progress bar.
Setting operator parameters features
When you make a button in a custom UI to call the operator with passing the necessary parameters to it, pay attention that only the parameters specified explicitly will be sent to the operator. Other operator parameters will remain with default values.
For example, we need to execute the “transform_apply” operator – applying object transformations with applying just the scale.
If we call the operator as follows:
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class TESTPANEL_PT_panel(Panel): bl_idname = 'TESTPANEL_PT_panel' bl_label = 'Testpanel' bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D' bl_region_type = 'UI' bl_category = 'Testpanel' def draw(self, context): self.layout.operator('context.object.transform_apply', text='Apply Scale').scale = True |
But all transformation (scale, rotation, and position) will still be applied to the object.
Render from console only on the specified GPU devices
Sometimes, to effectively distribute the hardware load it is necessary to make a render from Blender only on certain video cards of several of them.
To do this we can use a simple script in which specify the numbers of devices to be used for rendering.
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Blender add-on: BIS v. 1.8.3.
BIS (Blender Interplanety Storage) updated to v.1.8.3.
- Updated some nodes structure
- Added saving the “blend mode” property from material settings
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