To make a spring with Geometry Nodes in Blender, all we need to do is use some vector math. Taking a straight line as a basis, we can move its points in accordance with the circle equation so that in the end they form a spring.
When writing add-ons for Blender, it is important to place UI elements – buttons, fields, switches, etc., so that the user can easily find them and have convenient access to them. Blender provides to add-on developers the following areas to place their custom UI:
To distribute objects with Blender Geometry Nodes, the “Distribute Points on Faces” node is usually used. It produces a set of points randomly scattered over the surface of the mesh polygons. Next, the necessary objects are located at these points. In common case, these points are located randomly, and the objects located on them can intersect with each other if the points are close. However, we can configure the nodes so that the meshes located on the points will not intersect.
Distributing objects on a plane without intersections with Blender Geometry NodesRead More »
In order to mix two normal or bump maps in Blender shader so that they overlap as required, we need to correctly connect their nodes in the Node Editor.
With Blender Geometry Nodes, we can quickly turn an ordinary font into an interesting font with the spectacular border. The main assistant in creating such a font will be the Extrude node.
To quickly associate any variable mesh parameter with animation frames, we just need to type #frame in the parameter field. Then, when scrolling the animation timeline, the value of this parameter will be equal to the current frame number.
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In the Blender Python API, a collection does not have a direct pointer to its parent collection. However, we can get the parent collection by searching through the list of children of each collection in the scene until we find the current one.
When creating custom properties, the values of which the user can choose from a list, it is often necessary to filter the list of values offered for selection. We can use the poll function to shorten the proposed list of values by removing unwanted elements.
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One of the common hints to get the user attention when performing certain actions is the changed appearance of the mouse pointer. In Blender, using the Python API, we can set the desired view for the cursor when we need.
To make a texture hidden in Blender so that it does not appear in the list of textures when selected in the Image Editor and is not found through the search, the texture name needs to start with a dot.
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