Blender
Array of lights
The Point, Sun, Spot, and Area lights are not meshes, so we can’t assign an Array modifier to them. However, to conveniently and quickly create dynamic sets of lights in one or more rows, we can use the snapping trick.
Finding nearby faces
To get all polygons adjacent to the desired one, we can use the “bmesh” module, which provides access to all mesh data in Blender.
Disabling autozoom when switching to the local view
When entering the object’s local view mode by pressing the “/” key in the viewport window, zooming is automatically turned on so that the selected object occupies the entire window space. However, this is not always convenient.
To disable auto-zoom in local view mode:
- open the “Preferences” window
- switch to the “Key Map” tab
- type “local view” in the search field
- expand the found shortcodes and uncheck “Frame Selected” checkboxes
Now, when switching to isolated mode, auto-zoom will not turn on.
Blender 3.1 released
The Blender 3.1 release is now enabled for downloading on the official Blender site.
What is new in Blender 3.1 “in 5 minutes”
Blender add-on “Watermark Plus” v. 1.1.0.
Blender add-on “Watermark Plus” updated to v. 1.1.0.
- Added option for showing or not the add-on panel in the 3D Viewport area
How to manage the Geometry Nodes attribute by the output of the geometry node tree
When we create a Geometry Nodes node tree by a script, after building the node tree itself, the Geometry Nodes attributes need to be set in order to access these attributes from other areas, for example, from the Shader Node tree.
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How to change the hotkey for switching selection mode between vertex-edge-face
Switching the selection mode between vertices, edges, and polygons in mesh edit mode is mapped by default to pressing the 1, 2, and 3 keycodes on the keyboard. However, if it is more comfortable to use these hotkeys for other functions, we can change this mapping.
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Blender Add-On Template generator v.1.9.0
Blender add-on template generator updated to version 1.9.0.
- Blender 3.1, 3.2 templates added
- Fixed issue with spaces in add-on names – automatically converting them to underscores.