In Blender 2.79, in mesh edit mode to switch between the selection of vertices-edges-polygons a drop-down menu called by the ctrl+tab keycode was used. In 2.9 and later versions, the selection through this menu has been replaced with pressing the 1-2-3 keycodes. However, if necessary, the selection via the drop-down menu can be returned back.
Switching between vertex-edges-faces selection by ctrl+tabRead More »
Bookmarks saved in the Favorites section of the File Browser can be renamed with any convenient names.
To rename a bookmark in Favorites, just double-click on it, enter the desired name, and press “enter”.
To hide objects in the 3D Viewport window, we can click the “eye” icon in the outliner near the desired object name (press the “H” shortcode), or we can click the icon with the “monitor” image. In both cases, the object will be hidden.
So, what’s the difference between these two variants?
It is very simple:
Clicking on the “eye” icon hides objects only in the currently active scene of the blend file.
Pressing the icon with the “monitor” hides objects in all scenes of the blend file at once.
To change the size of the gizmo displayed in the “3D Viewport” window:
To make our retopology process faster and easier, the scene environment may be slightly adjusted.
First, let’s enable snapping, set “Face” mode, and enable snapping to “Active” in the “Snapping With” section.
Also, check the “Backface Culling” checkbox so that the active retopology points do not magnetize to the backside of the processed mesh.
Setting up the scene environment for convenient retopologyRead More »
The “wm.context_toggle” operator is used to toggle checkboxes in the Blender interface. We can configure fast switching of any checkboxes in any windows and panels with this operator.
As an example, let’s configure the checkbox which enables/disables displaying the viewport wireframe.
The “Front Faces Only” checkbox in Sculpt mode for the currently active brush can be quickly toggled with the assigned keyboard shortcut.
By Victor Mukayev
How to assign a shortcut to toggle the Front Faces Only checkbox in Sculpt modeRead More »
Are you crazy about music? Music can change the mood and talk to you. Listening to music is a favorite hobby and entertainment for most people.
Here is an addon that does the job for you. ‘BMusic Player’ is an addon that takes all the music to one place inside Blender. Plays almost any format like mp3, wav, FLAC, M4A, aac etc. In addition to it, there will be detailed documentation about the addon and you can check it here.
BMusic Player v1.0.1 (Initial Release)
Key Features:
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Blender is very dynamically developed, so new versions of the program appear regularly. However, having downloaded the next release from the Blender website, we always need to configure it in a convenient way.
In order not to manually reset all personal user settings and reinstall all add-ons, we can quickly transfer settings and add-ons from the previous version to the new version of Blender.
How to transfer settings and add-ons from an old to a new version of BlenderRead More »
If an error occurs, Blender outputs its description to the system console and show a message with the following text:
… errors in … (see Blender Console)
What is this “Blender Console” in which we need to see the full error description text?
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