In order to align an object to the middle of the edge:
Even if Blender was downloaded as a zip-file and started from the unpacked archive instead of the installation, the files with its settings are stored separately in the user’s directory. The history, the start scene, and user-installed add-ons are also stored there. So if you transfer Blender to another computer, all these preferences will be lost.
However, at startup, Blender first looks for a config directory in its own folder and only if it does not find it there, it accesses the folder in the user’s directory.
In order to make Blender completely portable, it is enough to copy config folders “config” and “scripts” from the user’s directory into Blender’s own directory into the folder with the version number. This will transfer the settings and installed add-ons to the Blender directory, and now all the changes will be made already here, not in the user directory. Blender becomes portable and can be copied to another computer or removable device.
Every 3D-artist knows that the workplace is always less. The larger monitor, the larger available workspace on it – the work is more convenient and faster. Blender allows winning some extra space on the screen, hiding the window title, which is still not useful.
The key combination:
alt + F11
allows to hide the Blender window title and expand the work area to the entire monitor. Pressing this key combination again returns Blender to its original state.
During the image rendering in Blender, it is impossible to do anything else, the computer is strong “brakes”. Blender takes all available computing power without leaving almost nothing to other applications.
In order to run render in Blender with a low priority, so that it does not fill the entire computer and is guaranteed not to slow down the other programs work, you need:
Windows:
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start "" /LOW /MIN /B /D "_path_to_blender_directory_" "_full_path_to_blender_" -b _path_to_blend_file_ -f X -t X1 |
parameters used :
Example:
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start "" /LOW /MIN /B /D "C:\Program Files\blender\" "c:\Program Files\blender\blender.exe" -b d:\Blender\_TestScenes\TestScene001.blend -f 1 -t 4 |
Linux:
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nice -n 20 blender -b _path_to_blend_file_ -f X -t X1 |
used parameters:
Example:
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nice -n 20 blender -b /tmp/_TestScenes/TestScene001.blend -f 1 -t 4 |
To transfer the T- or N-panel to the opposite window side point a mouse cursor to it and press the f5 shortkey.
Creating a node tree in the compositing window, sometimes it is necessary to see the intermediate result given by some parts of the node tree. For fast viewing click left mouse button on the desired node with the “ctrl” and “shift” keys pressed. Blender adds a new View node (or uses one of the existing) and connects the output of the selected node to it. The result is displayed on the backdrop (if the corresponding checkbox checked) or in the UV/Image Editor window in “Viewer Node” mode.
If the clicked node has several outputs, each subsequent click on that node switches the view to its next output.
Modelling complex objects consisting of many separate parts, for each of which the Subdivision Surface modifier is added, it often needs to increase or decrease the number of modifier subdivisions at once for all of them. This can be done by selecting them and changing the modifier parameter value with the “alt” key pressed.
