I am not quite sure what non-manifold geometry is. I thought non-manifold geometry was just floating vertices and hole in a mesh. From my experience this is not always the case however. What is non-manifold geometry and what are the types of it and how do I avoid it? Is there a case where it is a...

I want to use the difference boolean modifier to stamp in shapes on this lime. However it does not work for some of the characters. Only some of the radicals (pieces) are cut out. The picture shows one such example: the lower right J shaped piece is missing. Is this the best way to approach this...

I have what seems to be a fairly common problem (From what I've seen while searching) that I can't quite seem to solve. I'm trying to make a character walk down a street. This is the first proper walking animation I've attempted in Blender (Did a couple in 3DS Max and Maya years ago). I've create...

I would like to adjust the camera view, so I press the ctrl+alt+0 to switch to the camera view window, then I try to adjust the camera window. Then, I press the G key, and try to move the view window up or down, but finally, I see that all the objects was moved, not the camera view itself, see ...

I use Blender 2.69. When I create a closed curve (for example, a circle) and make it 2D with the properties editor, it becomes filled. Since I work with backface culling off (because of the application of the objects I make), only one of the sides is visible. In the case of a just created circle...

I am in the middle of a project wich needs to have a river flowing in it. (maybe you're familiar with my last questions, they are all related) just for reference and imagination, heres a preview of the setting where the river should go. So as you can see, what i need to accomplish is: 1) someth...

I'm a new blender user, but have used other modelling programs before. I've downloaded a model file (http://www.models-resource.com/nintendo_64/pokmonsnap/model/4949/) and unzipped it. When I import the obj into blender, it is my understanding (from here: How to import a .mtl file?) that the ...

Last time I checked, blender could only render depth of field effects in a post process pass, using the "Defocus Node", which seemed to get it quite wrong. Is there now a way to include rays across a lens during tracing and produce a more realistic depth of field?

Coming from SketchUp one of the tools I miss most is the circle draw tool which lets you draw a circle on any face and then you could extrude it in/out. The only tool that I know of that comes close to this is the knife tool but this would be very impractical to cut out with the knife Example: ...

How do I export my scene with the propper nodes to a Collada file from my cycles render I am working on a spaceshipe but when i try to export it to a collada file the texteres are missing, I am using the cycles render and the textures are no images.

I've just upgraded to 2.70 and now when I'm in Front Ortho view (or Back Ortho, Right Ortho, etc) and rotate out of it into User view, it switches out of Orthographic mode into Perspective. Blender 2.69 didn't do this? Why is it happening now in 2.70?

Pretty much what the title says: What are alternatives methods to Fluid for making a glass appear to be full of liquid? I just require a quick simple method. I was going to use particles but wondered if anyone had other methods or ideas. Doesnt need to be too realistic as its only for a small st...

I am very new to Blender. I have been looking for a program to create a model for visualizing different math concepts. Blender looks promising as it provides the possibility for not only this, but graphical modeling far beyond as well, so I would like to learn it to build upon this knowledge co...

I am a fairly confident blender user, who has been using the software for about 1.5 years. I have recently updated from version 2.6.3 to version 2.7, but I have noticed that in version 2.7 the text allignment has changed. It probably changed in an earlier version but is there any way to change it...