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Q: Low poly model artifacts

Maik KleinI am very new to modelling and I was modeling most of the time with subdivison surfaces which worked very well. But then when I tried to model a low poly model and it tends to look very unclean and I get a lot of artifacts. I saw a video where someone was modeling something similar and his mo...

 
12:45 AM
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Q: How can I make a looping animation when dealing with random particles?

northern-bradleyHave created sparks using http://www.blenderguru.com/videos/how-to-make-sparks/ However would now like to create a smooth looping animation. I have already altered the start frame for the particle emitter to a decent sized -ve (approx 80 from memory) so that I'm not starting on frame 1 with zer...

 
@ThomBlairIII They are usable, but save a lot ;) (you will find bugs)
@ThomBlairIII The : comes before the //
If you find bugs, report them, and make the stable versions stabler :)
 
1:40 AM
@ThomBlairIII I replied to your comment, but I didn't ping you.. So Here it is:
@Zachooz It sounds like the shortcut wasn't working correctly (what you described sounds like the normal behavior scaling with S). Does it work if you press Shink Fatten in 3D view > Tool shelf (T) > Tool tab > Transform? — gandalf3 5 hours ago
 
1:58 AM
@gandalf3 ik, but I was playing with vader...idk what he was doing...in retrospect, he may have been referring to this comment, but idk
I was pretty pleased to FINALLY learn why markdown stops working on occasion!
@gandalf3 ??? I don't remember the original context...and neither of my tech support people do either:
 
@ThomBlairIII Click the time on the quote (where it says "5 hours ago")
 
ok, just a sec, my second tech just showed up...
These are my 2 tech support agents
:D
Sherlock & The Thinker
oh, ok, I still don't get it...if I've got a curve with a bevel on it, and I go into edit mode on the curve, select a vertex point and scale it, that doesn't effect the width of the tube
 
2:14 AM
@ThomBlairIII Are you pressing Alt S?
 
OMG!!! No, I was NOT pressing ALT S!!
I didn't even know ALT S existed!
I was only S'ing
 
...
 
I never even knew about ALT S...thanks! That's really cool!
:D
looks like a snake with a full belly
@gandalf3 yeah, you might suspect that an astute observer such as myself would notice something as obvious as the ALT in front of the S, but sometimes even I slip up!
XD
 
lulz
 
#facepalm
 
3:00 AM
@gandalf do you know what this person is referring to with "unclean and lots of artifacts"?
do you think they're trying to get a sharp Mean Crease along the edges of the blade?
 
I was wondering that too
I guess the best way to find out is to ask them :)
oh.. you already did
lol
 
yeah, right after I asked you, I thought, hey, why not ask the poster!
:D
@vader Vader, you are the resident expert in "unclean" meshes...what is this guy talking about when he says "it tended to look very unclean and had a lot of artifacts"?
 
3:29 AM
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Q: Property Update function for properties inside a collection

MCHammondI have a PropertyGroup Class called PPP, like the Collection Example on this page: http://www.blender.org/documentation/blender_python_api_2_63_17/bpy.props.html The problem is that one of the properties in the PPP class, pfloat calls an update function "update_func" I need to be able to tell w...

 
4:09 AM
Hey guys, did you see there is a SE app that can track your progress towards different badges?
Here it is: agent86ix.github.io/stackapps/badge/#access_token=hO(It1f7Kfr**2nnyQNOKQ))‌​&expires=86399
#Collect'EmAll!
But, I don't see where you can see the progress bars mentioned in this post: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/137959/…
Do you?
 
4:41 AM
never mind, I found it
 
@ThomBlairIII Single letter edits are frowned upon. Edits should be significant changes. Not adjusting a single letter.
 
@iKlsR even in this case where the key in question is ambiguously portrayed?
it was not a frivolous edit, but to clarify how Blender is to be used.
 
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Q: Micro Editing, does everything need to be perfect?

zeffiiHow do we decide if we should really go ahead with editing that nagging mistake in someone else's post? Is it OK to edit subtle grammatical mistakes, or typos? Stack Exchange has this built in rule that the edit needs to be above a certain character count to be allowed. In practice this might m...

But it is.
First, you are pushing new posts off the front page for posts that were resolved months ago.
 
It's not a big deal to me, but just to show what I mean, on one of those questions, someone asked "what key are you referring to, a lowercase L or an I"
 
If you didn't have the edit privilege, these would be rejected.
 
4:48 AM
I won't do it any more, I'm sorry, I thought it was making a useful contribution
 
I see where you're coming from but its a really trivial problem at most.
 
I just was confused by it when I saw it, so I thought maybe other would be too. But I will stop!
:)
 
Any more of these and the system could auto-block you. If you do have to edit, try to make it at least a few lines. Reword, retag or something, not just change 1 character.
 
no problem!
 
Ok, thanks.
 
 
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5:51 AM
@gandalf3 Wow, I'm so glad I learned that! It's so neat! Thanks!
:)
 
 
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7:38 AM
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Q: What exactly did I do wrong with my textures?

Alexander Khaos GreensteinBasically, I applied my textures by taking each individual object, unwrapping it in the uv editor, then opening up an image in the uv editor and it would apply the texture in the 3D editor. However, when I render my project none of the textures appear and everything looks odd. I don't know how to...

 
 
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12:35 PM
@ThomBlairIII do you live in fairfax VA?
 
just wondering
so you are pretty close to UVA
 
well, it's about 1 hour and 9 minutes away: google.com/maps/dir/Richmond,+VA/…
approximately
how is it that you're by your computer most of the day? do you take classes via internet?
 
well my pc is always one
and I bring in a laptop to school
 
oh, I see.
 
12:41 PM
But I am not always here although it shows I am
 
yeah, me too.
I'm actually very close to the University of Richmond campus
and VCU
not surprisingly
 
did you go to VCU?
 
no, I went to William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA
 
wow
you must have had a good gpa
 
they had such a fabulous campus I really liked it. Plus, they were one of the top English-major schools in the country, and I was an English major
 
12:46 PM
I hated english in HS
 
idk, it was like a 3.2 or something like that...I never knew the exact gpa, but I got 1270 on my SATs
my high school was UNBELIEVABLY easy, so a high gpa from there is no feat
 
I got a 1290
 
nice!
 
and my gpa was more like 3.0
or even lower
but it was a though HS
 
yeah, if I'd gone to a good high school, I'd have had to work a lot harder to get a good gpa
did you know that if you got a 1270 or higher, you qualify for the Mensa Society?
I discovered that once by accident
 
12:48 PM
what is that?
 
it's a group for people with high IQs
A high IQ society is an organization that limits its membership to people who are within a certain high percentile of IQ test results. The oldest, largest and best-known such society is Mensa International, which was founded by Roland Berrill and Dr. Lancelot Ware in 1946. Other early societies are Intertel, founded by Ralph Haines in 1966; the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, founded by Dr. Christopher Harding in 1974; the Triple Nine Society in 1978; the Prometheus Society, and the Mega Society. Entry requirements High IQ societies typically accept a variety of IQ tests...
 
oh
 
so you also qualify!
 
no thanks, I would rather join the scientologists
this seems like a weird group of smug ppl
 
yeah, I found out it costs $90 per year to be a member and there aren't that many benefits
 
12:51 PM
suprise, suprise....
 
well, I was thinking about trying to meet women there that might be similarly minded (I like intelligent women), but they're just people like you and me...
they mostly just hang out and talk & socialize, go bowling together, etc
 
oh
 
it's a social club, not a smug club as far as I can tell, but there is that stigma of "high IQ" that people suspect it of
 
why would anyone join that club?
just seems so weird to have a club for "smart" ppl
 
so you can hang out with people that you can relate to...according to IQ studies, the average IQ in America is ~100 and if you got 1270 on your SATs, like me, then your IQ is ~130
that is important because according to studies, if your IQ is 30 points different from someone else, you are much more likely to not be able to relate well to each other
so, if you can hang out with people who are on similar aptitudes, then you're more likely to be able to relate, make friends, fit in, etc
I'd suspect that anybody that can actually use Blender and not just run away from the UI probably has a fairly high IQ
 
1:00 PM
lol
 
yeah!
:D
 
did you graduate W&M?
 
yep, I got a BA in English
class of '95
 
oh jesus
I was born around that time
 
what?
 
1:07 PM
~around
 
XD
yeah, I'm finding most people are a lot younger on this site...although I suspect Gandalf is somewhere in my age group, but idk
I'm 41.
 
I think gandalf is about ~22
I think Peter might be in your age group
 
oh wow, I was guessing gandalf might be a high school teacher or something...he's so easy going with the newbies
 
@ThomBlairIII check this out

 The Renderfarm

A place to talk while we wait for our renders to finish. Site ...
@ThomBlairIII he is rep whore
jk, he is a good guy AFAIK
 
he's amazing with his rep...I don't see how he does it...he doesn't seem to get that many rep points per day, but it seems like his stats just keep going up and up!
yeah, he's super nice, and that's always awesome to me
he's one guy you can always count on to be nice to you
and helpful if he can
which I really like, since I need all the help I can get a lot of times
 
1:15 PM
are you going to do something for the contest?
 
which one?
 
oops I posted the wrong link
 
to be honest, I almost never use blender for anything but answering questions or asking my own...that takes up most of my time and I learn a huge amount from doing it.
oh yeah, I saw that, but I'm not much of a modeler these days...I'm mostly still in a learning phase and for some reason don't have much inspiration to make much, but I still like learning (and helping) when I have the energy
 
so? model a barrel and texture it
add some normal maps and it would make a good prop
 
like just yesterday, I learned that you can animate the "Restrict Visibility" icon...I didn't know you could do that, but I learned it from the person who asked the question !!
:D
well, the thing is that there are SO many SUPER talented people out there that I'd get left in the dust instantaneously
I'm also REALLY bad with texturing...I hardly know much about it at all
that's one thing I'd like to learn more about when I get the energy, but energy is hard to come by these days
 
1:20 PM
just do it
you have to start somewhere
 
exactly
 
JUST DO IT™
yeah, I just don't feel quite up to it...I just go with the flow of whatever feels good at the moment and so far, I'm not eager for anything other than asking and answering questions. idk why
and chatting
 
me neither
 
1:23 PM
I haven't done much in a 2 weeks
 
besides, answering questions and getting rep points is kind of like playing a video game...what good are all the points, but they're still kind of fun to get
I might try to get some badges too, just for fun
I watched SO many tutorials I kind of burned out on them, so now it's fun to learn from the Q&As here
OOO! I just got a bunch of replies on my "can't get add rocks" post on BA! I might get it to work now!
ADD ROCKS now works!!!
In case you, like me, don't have all the unofficial addons, see this post
 
I am using the dev build
#professional
 
♪ ♫ I got rocks, oh yeah, I got rocks galore!! ♬ ♩
:D
yep, I'm still on the starter build
#newbie
Gold nuggets! Pay dirt!
#totallyAwesome!
 
1:44 PM
oh, rocks
 
#got rocks?
now I do
the truth is, I tried to make an outdoor scene and I was surprised at how hard it is to make realistic looking rocks by hand...it took WAY too long considering how much time I was wanting to spend on it
so I went for the addon
now my quest is complete
ok, I'm going to take a break...bbl
 
 
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4:25 PM
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Q: Blender animations and Unity

ivanI have created two Cubes and one bone which controls both objects (cubes). First cube is Red, second one is Blue. In first part of animation Red cube is rotating using bone and Blue cube is Hidden from outliner, in second part of animation Red cube is hidden and Blue cube rotates using same bone....

 
5:03 PM
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Q: Blender 2.7 is missing the UV island select mode

Nicolas JonesI am trying to texture a flag pole model I made recently and after UV unwrapping it I tried to layout the islands so they would be, you know understandable and I couldnt find the island select mode, it just wasn't there and I couldnt figure out why. Can anyone tell me why this is and how I can fi...

 
5:51 PM
Guys, quick reminder, if you're going to answer a question, make sure it is "reusable", "discoverable", "useful 3 years from now". Questions like "What is wrong with my minecraft mouth" or "Why is this happening in my file?" are extremely vague and unhelpful if someone searches the site in the future. I'm getting tired of seeing long elaborate answers on poorly titled questions.
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pls
The entire purpose of this site is to create an archive of useful information, not just specifically serve everyone who drops by.
 
 
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7:36 PM
*looks sheepish*
 
8:15 PM
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Q: Is it possible to create a non-blocking Python loop function in Blender?

kivigIs it possible to create a function loop, that will run with some delay, without blocking interface refresh in Blender? Something like grab tool does? I'd like to make a custom pointing device to use inside Blender. So I need a script that will poll for new variables and manipulate scene, but wi...

 
8:46 PM
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Q: Why are faces of meshes transparent in edit mode in Blender 2.69

androidmasterBefore, I couldnt see anything behind a face in edit mode and would have to use wireframe to select vertices behind but now in Blender 2.69, just in regular edit mode, I see the edges and vertices behind the faces, when I shouldnt be able to see them. Is there something that I can do to disable t...

 
9:13 PM
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Q: How to change to spherical Axis

Happii_DaysI was wondering how you change the way the axis to become spherical? Thank you!

 
9:55 PM
Now I'm scared to answer even the simplest question!
sickening.
 
@gandalf3 finally my problem solved and my script is working as it should
are you still interested in it?
 
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Q: Seperate by loose parts

Dan99DanI have just tried to do the "separate by loose parts" option and I think there might be too many objects to separate so blender just crashes. Is there anyway I can do this without it crashing? Thanks, Dan

 
10:19 PM
@PeterVaro rather useful, remove the WTFPL and submit it to the scripts repo
 
I will, but first I want to test it for a while
@iKlsR are you on Linux or Windows?
 
@PeterVaro Thanks, very useful. Will check it out later :)
 
please test it as I'm on Mac..
however I made everything to be as crossplatform as possible
but who knows..
 
 
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11:58 PM
@gandalf3 The mark as duplicate button exists for a reason. You link to two exactly similar questions and still answer. Why?
@PeterVaro Win
 

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