Blender Weekly Newsletter - Monday, September 26, 2016

Top new questions this week: How can I generate an object from a mathematical function? I have a formula that mathematically describes the heart surface in Cartesian coordinates: . Unfortunately, I have no idea how to implement it in Blender. Explicitly, I want to use for the Mesh ... modeling mesh objects add-on mathematics   asked by CloneBorg 8 votes answered by batFINGER 5 votes In Edit Mode, is it possible to invert selection? I wish to select areas of a mesh, but it would be much simpler to just select the ones I don't want selected (because they are easier to access), and then inverse the selection. Is this possible? mesh editing selection-tools   asked by fabrice d 7 votes answered by Duane Dibbley 12 votes How to make a circular rainbow effect? I've played Nier Gestalt and Beyond Two Souls games recently and noticed that in both of them the circular/half-circular rainbow effect appears. Could somebody tell me what is this effect ... nodes effects   asked by Paul Gonet 7 votes answered by 3pointedit 9 votes Lofting between two different shapes along a path I want to model a tube-like structure, which slowly changes from rectangular to circular along a pre-defined path. Below is an example created with bridge: There are two problems here. The first is ... modeling curves   asked by Subhamoy Sengupta 5 votes answered by Patdog 2 votes Material that's only visible if seen through another material I'm trying to replicate the "polarisation" effect - so if you look through a piece of glass that's polarised you can see an image behind that image that normally would be invisible or white as it's ... cycles materials nodes transparency   asked by alberto2000 5 votes answered by Shady Puck 1 vote Control Armature Bones rotation using keyboard I have an animated armature found here and I'm trying to control the rotation of its bones using keyboard. For example, I want to select a certain bone and then with the left and right keyboard arrows ... python animation game-engine armature bones   asked by Tak 4 votes How to create texture for sculpting from mesh I've made this mesh that i want to use as a texture for sculpting, how should I do this? would creating a normal map of it work? texturing sculpting   asked by Otto 4 votes answered by Paul Gonet 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How to create an equilateral triangle base prism I'm trying to make a triangular prism in blender, my first idea was to select the top 4 verticys of a cube and merge them at the center but this made a single point on the top instead of a edge. I ... modeling mesh   asked by Qwertie 3 votes answered by gandalf3 4 votes Model a simple 3D spiral shape? I need to model a simple spiral shape. I imagine the best way to do this is with curves, but I am unsure how to create a perfect spiral shape with curves. What's the best/easiest way to make a spiral ... modeling mesh curves   asked by Keavon 19 votes answered by Leon Cheung 19 votes Can you answer these? How to resize a loaded image? I'm currently hand-painting my character's texture using Blender's Texture Paint mode. However, halfway through painting, I realized that the image I created for texture painting is in a smaller ... texturing texture-painting   asked by brain56 1 vote How can I merge textures from multiple materials into one? I have two objects that I want to merge. They have different materials. Both were unwrapped and textured separately. When I join the meshes, it makes a single object with two materials. I wish to have ... cycles texturing materials uv   asked by Tharindu Gayan 1 vote Creating a Downwards Slide I was browsing Thingivese, and saw this model : I was wondering, what would be the most effective way to design those downwards spirals/slides? I have no idea of how to make something like it, as i ... modeling mesh 3d-printing   asked by Type 10 1 vote

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