How to model a Dome with Cylinders?

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How can I model this, . I've only started to try, but im a newbie and feel like I'mma fail at making it look like a dome with the curvature. Any advice or comment would be much appreciated! :)

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score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '21 at 08:37

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You can do this easily with face instancing.

Parent the Cylinder to the Dome
Select the Dome and go Object Tab > Instancing > Faces
Done

answered Mar 30 '21 at 08:37

jachym michal

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '21 at 09:15

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Here is an alternative with geometry nodes. Create your dome, create your cylinder. Give your dome a Geometry Node modifier with this setup: Group Input > (Point) Align Rotation to Vector (with Vector > Attribute, and Vector > Position) > (Point) > Point Instance (with the cylinder as Object) > Output.

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and the master strikes back again....! :D – Chris Mar 30 '21 at 09:33
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well I'm more like a monkey randomly trying some things ;) – moonboots Mar 30 '21 at 09:34
:D yeah, but i monkey with a lot of knowledge of Blender...! ;) – Chris Mar 30 '21 at 09:35

How to model a Dome with Cylinders?

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