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Questions tagged [object-mode]

Use this tags for questions about operations performed on objects when they are in object-mode, rather than any of the other modes, such as edit, sculpt and weight painting.

Blender has different tools available for manipulating objects in the 3D Viewport editor, depending on what mode the object is in. One of these is Object mode. The manual describes object mode as

The default mode, available for all object types, as it is dedicated to Object data-block editing (e.g. position, rotation, size).

This tag should be used for questions that are specifically about the operations that can be performed on an object when it is in object mode.

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How do I copy an object's position (or other transform), and paste it to another object?

How do I copy the location of an object and paste it into another object? I could copy the x/y/z etc one at a time but this is very laborious. This seemed to be a simple question, but I couldn't find anything on SO.
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How do I smooth these sharp edges?

Here is the picture of my object: As you can see there are sharp edges from the top to the bottom of the object. But the thing is I haven't found any solution to counter this however. The only solution I had tried is Object > Shade Smooth. But here…
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How to undo in Object Mode? Green color selection

I'm an absolute beginner in Blender. Now I've accidentally pressed Ctrl+G in Object Mode, the selection color turned into Green selection. How could I make it back to Yellow / Orange color please? I've been through this Blender Hotkey…
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How to create diagonal meshes on a three sided object

I am creating a triangular shaped radio mast and have now created one section of it (see image below with one diagonal 'strut' selected) which I will simply duplicate to create the required height. I have done this with with much difficulty…
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I want to show different object modes on two different windows in 3DView (Object Mode and Weight Paint

I am doing some very detailed weight painting on a texture. Using Blender 2.92.0. What I'd like to do is have a side by side in 3D view where on screen is in Weight Paint mode and the other is in Object mode but i can't find a way to do it. When…
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Why my feet bones don't want to be moved in object mode?

In pose mode the feet can be moved normally. But in object mode, the foot bones stuck. There's a constraint - child of, in the foot bone. All xyz location and scale tranforms is disabled. Only the rotation is enabled. If I disable the constraint,…
Juan Feju
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What is this orb attached to my object?

I have an orb that just appeared attached to my object in Object Mode. It disappears in Edit Mode. If you zoom in the orb stays the same size and you can see it is attached at a specific vertex. When I go to Edit Mode and delete the vertex the orb…
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How do I move the pivot point of an object?

I know there are other questions and answers that cover how to set the origin to the center or to the 3D cursor, but let's say I have the pivot point almost where I want it and I just want to move it a little forward or back. I can do it by creating…
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How do I unhide all objects just on my current active collection?

How do I unhide all objects just on my current active collection? Alt-h unhides stuff even on hidden collections which I find totally bonkers...
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Everytime i open new file and click anywhere in object mode it pops up "cannot read file"

It mentions about previous file which I deleted but it is an opened new file. Every time i click it pops up cannot read file well colored part is to hide my identity but next part reads "i am the cure. blend" which is deleted. The problem i am…
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Parts of the object do not move in Object Mode

I am trying to model a 3D snake in Blender with a simple, goofy animation. I edited some vertices in the snake head object after I set the animation. Now when I try to move the snake head in object mode, those vertices do not move. I don't know what…
mudyro
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How can I show the X and Y axes over this plane?

Image 1: Plane somehow hiding the axes I'm a newbie and I'm following the famous donut tutorials by Andrew Price aka Blender Guru. At part 6, Level 1 he instructs us to create a plane, but in his video the X/Y axes are shown over the plane, while…
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Main shape not displaying like the others in object mode

The body of this worm project started displaying with no detail. How can I get it to display grey again like the others? (I only use blender for making 3D print files. No rendering or color needed)
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Blender crashing when switching from Local View

I am worked on an object in local view and closed the file. When I reopened and pressed / to exit out of local view, blender crashes with the following report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S1KhYWFOeEeZn4SMASOorxrlNPPqXsNV/view?usp=sharing Does…
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can't rotate, scale, grab only cube in object mode

as I write in the title, I can't rotate, grabe and scale the cube in object mode in blender 2.9. When I try to grab the cube, the origin (the little sphere) moves but not the cube; I try to unselect "only locations" in trasform pivot point menù, but…
Francesco Paolo Puca
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