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Create a rounded wireframe?

Is it possible to easily create a rounded wireframe mesh in blender? The Skin modifier works well, but it's too heavy for even medium meshes; it takes several minuets with the default Suzanne. You can create a wireframe object with CtrlF>…
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Way to create these kind of "gravitional waves"

I would like to have this style of waves with dynamic paint, but I can't quite get the waves to be large/defined enough. Maybe theres a way of doing this with curves in Geometry Nodes? Is this effect possible? Procedurally is preferred but if it's…
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How to toggle material view mode by hotkey (similar to Alt-Z/Shift-Z)

I want to be able to toggle "Material" view mode by using hotkey. Shift + Z toggles rendered mode and Alt + Z toggles textured mode. I want my hotkey to toggle material mode. I tried to assign a new hotkey with the following command I copied from…
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How can I recreate this "balloon" and distribute objects randomly and also resize them randomly, like in the picture?

I would like to recreate this picture but I'm unsure about what's the easiest / best way to achieve this. If you have any suggestions, I'd really like to test them out (I'm sure you could use geometry nodes)
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How can I create a round handle from a cylinder object?

I'm trying to create a 3D model of a key in Blender made from a single cylinder object only. But I'm having trouble to think of a way of how to extend a round handle from the cylinder as seen from the image. I'm still a beginner and I haven't…
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How do I create a 3D parametric surface using Geometry nodes?

This question asked how to plot the graph of 2D parametric equations using Geometry Nodes. But how about parametric surfaces generated by parametric equations of the form $$ x = f(u, v)$$ $$ y = g(u, v)$$ $$ z = h(u, v)$$ $$ a \le u \le b$$ $$ c…
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How can I make a translucent material that looks like this axolotl tail?

How can I achieve a material that looks like this thin, translucent, frosted flesh, like an axolotl tail?
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Best Ways to Achieve this organic look?

Specifically the holes in the mesh. Not sure the best way to approach this. I've tested using a Voronoi Texture with Displacement but to even get a somewhat similar design the polycount becomes too extreme. Any Help is appreciated, thank you!
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Creating volumetric lighting (crepuscular rays) in Cycles

Crepuscular rays (a.k.a. "god rays" and many other names) can be created in Blender Internal by checking the Halo checkbox in the lamp properties box. How can I create a similar effect using Cycles?
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Blender python custom UI button run custom function?

I am currently in the process of writing a project in python for Blender to simulate crowds automatically. However I would need for there to be a custom UI to allow the user to choose their settings such as min to max speed, how much they want…
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How to position random instances one after another with Instance on Points based on the dimensions of the previous Instance WITHOUT OVERLAP? (Fence)

Objective I want to create a procedural fence with Geometry Nodes, where the fence may have random plank types. The planks must be positioned one after another, without overlap, right after the bounding box of the previous plank. The idea is to…
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Adjust random seed of displacement textures

How can I adjust the random seed used for the textures in the Displacement modifier? For example, I have a Displacement modifier using a Voronoi-Minkowski 4 texture that creates a nice look for a rock. However, I want to have multiple "random"…
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What is the difference between the two properties panels?

In the Blender UI, what is the difference between the Properties region (the thing that can be opened with N) and the Properties editor (the thing at the very right)? What do they apply to (e.g. current selection/viewport/globally) and what kind of…
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GPU slower than CPU?

I've got a Macbook Pro Retina, Mid 2014, and I'm trying to get GPU rendering to work on it. I've downloaded Cuda, the GPU shows up in user preferences, and I've selected GPU Compute under the render settings. I've ran the BMW benchmark on both my…
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All Faces to Individual Objects

I am looking for a way to take all the faces of an object and make each face it's own object. In the image above, you'll see a basic representation of what I'm trying to accomplish. On the left is a shape with faces, all attached. On the right is…
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