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Get a diff between two .blend files

Blender stores the session contents in a binary file format. But actually, much of that data is not really "binary" (like a e.g. a sound file), but structured data, similar to program code. Are there any tools (either built-in or external), allowing…
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Lofting between Splines

I’ve seen some C4D users use a tool called Loft-NURBS it seemed like a good way to speed up my workflow. Is there a tool in Blender to create a surface from multiple splines, but still have the ability to change their shape? Loft-NURBS in Cinema4D
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2d vs 3d Depth of Field

What is the difference between Depth of Field rendered at render time (3d) compared to Depth of Field created in post (2d). Both are depth of field, they look very similar if not the same. 2d depth of field has the advantage of being faster to…
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How to call a confirmation dialog box?

I have a button in my menu named "New File" as shown: and I want when I click on the "New File" button to imitate what the Blender File->New does, where a check message box appear first confirming that you want to reload the Start-up File and if…
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Randomization of the array modifier

I would like to create something that is basically what array modifier does, but with a tiny bit of randomization (of both location and rotation). The particle system would be otherwise fine except that it is too random. I couldn't find a way to…
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How do I save my undo history as well to my blender file?

I want to get my entire session's undo history back when I load a Blender file. This would allow me to undo as far as would have been possible, had I not closed Blender. Can any in-built feature or plugin support this?
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How to divide a circle into a square grid?

How can I divide a circle into a square grid? Think of the subdivision of a plane, but with a circular border. It should look something like this, just imagine that the circle select cursor is the border: I searched everywhere for an answer, but I…
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How to toggle visibible / selectable / renderable for multiple objects?

For quite long time, I was looking for a faster way to toggle (or toggle off) visible / selectable and renderable for many objects, as illustrated below: I know we can do the relatively quick select by dragging in the Outliner, but it is not so…
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Poly / Bezier curve from a list of coordinates

I'm trying to create curves from a list of points, I have the xyz coordinates in text files. I could make it manually via the python console for a single curve, but I have to do it many times and I don't know how to correctly implement a loop. How…
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Is it advisable to update Blender to the newest version as soon as possible each time?

I know Blender is free software and bugs happen. But my question is, is it good practice to update Blender every time there is an update? Even if a minor one? (i.e I'd consider 2.56 to 2.56b minor or even 2.63, no?) I haven't been updating very…
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Does Blender support any form of collaborative editing?

I remember there was once a project called Verse, which allowed (or at least was supposed to) collaborative editing in Blender, even using Blender collaboratively with other applications. Is anything along these lines (I.E. collaborative editing…
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Bake hair particle system to textured low-poly mesh

I got a scene with a lot of fur (really dense hair particles). There are 1000 particles x 750 interpolated ones (with clump curve and kink) per object. Obviously, this is really slow to render and takes too much RAM to render it on GPU or on a…
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When should I use multiscatter GGX?

One of the new Cycles features in 2.78 is Multiscatter GGX. When should I use it instead of the default? (Bonus question: and when sould I use the other possibilities in the Glossy, Glass and Anisotropic BSDFs?) So far I found only the…
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Set minimum distance between hair particles

I have a mesh with a hair particle system, with mesh objects as hair particles. As you can see in the image below, some of the objects intersect with eachother. I would like to set a minimum distance between the hair particles so they don't…
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How can I discover the author of a blendfile?

I know how to set the "Author" attribute for the blendfiles that I create, using Blender User Preferences > File. However, I have not found out how to view the author of a blendfile. How can I do this?
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