Bblog

2008 12 04

• To convert picture to a mesh
  • Create selection in Gimp and convert it to path as documented [1].
  • Export path
  • In Blender, import (File / Import) path.
  • Using AltC, convert curve to mesh (while in object mode)

2008 12 02

• L key select vertices connected to presently selected

2008 09 28

• particle animation - create object - choose object menu (F7) and particle button (colored), press 'add new', add minus value to Y axis in physics menu (its gravity), altA to play :) click to learn

2008 09 28

• hotkey - ctrl-i - inverse selection - that one is too rarely mentioned

2008 04 25

• shiftW lets you bend mesh around 'center'
• shape keys

2008 03 22

• F creates edge between two selected vertices, not only face, when there are more vertices. select two edges to create face, it takse 4 vertices
• magnet icon does snapping when ctrl pressed http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Tutorials/Snap Does not work when 'proportional mode' is on. seems to snap to a vertice to which cursor was previously snapped.
• added Geom Tools to scripts. great for intersections