Blender Tip: Reveal text from left to right
Animate text appearing left to right in Blender with a material node tree: generated coordinates, a Less Than node, two keyframes and the EEVEE alpha setting.
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Thingiverse: Diamond Cutter Box
A 3D printed box for a Harbor Freight diamond wheel set, with a slot so the arbor stays assembled. Designed in Blender, free on Thingiverse.
Blender Quick Tip: Viewport Alpha
Make an object see-through in the Blender viewport: open the material's Viewport Display panel, click the color and lower the alpha. Three screenshots.
How to Draw a Centerline in Photoshop
Draw a proper dash-dot centerline in Photoshop with the Pen tool: set the stroke, define a 4-2-12-2 dash pattern, save it as a preset and edit it later.
Cross-Polarized Photogrammetry: Charred Log
Photogrammetry of a burned log with cross-polarized light, a ring light, AESUB scanning spray and 180 photos through Lightroom and Zephyr on a DIY turntable.
Blender Tip: Straight or Curved Node Links
Make Blender's shader node links straight or curvier: Edit › Preferences › Themes › Node Editor › Noodle Curving. Zero is straight, ten is curviest.
Baking Photogrammetry Textures in Blender (OBJ)
Can't bake a photogrammetry texture onto a low-poly mesh in Blender? Export from Zephyr as OBJ, not FBX. An hour of checking settings came down to file format.
Photogrammetry Fuse Model: Fixing Label Textures
A clean photogrammetry workflow: Zephyr scan, low-poly Blender remodel aligned and re-textured in Zephyr, then baked. Plus how a heat sink blew a 60 amp fuse.
What Can You Do With a 3D Printer? Six Uses
Six things people actually print: home decor, replacement parts, school and hobby models, accessories, medical devices and personalized gifts.
New Prusa Surprise
A melted power plug left the old Prusa's miniRambo board rebooting every time the bed heater kicked in. Why a new printer beat a new board, and the surprise inside.