Blender Tip: Reveal text from left to right
A “Build” modifier can be used when animating text in the Blender 3D viewport, but it has the drawback of “building” the text from right to left. I prefer…
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Blender Quick Tip: Viewport Alpha
How to Draw a Centerline (Dash-Dot Line) in Photoshop
As an engineer that works with rotating turbomachinery, nearly all my drawings require centerlines. To add a centerline to a CAD drawing is a piece of cake.…
Blender Tutorial: How to Model a Knurled Cylinder
Knobs have knurls. A knurl is that hatch pattern found on cylindrical surfaces. They are easy to create on a lathe and, believe it or not, it is easy to…
Blender Tip: Mesh to curve
Here is a Blender 2.81 tip I had to re-learn today.
Blender Quick Tip – Photogrammetry Lighting
Photogrammetry scans already come with their own lighting. When using these scans in Blender, you can get a natural look and speed up Blender with a few clicks.
Blender Compositor Denoise Node: 95% Faster Cycles Renders
A new model has been posted on CGTrader . It’s a rocker switch with power on and off markings. It was modeled in Blender 2.80, but it was rendered in the…
Blender Quick Tip – Auto Merge
Update: 5/27/2022: They keep moving auto-merge. In Blender version 3.1.0 while in edit mode, the auto-merge has a convenient on-off toggle and link to the…
3D Facebook Images – Blender Tutorial
Facebook isn’t my favorite way to waste time, but this is cool
ABS Juice, Glue and Slurry for 3D Printing
MatterHackers has a DIY piece on how to mix and use ABS solutions: Use the ABS Juice for better bonding to the print surface, ABS Glue is a better…
3D Modeling in Blender for 3D Printing
If you are familiar with modeling in Blender and are interested in 3D printing, then Sculpteo.com has an overview for you. It starts with the 3D Printing…