I recently posted a quick video of a very basic and yet useful Node Group setup in Blender. I think it was a little esoteric and perhaps people didn’t think it a serious post. It was serious and for me very useful. So I decided to explain the Group here and perhaps others may find it useful too. The Node Group As you see there are no nodes inside the Node Group this is intentional as none are actually needed....
Some Moi3d and Blender models, in no particular order: I can be reached on Mastodon: Mark B Tomlinson. You can also subscribe to this Blog via its RSS link
Overview and Prerequisites This demonstration requires only one Add-On to be installed, it is one that ships with Blender by default, and it is called Loop Tools. 1. Create the Loop Cuts Add some loop cuts to create two vertices with at least four connected edges. In this example one vertical edge and two horizontal ones. 2. Select the Vertices Select two vertices top and bottom in this example. 3. Bevel the Vertices Bevel the two vertices using Ctrl+Shift+B (Blender default mapping)....
I have been remiss in posting for a while and in April I posted nothing. The reason for this is the move I mentioned in the previous post. Well that and nothing really much of interest to say, apart from how much I hate cardboard now. May has had a slow start, still figuring out where to put stuff in the new place and how many curtains I need to hang, it is very bright here and I have four large windows, three full length with a door to open and a balcony, I know terrible....
After nearly three years living here on the Elbe, we have finally found a new place back in town. Living out here has been a mixed bag of country calm, noisy garden machinery, and day tripper motorcycle madness. Post COVID has seen the later go from manageable to really annoying at times. The Elbe is not far from us, about 150m behind our house with the main shipping lane to Hamburg about 1....
A lot of stuff going on this month and almost none of it productive. February has been a month of waiting and hoping, details still under wraps as I don’t wish to jinx anything. The first half of the month was reasonably productive I managed to add a more features to the addon I am working on. It is almost complete and I will post when it is finished. I am still not sure if I will release it or just keep it for personal use....