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Help understanding behaviour when parenting to vertex triangle [screenshots in body]
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Help understanding behaviour when parenting to vertex triangle [screenshots in body]

If I have two simple objects: cube and cylinder and I apply a Simple Deform modifier to the cylinder then I can bend the cylinder around the origin.

before

If the cube is parented (vertex triangle) to the cylinder then the cube will move too. I can also add a Bevel modifier to the cylinder. If I do thing in this order, then it works as expected:

after parent and bevel

However, if I add the bevel before doing the parenting then the cube jumps to some odd location:

bevel before parent

The top ring of vertices are still selected for parenting, but something happens if the bevel is added before.

Obviously it's not a problem per se, as I can do it in the appropriate order, but I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on why this might be happening...

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u/olddoodldn — 13 hours ago
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I have a ball that's following a path inside a "tube". It's working, but when I duplicate the ball, it goes outside the tube.

I have a couple of curves, one bare which is the 'follow path' and another one which has geometry to form the 'tube'. I have a 'ball' which has the Offset value under the Follow Path constraint which means that the ball goes around the tube inside.

When I duplicate this ball, it follows the path but it pops outside the tube. I fully expect this is something trivial, but don't know what to try. Here's the setup:

u/olddoodldn — 1 month ago
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Running Fedora [44] & KDE Plasma (6.7). When I rename a file in the file browser the icon changes from an image of the file to a generic icon.

I have some Blender [.blend] files in a folder. If I use the file browser to rename it, the icon changes from an image of the file contents to a generic icon. See the images below:

before rename

after rename

Is this a bug (ie do I report it to Fedora / KDE team) or just something that's happening?

Thanks.

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u/olddoodldn — 2 months ago
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Running Fedora [44] & KDE Plasma (6.7). When I rename a file in the file browser the icon changes from an image of the file to a generic icon.

I have some Blender [.blend] files in a folder. If I use the file browser to rename it, the icon changes from an image of the file contents to a generic icon. See the images below:

before rename

after rename

Is this a bug or just something that's happening?

Thanks.

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u/olddoodldn — 2 months ago
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Making a simple hinge with a cylinder and a simple deform modifier and something parented to it (vertex triangle), adding mirror makes it not work.

single hinge and a duplicate

So, I'm creating a very simple "space helmet" and for ease of animation, I'm using a cylinder with the simple deform modifier and the "visor" is parented to it - as vertex triangle (I've picked the three at the top).

I can just duplicate the cylinder but then I need to animate both when the visor goes up. If I add the mirror modifier (and set the mirror object to the helmet), it shifts the placement of the visor.

single hinge, mirror modifier

It's not a huge deal to workaround, but I was curious to see if there was a setting I could check.

Thanks

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u/olddoodldn — 2 months ago
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Can anyone recommend UK-based seller where I can buy lithops by post?

I’m looking for grown and potted specimens for a gift and don’t want to attempt to grow from seed.

Thanks in advance.

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u/olddoodldn — 3 months ago