Exact measurements

Exact measurements - Blender 4

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A beginner's tutorial on working with exact measurements in Blender. In this guide, I will demonstrate how to set the desired units and how to work by entering measurements or snapping them to points. Additionally, I'll explain how you can later modify your values.
0:00 Working with exact measurements in Blender
0:55 Changing your units for measurements in your scene
1:29 Entering values for length
1:35 Extruding and dragging with snapping to exact values
1:55 Changing the grid snapping points
2:52 Changing the length of an edge
3:00 Activating the Edit Mesh tools - free add-on
3:21 Working with mesh tools
3:42 Controlled snapping with the quick command B
3:58 Adding a radius or fillet
4:54 Folding a face around a certain rotating point
5:20 Moving the 3D cursor (Shift + S)
5:32 Changing the pivot point

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@3dplockis 4 ай бұрын

A short video about another way to work with exact measurements: kzfaq.infogXdSkq0JMkA?si=7xHyMTNWWwEyin6f

@flakmoppen 5 ай бұрын

Changing the units to millimeters was something i didn't know you could do. Solid little piece of info there. :)

@3dplockis 5 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@nonconformist4802 4 ай бұрын

One of the better tutorials out there, thanks a lot. Subscribed

@3dplockis 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! ☺️ happy I could help!

@hoseinbebany Ай бұрын

@3dplockis Ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

@arcdipesh 4 ай бұрын

i don't delete other edges to make the length i want ,I just drag back the edge to coincide with first edge and move the required length(of course turning edge snap on,actually i always turn vertex,edge,face,midpoint and perpendicular on)/ I dont understand why everyone is telling to delete first ,just turn off automerge and drag back.

@3dplockis 4 ай бұрын

Do you mean at the beginning of the clip? Well, I did that just because I thought it would be easier to follow that way, and as you say, many people work like this, so I thought it would be a recognizable workflow. But your method works as well.

@tinpot1978 4 ай бұрын

You don't have to change the units in preferences to go from metres to centimetres to millimetres etc... Just type the unit type straight after the number... m, cm, mm, inch or ", foot or '... It's much quicker that way.

@3dplockis 4 ай бұрын

Interesting, I didn't know that. But I can't get it to work. Are you saying that in edit mode I can simply press E for extrude, then for example Y, and then for example 12 mm, and it should be in millimeters? Because I can't get it to work. Is there any add-on I need to activate?

@tinpot1978 4 ай бұрын

@@3dplockis that's interesting because yes that's exactly what I'm saying and it works for me just fine. Not sure exactly what add-on it could be. I'm away for the weekend and will have a look Monday.

@tinpot1978 4 ай бұрын

@@3dplockis I've looked it up and apparently there are two modes for input. A simple mode which is what you're on... And an advanced mode which I'm talking about... Yours just accepts numbers and very basic stuff but advanced accepts different units and expressions. Google "numeric input blender manual" for the documentation. I think you press "=" and "ctrl+=" to toggle between simple and advanced input. Let me know how you get on with that.

@3dplockis 4 ай бұрын

Look at that! NumpadAsterisk (easiest on a Swedish keyboard) activated the function, but it seems like I need to press it before entering each new measurement, and input the unit type every time? Is that how it works or am I missing something?

@tinpot1978 4 ай бұрын

@@3dplockis Does the '=' not make it stay on all the time? No I don't have to activate it every time. In fact I've not had to turn it on since my blender journey began years ago so it must have been turned on right at the start and got saved with the preferences ages ago.

@rodolflum3444 5 ай бұрын

why you dont show the panel for transform? so the viewers can see the visual dimension that you are saying. its jsut a click away

@3dplockis 5 ай бұрын

Well, I don't personally work with that. Now, when I tried it, I don't get it; it only shows the combined/median dimensions. Or what am I missing? Or are you talking about the transform panel (N) for object mode? But I'm happy to learn if I missed something.