very helpful thank you!

Thanks, i'll watch this later

Hello, can i apply this from A pose? never tried to posed character before, thanks in advance

Ty

im using blender 3.6 at 4:53, I copy the exact scaling nodes here: spline parameter fac into combine xyz on all 3 inputs, output to scale of the instance on points nodes. all the objects then disappear. anyone else experience this?

You only mentioned it for a second, but the ND modifier is really a great one that I don't think gets enough love these days. I know it's been out for a while, but I still think it is worth having.

This is sooo amazing. Thank you!!

Yeh.....3D Builder is no longer available.

I’m super new to Blender (and modeling in general) but I was wondering if there was a way to move the center position of the bevel? Almost like I want the deformed/un-applied scale. I’d want the bevel to be more on one side compared to the other, and I’m not sure I have the patience to run 1000 trials and error to find the correct un-applied scale. Is it really something only done in a customer profile setting?

If there is a functional distinction between "add-ons" vs "extensions," it is not apparent. As more than one person mentioned below, "add-ons" and extensions," are synonyms. At the minimum, there should be some clue provided as to what the difference is, and why it is important enough to change the user interface. Otherwise, it just looks like adding confusion to complexity. Thanks for your explanation, btw, not sure if I would have figured out the difference, without a ton of plunking around.

Hi, i left you super thanks, u got it?

Danke!

Not sure if I'm gonna use this modifier, but at least I finally got into vertex groups after this. Now I know how to make different non-destructive bevels at the same time.

Hi, just one more question. If i duplicate the single vertex no second sphere shows up? Any ideas? Cheers, Axel

Game changing node for me, no joke.

Thanks for sharing this.

I think it's a good idea (for me anyway).

,ou talked about printing? So this is also printeable? Wow.

Awesome stuff, got it. Thx a lot.

Awesome. Thanks for this. I took a 3d class about a year ago or more but couldnt really figure out proper rigging (at least for more complex pieces) without tons of issues. Definitely gonna give this a try with some free statue figures ive got saved on my computer

For me, modelling airplanes, a revelation. All i've been looking for, since years. Bit now, ho about bolts with hex shape in normal on a spherical surface? Cheers, Axel

great video. I kept hearing "world modifier" :D

Question for people, first time modelling long time fan. If you make your desired shape and want to add detail to it.. do you manipulate the shape to add the detail to it.. or add other boxes and sphere models and attack it to your original shape?

I wish I had known this one a while ago. I’ve been building gyroid like repetitive surfaces where I want to separate a number of faces so they can be edited and arrayed separately from the geometry they attach to, but then I want to have the ability to subdivide to get smooth surfaces across the boundaries. This modifier looks to be perfect for that use case.

cool addon

PSA to my blender friends: 'Set-Origin to selected' is a tedious operation: Originally It's cursor to selected, then origin to cursor. There's a built-in addon called "pie menus". Enable it, and only enable the Ctrl+Alt+X. Then, using this shortcut, you can move the origin with ease.

Weld: The modifier version of Merge-by-distance

The Weld modifier (and Merge by Distance node in Geometry Nodes) are a workhorse. Never the star of the project, but essential for making it work. Tip: If you use Geometry Nodes to Boolean instead of a modifier, the node outputs the edge loop in the new mesh that is the join-line (s) between the two meshes. Use that as the selection for the Merge By Distance node, and you can restrict it to just the new geometry from the Boolean, just like using a Vertex Group with the Weld modifier. That lets you be more aggressive with merge distance (just like the monkey example). I use that so much that I'm rarely using the actual Boolean Modifier any more.

Thank you so much for this indepth Tutorial. You cover all the things that Beginners need and what i was searching.

This really does help with the nondestructive approach! To be fair, I really have not used the weld modifier much, but now I know how to use it! Big thanks for the explanation!

Hah! Man, always a new thing to learn in Blender... Thanks for this!

Needs clearance between the bolt and the nut's threads. If you print this as is, you'll never get them together.

Huh.... isn't that a thing. Finally a reason to use it

This IS really helpful! Thanks for the video.

ok thanks it's new

I hope you will see this after a couple months. I found this video and wanted to give it a try. I have some of OnePageRules 3D print models and they do have the unfortunate issue of limited poses. Even though they offer split parts, the parts are designed to only go together one way. Note I am 100% brand new to Blender and have no experience with it elsewise, so the problem I describe below may be easy for someone used to Blender, but not to me, and I apologize for that. I took one model's "combined" file (the model fully assembled in one STL) and threw it into Blender and noticed that when I go to Sculpt mode, and "Face Sets->Initialize Face Sets->by UV Seam" (notably without making any further changes after importing the STL file), Blender recognizes the separate pieces as if I had input the model piece by piece. Most notably, the arm, as I was trying to do exactly what you did in this video. This was true for multiple files across multiple army sets. In object mode, Blender sees the whole model as a single object, and I can manipulate it as such (move, rotate, etc). When I go to sculpt mode, UV Seam, and select the pose brush, I'm now not able to select "Rotation origin" by Face Sets, then rotate at the shoulders. As Blender sees it as a separate part, the rotation point is seen as the center of the "arm object", or around the elbow, and therefore when rotated, it separates the shoulder from the body. Amusingly, despite the two parts being entirely separate, when I switch back to object mode, Blender still sees it as one single object. I am able to create a seam, just as you did, around the elbow, and that works fine, though limits my poseability. Is there a way to combine the object so, before creating my own UV seams, it sees the object as one single, contiguous piece so that I can then create the seam at the shoulder? I have tried importing the file into Lychee and re-exporting, I have tried importing the individual parts into Microsoft 3D Builder and exporting as a single piece. None make any difference and Blender continues to identify the separate pieces. If you have a separate video on this, a link to that would be ideal. Thank you.

Brilliant! Thanks for this vid. I'm just starting out with Blender and 3d printing and the whole 'blender scale' thang was pissing me off. Especially when I add a new object to scene or fiddle around with grids.

A joke among engeniers, at least in my country, is: "first rule: if it works, don't touch it". The addons menu as worked fine since always.... I don't see the need to change it in these new versions...

This started out fine, but just got worse as the video went on. This is the modifier menu all over again. If it isn't broken dont fix it. If it is broken, then take the time to come up with a good solution. Do not break it further in a last second change. I play with new plugins a lot, so I'll be dealing with this menu all the time. A lot less excited for 4.2 now. To be clear, not complaining about the idea of this change or changing the UI, just the poor execution of this particular change.

Last few years they've had habit of adding new " features " that aren't really welcome. My least favorite of which is the two transform modes, one for using the gizmo and another for tweak mode. There must be something like two people in existence that need this feature and now it's way more confusing and cumbersome to change orientations.

Artisans of Vaul you are the master at providing useful information, about amazing add ons, in such a concise way. Thank you. 🙏

just found tyhis addon a while ago, thaks for the tutorial

blender is the most complex software ever created, in like 8 yrs of trying to use it, it does not make sense. A horrible example of extremely poor UX.

Thank you for the video. Could you please explain what really shade smoothing does? Does it affect object shape?

nice!!

nice workout!!

Why is my cell fracture exploding lmaooooooo 😭😭😭

would not have known at first lol...glad you're on it for us!!

Reading the comments I can see many people are still clueless about BF added extensions and the benefits to users. 1. There is great cost to the Foundation to manage the hundreds of millions of times that Blender is downloaded. By keeping extensions as separate, optional downloads they are able to reduce this cost. 2. The system will represent an improvement for users to keep all their addons updated. 3. Extensions allows users to grab goodies besides just addons: asset packs, geometry rigs, keymaps, and themes.

Finally !