Yup, Blender continues to evolve at a somewhat rapid pace. But it's interesting to see where it's going. - Tristan

Whatever how complicated it is

Yes, you could technically. Though it's typically a lot more work overall. - Tristan

Yes, it does. There will also be deeper integrations with GN in the next major version of ND. - Tristan

@@HugeMenace Brilliant :-) it would be nice to be able to use ND with the 'text to curves' node to simulate Blenders native text function.

@@HugeMenace I've been poking around in the geo nodes basement and it would be great to see some of the stuff from down there 'surfaced' into the gui interface. Such as re-configurable primitive generation? I'm doing some 3d printing, mainly with sub d so that I can max out the poly count for printing, and minimize it for editing. ND might give us the opportunity to do low poly edits, but dive back down into the process to increase the poly count when we need to print without the need to keep every thing quad based for the sub d?

You don't necessarily need Geo Nodes to achieve that. The beauty of working non-destructively is it's all modifier-driven, so you can model your shapes at a lower resolution and then crank it up before printing (increasing bevel segment counts, circularisation, etc.) The only obvious downside is the tedious nature of working through each modifier on your object(s) to increase those resolutions. But yes, ND will, at some point, do much more with GN and hopefully make that sort of workflow more efficient. It's also essential for game asset creation (generating high and low poly objects). - Tristan

@@HugeMenace True true :-) Would it be possible to have a variable that could be applied to some of the operators that allows us to input global values? The we could input something like '.5' into the value and anything tagged and it would decrease their value (such as vertex points on a bevel) and larger numbers would increase the value of tagged input fields?

Yup. However, the feature set is less extensive than the mesh/object operators. - Tristan

There are some interesting features we have lined up for ND's major V2 release ;) - Tristan

Not entirely sure what you mean. Are you saying you want a video showing how to do multiple bevels? - Tristan

@@HugeMenace yes That's right, multiple chamfers on the same model

@@thalesgamer24 To add multiple bevels, hold down SHIFT whilst choosing the bevel operator. For an example of this, check out this part of our Mobile Phone Tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLGjatWlybGUhn0.htmlsi=kfA75faKuplbIvme&t=1634 - Ian

It depends on what types of curved surfaces you have in mind. Some aren't possible to achieve using a non-destructive approach, and some are. There are also cases where a mix of destructive & non-destructive modelling techniques can be used together to get the best of both worlds. - Tristan

Thanks for the support! Sure, we'll add it to the feature backlog. That might be something we explore as part of the next major update to ND, which will have a deeper integration with Geo Nodes. :) - Tristan

I suppose, relatively speaking, it's still new when you compare it to similar paid add-ons that have been around for a long time. But we've gotten over 18,000 downloads on Gumroad, and it's the highest-rated add-on on the Blender Extensions site. So it's getting out there; it's just a matter of time :) - Tristan.

Set the background gradient to vignette under the 3D viewport > theme space settings. - Tristan

Sure, it's possible. Realistically, most hard surface models can be created with ND, and you can leverage traditional poly-modelling techniques for the parts that can't. - Tristan

Nope, it should still be there. - Tristan

Which version of Blender are you using? I've tried it on 3.0.0, 4.1.0, and 4.2.0 Beta, and I get the expected result. Are you definitely using a 1-segment bevel and then SHIFT clicking (don't keep sharp edges) on the weighted normals operator offered by ND? - Tristan

Hey, thanks for the heads up, I'll take a look and see what's going on with it. Which version of Blender are you using? - Tristan

@@HugeMenace I am using 4.1.0

OK, I see where the issue/confusion is coming from. It wasn't mentioned explicitly in the video, but when you move Blender's 3D cursor via the "Cursor to selected" method, it only translates the cursor; it doesn't affect its rotation. The reason recon poly is correctly aligned in the video is that, at 8:13, I was looking at the bracket in the right orthographic view, and I moved the 3D cursor to that target face by holding SHIFT and right-clicking on its geometry. That action aligned the 3D cursor's rotation to that face (giving it a 90-degree rotation on the x-axis), which was kept when I moved it to the centre of that extracted geometry later. When spawned, recon poly will follow the rotation and position of the 3D cursor, so you'll need to make sure both are set correctly. - Tristan

@@HugeMenace ok that makes sense. I'll try again. Thanks Tristan.

Yeah it's quite an interesting technique! I might consider covering it if I end up creating a texturing masterclass video. - Tristan

We'll need more info than that (we don't use Hops). Can you hop on Discord or shoot us an email? - Tristan

The background is just a vignette set up through Blender's theme preferences, and I'm using a custom matcap. I get asked the question fairly often, so I might make a video on it sometime :) - Tristan

Thanks, we'll go ahead and take that feedback onboard ;) Glad you're enjoying ND! - Tristan

Glad it was helpful! And definitely, we'll cover all those packing options in more detail in the UVs masterclass I'll be working on next. - Tristan

We'll cover a bunch of that in the UV/texturing masterclass videos and the game asset pipeline series we have planned :) - Tristan

The closest thing to a knife-project would be a boolean "slice" operation. - Tristan

@@HugeMenace Thanks for that. It's a bugger finding an operator that does the job you want, but it hasn't been implimented in Blender Modifiers. Some things in Blender really want to still be back in the Nineties 🙂

@@DaveTimperley as a fellow young person who was doing 3D in the 90s as well I feel you on this I ran away from the Autdodesk acquisition machine to blender after they adopted then murdered my baby (Softimage).

@@HugeMenace 13:56 slice distorting my mesh. How to fix?

@@illamilla2210 Hi, it depends what you mean. Maybe double check that the frame and slicer both have their scale reset to 1? - Ian

You can always select an object you've previously arrayed and select the array cubed operator again, it'll put it into recall mode, and you can adjust any or all of the axes through the overlay :) No need to do it manually in the modifier stack. The same goes for 90% of the ops in ND. - Tristan

Thank you! - Tristan

Thank you! I'm unsure what you mean by "apply as many bevels as you want", but you can already do that with ND :) - Tristan

Hey! Yeah, we definitely plan to expand on sketches in the next major version of ND. I'll check out the video reference as well; thanks! - Tristan

Not at the moment, but I can add that to the feature request list. - Tristan