Blender – Rope (microdisplacement)
May 7, 2017
Source Files FabricRope001_1k.zip Rope_1.blend Rope_2.blend Rope_3.blend Fabric rope texture courtesy Poliigon
Blender – cutting holes in a mesh
May 1, 2017
Booleans will create ‘dirty’ mesh objects i.e. no tris or quads. This will not work for game engines, but it does work just fine for exporting as STL files for 3D printing. Here are 8 techniques for cutting holes Subdivide & To sphere {Delete all objects} A A X ENTER {Top view Ortho} NUM5 NUM7 […]
Blender Keyboard Map
May 1, 2017
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Reference/Hotkeys/Map https://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/blender/useful-keyboard-shortcuts.php http://www.giudansky.com/design/51-blender-map
Blender – Coffee cup tutorial
May 1, 2017
Blender interface (Some non-intuitive stuff explained here – important) Coffee cup tutorial Source File Blender_coffee_cup.blend Press F12 to render. Getting started with Blender Introduction to hard-surface modeling with Blender https://www.youtube.com/user/blendercookie/playlists
Senno ecto gammat
April 21, 2017
What Happens On The Internet Stays On The Internet. Forever. This is one of the perils of using social media. But when it comes to something as simple as email there are obvious pitfalls as well. Face-to-face communication is always preferred over electronic or phone communication. As soon as there is even only the slightest […]
Windows Gadgets
April 13, 2017
I use Windows Sidebar Gadgets (originally developed for Windows7) in Windows 8/10. You can install 8GadgetPack from the internet to do so. I like being able to use my computer as an alarm clock to show me a message after X minutes or at a specific time. Most countdown / alarm clock timers play a […]
Geodesic domes
March 25, 2017
I should really build a colorbond shed. I should really build a starpicket / polypipe shadehouse. I should really build a romantic garden gazebo. But then there is this: geodesic domes. Oooh, shiny! I should build a model using drinking straws and pipe cleaners! Or use leftover fiberglass rods from a cheap dome tent. Pros […]
Tropical Cyclone Debbie (March 2017)
March 25, 2017
Tornadoes and twisters Tornado and twister are different names for the same type of storm—a violently rotating column of air over land associated with a severe thunderstorm. Tornadoes range in diameter from metres to hundreds of metres and generally last from a few seconds up to half an hour. They have an intense updraught near […]