I just noticed Blender does something strange with FBX files as well. It does not save objects or meshes with the same names as in the Blender file, but attaches some numbers to the name of the objects. When I have named objects 'object.001', object.002' ect. in Blender, export it as FBX, then open in Maya, the objects are…
Just started dabbling with Blender. Is it normal to have a hard time trying to close windows? (the three bars at the top that you drag) Its been very 50/50 on my success rate between closing a window and creating a new one. I end up with billions of windows open. I feel so silly strugging with this as it seems quite basic…
Open subdiv is sure to improve performance (although only in very specific case). [As a low-mid end computer user I would love any kind of performance increase...mainly in exporting, I find that I can make more hi-rez meshes than I can export for baking without crashing :\.] Multirez unless I am doing blockout. Makes…
"[...] looking for a Pivot-To-Bottom solution " Bear in mind that in 99% of the cases the object in question will be built directly over and in relation to the 0,0,0 of the scene anyways. So all that one might need is to set the location of the origin to just that (Apply > location). This along with Set Origin to Center of…
Alright just felt the need to chime in here on the debate on Blender developers. I can clearly see where you are coming from. I have had several discussions with Ton about how I think Blender should work and getting rejected always leaves me frustrated. However I really must say that the Blender developers are the most…
The concerns being voiced aren't new, they as old as Blender itself. The Foundation knows exactly what needs to be done because some of us HAVE been telling them what they need to do, FOR YEARS in fact. The problem you're missing or perhaps don't have the history to understand is that BF ONLY implements things that are…
Not withstanding the last 12 months or thereabouts, what Dataday said is neither a lie, speculation nor a (false) accusation; Ton has been on record saying that he is (was) more interested in pushing the VFX/film aspect of Blender's development to the extent that (he is again on record saying this) 'game developers can…
Blender still needs you ! The Gooseberry project (the trailer is already posted here, on the previous page) is in a crowfunding (only 20 days left). The purpose of this crowdfunding is to make a movie but mainly to improve Blender, make awesome new features who fits in a production environnement . Blender will be improved…
Ton often comes off as stubborn, and sometimes he is, but he's actually quite open to change so long as there is significant weight and reason behind it. You just have to prove that it's a significant, positive change with good reason, and that there's enough people supporting it. Many of the things you touch on, such as…
It doesn't sound right that you would get banned for that. Usually the developers and admins are so friendly and open to criticism it's almost creepy... However I don't really agree that it should delete what your current selection mode is (I suppose you don't want a confirmation box popping up). It might not happen often…