Comments on: Tip: Using the Snapping Tool http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/ Blender Tutorials and Training Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dain http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-668 Dain Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:06:32 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-668 I always hear him say "acrossed", and "pectorial". I think it shows character. :) Thanks, Jonathan, and the rest of the contributors for the quality education and time spent. I always hear him say “acrossed”, and “pectorial”. I think it shows character. :) Thanks, Jonathan, and the rest of the contributors for the quality education and time spent.

]]> By: Stephen Koroknay http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-667 Stephen Koroknay Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:58:15 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-667 Dear Jonathan, your tutorials are brilliant and i am very grateful for your patience and generosity. There is just one tiny little detail that i would like to bring to your attention. Vertex is the singular form of the plural vertices. One vertex; two vertices. Dear Jonathan,

your tutorials are brilliant and i am very grateful for your patience and generosity. There is just one tiny little detail that i would like to bring to your attention. Vertex is the singular form of the plural vertices.

One vertex; two vertices.

]]> By: D. Waschow http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-666 D. Waschow Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:04:08 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-666 Make sure you only have the relevant vertices selected when you perform the merge. If you have all the vertices of the cube selected they will all collapse down to a single one, effectively blasting your cube. Make sure you only have the relevant vertices selected when you perform the merge. If you have all the vertices of the cube selected they will all collapse down to a single one, effectively blasting your cube.

]]> By: Jonathan Williamson http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-665 Jonathan Williamson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:10:01 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-665 That's a bad habit of mine back from when I first started 7 years ago :) That’s a bad habit of mine back from when I first started 7 years ago :)

]]> By: George http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-664 George Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:41:59 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-664 Jonathan, Beginner here. Was your selection of (Merge / At Center) a mistake? My cube disapears when I do that. Thanks, George Jonathan,

Beginner here.
Was your selection of (Merge / At Center) a mistake?
My cube disapears when I do that.

Thanks,
George

]]> By: D. Waschow http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-663 D. Waschow Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:00:45 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-663 Jonathan: I love your tutorials (REALLY!) but, dude... the singular form is "vertex" not "verticie." :-D Jonathan:

I love your tutorials (REALLY!) but, dude… the singular form is “vertex” not “verticie.” :-D

]]> By: Joe Hultgren http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-662 Joe Hultgren Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:21:21 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-662 Nixon When he moved the vertex down he didn't create an n-gon. What happened is that the face became non-planer or not flat. An n-gon is a face with more than 4 verts. Your impression of what is going on is pretty much correct. Blender treats a quad as two triangles internally so there is an edge there but you can't select it. The face is still being rendered flat so it looks weird from some angles. With the severity of non-planerness going on there you would want to cut a new edge there to control how it looks or do something else like add a sub-surf modifier. On flatter planes its less of a problem. Nixon

When he moved the vertex down he didn’t create an n-gon. What happened is that the face became non-planer or not flat. An n-gon is a face with more than 4 verts.

Your impression of what is going on is pretty much correct. Blender treats a quad as two triangles internally so there is an edge there but you can’t select it. The face is still being rendered flat so it looks weird from some angles. With the severity of non-planerness going on there you would want to cut a new edge there to control how it looks or do something else like add a sub-surf modifier. On flatter planes its less of a problem.

]]> By: Nixon http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-661 Nixon Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:05:11 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-661 Hey Jonathan, thx for that nifty hint to the snapping tool usage. I'll try to familiarize with it quick since i think it can save some decent ammount of fuss while editing meshes. And yeah that T-Joint tut by Kernon was indeed cool:) The first vertex u snap at the upper corner of that cube creates an odd shape of face..i have the impression that its 2 triangles with an edge missing. ...is this some sort of n-gon wich one created there? When rendered out u'd get the impression it was 2 triangles, with a sharp edge, the mesh however in edit mode makes it hard to determine the shape of the face but creating an edge between the 2 new corner verts will reveal that it is indeed 2 triangles wich have a clear edge. However the facecount stays the same from start. Anyway this is a great tip, snapping will make it easier to keep meshes clean, i didn't even knew that blender 2.49 allows to create such a face with a single click. Much appreciation and regards from Berlin, hope your having a good time:) (P.S. : Does your toon shader wich u proposed a while ago apply to a complete scene by any chance? Sorry about going off topic here.) Hey Jonathan,

thx for that nifty hint to the snapping tool usage. I’ll try to familiarize with it quick since i think it can save some decent ammount of fuss while editing meshes. And yeah that T-Joint tut by Kernon was indeed cool:)

The first vertex u snap at the upper corner of that cube creates an odd shape of face..i have the impression that its 2 triangles with an edge missing.
…is this some sort of n-gon wich one created there? When rendered out u’d get the impression it was 2 triangles, with a sharp edge, the mesh however in edit mode makes it hard to determine the shape of the face but creating an edge between the 2 new corner verts will reveal that it is indeed 2 triangles wich have a clear edge. However the facecount stays the same from start.
Anyway this is a great tip, snapping will make it easier to keep meshes clean, i didn’t even knew that blender 2.49 allows to create such a face with a single click.
Much appreciation and regards from Berlin,
hope your having a good time:)

(P.S. : Does your toon shader wich u proposed a while ago apply to a complete scene by any chance? Sorry about going off topic here.)

]]> By: LURKEN http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/11/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool/#comment-660 LURKEN Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=916#comment-660 very handy little tip! But you could also include the "AutoMerge Editing" feature, so that you don't have to remove doubles all the time. Another cool thing you could add is that you can lock a vertex to a specific axis(like you usually can) and then snap it to a vertex anywhere, but it will only move the difference of the lenght to the selected vertex in the axis you specified. (that sounds pretty complicated, but it really isn't) :) very handy little tip!
But you could also include the “AutoMerge Editing” feature, so that you don’t have to remove doubles all the time.

Another cool thing you could add is that you can lock a vertex to a specific axis(like you usually can) and then snap it to a vertex anywhere, but it will only move the difference of the lenght to the selected vertex in the axis you specified. (that sounds pretty complicated, but it really isn’t) :)

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