Aligorith's Lair

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Obscure Blender Features: Skeleton Sketching

While looking into a bug report this afternoon, I came across a feature which I've rarely used or heard of being used which some of you may find interesting.

Image: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/File:Doc26-boneSketch-strokes.png

The Skeleton Sketching (or "Etch-A-Ton" tool, as it used to be called) allows you to draw your armatures using a combination of freehand (click-drag) and straight-line-segment ("click, move, click" - a la 'Poly' mode in Grease Pencil) strokes.

Bullet Rigidbody Integration in Trunk

Nearly a year to the day when I released a cleaned up (and updated) codebase for the Bullet Rigidbody Integration from my GSoC 2010 work, it's finally now in trunk (commits 54019 - 54026) !

Cheers to Sergej for finishing this off as part of his GSoC 2012 project. Enjoy!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

FAQ - Constraints: The good, the bad, and the gotchas

In response to a recent post on BlenderArtists about the state of various constraints, I thought I'd take some time to clarify the current status of various constraints. In particular, those which are likely to cause some confusion.

Disclaimer: This is not a complete list. It only includes the most common problems people are likely to encounter.

Happy New Year!

(-- This is a prerecorded message --)

Happy 2013!

May this be the most awesome year yet

Monday, December 31, 2012

HKTrip12: Day 4 Back in Hong Kong

This eighth installment covers the fourth day back in Hong Kong. It includes ramblings about the Goldfish Street, Peak Tram, and Central District (including The Landmark) during rush hour.

HKTrip12: Day 3 Macau - Part 2

This seventh installment covers the afternoon part of a day trip to Macau. Read on for ramblings about the old Macau (small village life and also the tourist mecca central area), MGM, historic pawn shops, and the sailing back to Hong Kong.

HKTrip12: Day 3 Macau - Part 1

This sixth installment covers the first half of a day trip to Macau. Read on for ramblings about the ferry ride over, The Venetian, and lunch at Fernandos.

HKTrip12: Day 2 in Hong Kong - Part 2

This fifth installment covers the second half of Day 2 ("night-time"). We revisit some of the harbourfront locations, whose character has now been transformed with the onset of night.

HKTrip12: Day 2 in Hong Kong - Part 1

This fourth installment covers only half of day 2, which will be split into "day" and "night" parts. Here we will be covering the daytime sights of Tsim Sha Tsui - namely Harbour City, Victoria Harbour, Arts Centre - and in other neighbouring districts.