Grid Twirl – Mesh Trick in Blender

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1. pokedstudio

   6 November 2014 at 19:24

   some great tips in that! Never new half those commands existed.

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2. Axel Martiner

   6 November 2014 at 20:37

   Another method
   http://s22.postimg.org/3odrnuodd/0031.gif

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   1. lapineige

      6 November 2014 at 20:45

      For a more re-usable method, a simple deform modifier (on a vertex group).

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   2. Andries Koorzen

      7 November 2014 at 08:54

      Hi Axel. I also tried this method, but the problem is the some of the verts near the top / bottom do not deform correctly at the right angle.

      And if you try to adjust the influence of the Proportional editing tool, it affects unwanted vertices

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   3. Matthijs de Rijk

      24 November 2014 at 22:52

      This does also not rotate the horizontal edgeloops, but it skews the twist. which might or might not be what you need…

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3. blend raphi

   6 November 2014 at 20:46

   Big smile :)

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4. PBoos

   6 November 2014 at 23:22

   Funny that you created the ngon’s
   Till that moment i think your shape was actually better then their original :))

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5. Patrik Noome

   7 November 2014 at 10:33

   Great! …just one mystery for me – why my insert select, de-selects the interior faces? Tried activating the Insert Add-on, but am getting the same behavior. Any ideas? Kind of interesting for other effects…

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   1. lapineige

      7 November 2014 at 16:24

      See the option in the toolbar, I think it’s “Inside”

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      1. Guest

         7 November 2014 at 17:03

         Thanks Iapineige but I think it’s a bug in the Windows 64bit edition of 2.72b. Tried it other versions including the latest builds and it behaves just like in the video. An inside/outside option would be nice, but not sure it exists…yet.

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      2. Patrik Noome

         7 November 2014 at 17:04

         Thanks Iapineige but I think it’s a bug in the Windows 64bit edition of
         2.72b. Tried it other versions including the latest builds and it
         behaves just like in the video. An inside option would be nice, but I can’t seem to find it…an outside option does exist.

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         1. lapineige

            7 November 2014 at 17:07

            Sorry it’s Select Outer.

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            1. Patrik Noome

               7 November 2014 at 17:08

               :) Thanks – thought I was going crazy
            2. lapineige

               7 November 2014 at 17:12

               Maybe too much Blend and not enough cofe ? ^^
6. Henrique Perticarati

   7 November 2014 at 14:43

   Nothing to do with the tutorial, but which blender theme is this?

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   1. Kévin Dietrich

      8 November 2014 at 10:34

      This is a custom build that Pablo has patched himself, most of it is fairly easy and straightforward to code.

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      1. Henrique Perticarati

         8 November 2014 at 15:34

         Oh I see, but I really wanted to know what theme is applied to the interface. I liked this gray layout with blue highlights.

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7. Anthony Pilon

   7 November 2014 at 16:16

   So many mesh tricks in a short video! Mind blown.

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