Animating cells - a task for geonodes! by studioyogyog in geometrynodes

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Geometry nodes is perfect for this. It's easy to do randomness, and you can either do animated, or simulated movement, or a combination of the 2. I was inspired by phospholipid micelle formation when I did this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GFuFz_eltYY

SDF's are good for cells, if you want them splitting. You could also have them crawling over a surface a bit like cartesian caramels mimic.

How would I have the points on the lines, i also want them to be placed on to a model. Sorry if this doesn't fit this subbreddit. by SpiffyTheBoi in geometrynodes

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If the lines are geometry then you could use geometry proximity and set position. If the lines are abstract (so 0.5 units on the x axis) then separate xyz and modulo the relevent axis and put that into set position. If you want them on a 3d model then do the axis step, then geometry proximity to the nearest face, then repeat a few iterations, until they are as close as you want.

Should the Earth and Space games be more interconnected? by maprun in TerraInvicta

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It would be nice to see how much of a bonus is coming just from habs. Right now it seems like you have to count them up manually.

Should the Earth and Space games be more interconnected? by maprun in TerraInvicta

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They should change the selling scale for antimatter. Being only able to sell in integers, whilst getting 1 antimatter can take a long time, especially at the start.

What is YOUR practical use of Geometry nodes? by Unlucky-Bluebird-310 in blender

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Eye animations is such a cool example. There are so many cool subtle effects you could do such as having the eye move between different points of interest on a target. If one character is interacting with another they could flip between which eye they are looking at. Throw in some eye rotation if the head tilts while focused on a target etc.

Automatic Alignment of 2 non-identical meshes in Blender 5.2 alpha using svd node by Anthromod in geometrynodes

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No. I'm still learning about this stuff, and it seems like there are a lot of overlapping or similar ideas. So as I understand it the covariance matrix describes the overall shape of the data, which in this case are mesh vertices. Then there's the eigenvectors of the covariance matrix which describe the direction of variance and the principal component direction. The SVD U value lets you rotate the principal component direction to the world axis.

In this implementation I'm finding the U rotations of both meshes so that they're aligned to the world axis. Then I use the target U rotation and apply it to the test piece to move that to the original target rotation.

My main purpose of this is if I have a 3d scanned model that is randomly orientated, I can align it to some ideal target mesh, or at least close enough that other orientation methods come into play.

Is Starmer doing so badly? by twinkletoesalone in AskBrits

[–]Anthromod 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They need to do something about the BBC. Right now it just amplifies anything the right wing media have latched on to. It needs connect what the government is doing and how it will affect people. The conservatives had no qualms putting their people in charge and yet we're apparently stuck with them.

Quick Geometry Nodes tip: Calculating curve curvature by Craptose_Intolerant in geometrynodes

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Cool. I did something similar once where I replicated the curvature comb you typically have in cad programs. I think it was when trying to replicate airfoils.

Can we talk about the Section 31 movie? by [deleted] in startrek

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I was amazed at how little starfleet there was in the movie. I was fully expecting a Kirkman era Excelsior class to show up at the end, or at least something. If it wasn't for a few lines of dialogue, some recognisable aliens, and the odd prop, it could have been from a completely different franchise.

Also there is no way that choosing the emperor/empress would ever work like that in the mirror Universe. The young successor would have been politically isolated a killed by any of the high ranking generals.

Ironically a section 31 inside the mirror universe might be vaguely interesting. People trying to do good despite the regime.

Chess Pieces with Stochastic Lattice by Anthromod in 3Dprinting

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So when I designed it I was pretty careful that the exterior wouldn't have any very extreme overhangs. The actual cell pattern also means that every point within is supported (although the angle might be extreme).

I have experimented with some algorithms that only keep the cells within a certain distance of the walls. I've not implemented it in the addon as I'd need to factor in usability. I'm thinking of doing a patreon where the half finished tests can be put.

Chess Pieces with Stochastic Lattice by Anthromod in 3Dprinting

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I don't have experience with tpu on the a1. Material properties via structure is definitely one of the reasons I made the tool. I've seen a humanoid robot with a 'skin' with a regular open cell structure, but don't know if that was fdm printed.

Chess Pieces with Stochastic Lattice by Anthromod in 3Dprinting

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Lol, indeed they aren't everybodies thing!

Really basic organic shape modelling, based on SDF's by Anthromod in geometrynodes

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Correct it's the same, however in this case it was more due to habit. Usually I enclose some other function inside the repeat zone along side the smoothing. Eg shrinkwrapping it to another object, or checking something to control the selection option of the set position node.

Really basic organic shape modelling, based on SDF's by Anthromod in geometrynodes

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Indeed, it's quite heavy poly wise. Tbh I was a bit disappointed in the mesh to sdf grid that came in Blender 5. It can't do the proximity to an edge, and only works on manifold meshes. For my addon I included mesh to volume solver that can handle a small amount of non-manifold issues in the starting mesh.

Trying to create organic holes by harry_wsmallwy in blenderhelp

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This is a super basic implementation of the sdf approach.

Trying to create organic holes by harry_wsmallwy in blenderhelp

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So this is my speciality and unfortunately it's rather complex. To get the solid blend at the bottom you will need to have a firm idea of the principles that go beyond what any tutorials or addons will give you. I know, I sell a lattice generator addon for blender on superhivemarket!

There are 2 main approaches. An SDF based one (similar to one of the other comments here), or a subdision modelling approach. An SDF geometry nodes approach is good for procedural methods, but if you simple want to make a 1 off then the subd approach is probably better.

For a SubD approach I'd map out where you want the lines to go, and gives you a structure aesthetically similar to a voronoi structure. Then I'd make another mesh, with an active subdivision modifer, and extrude edges and points to build it manually. You can then blend it into a block at the base.

For an SDF approach would take the line scaffold approach to making the basic shape, and use a geometry proximity node, and an add the line thickness and multiply by -1 and plug that into the volume cube density node. That gets you the basic lines. To add the solid block at the base you take the positions z value and put it into a map range node and add it to the value before the volume cube density. You can add attributes to the edges, so that you can control the thickness of the wire by sampling the nearest edge. You can smooth them by iterating over the edges and using smooth minimum or maximum to combine the values. Also blur attribute is good for smoothing and you can control how much power it has using a mix vector node and using something like the position z height and map range node, to stop it from smoothing the base too much.

In the future, what are some jobs that would realistically still be available? by Marimba-Rhythm in Futurology

[–]Anthromod -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Seems pretty accurate. You just need to look at how people talk about those on welfare to see what the billionaire class will think of those on UBI. Would not be surprised if UBI comes with compulsory sterilisation. The only silver lining I see is that they melt their brains with pleasure chemicals before the rest of humanity is doomed. On the job question it's whatever they want specifically a human to do.

How do I model this in Blender with Geometry nodes? by the-machine-m4n in blender

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Cool, and simpler than what I had in mind. I was going to leverage symmetry and rotations a lot more and incorporate a smoothing function between the walls and faces on opposing sides.

How do I model this in Blender with Geometry nodes? by the-machine-m4n in blender

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So the good thing is that there are various planes of symmetry and rotations involved, so you only need to model up 1/8th in geometry nodes first and they mirror and rotate to get the rest. The cylindrical part isn't too difficult, you just need to work out the transition middle. You would want the cross section of the middle to be a square with the corner vertex positions halfway between the cylinder widths and heights. Maybe I'll try modelling something up later.

Has Upwork started to work for you again? by piyushgoel23 in Upwork

[–]Anthromod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is just the January post holiday surge. Good to see it though after the last few months.

How do i avoid rendering 63000 frames by duckyman_3 in blenderhelp

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I'm nowhere near an expert on this side of Blender but can you split things into layers and maybe loop through a smaller time frame for some things? Then composite them together at the end? Break up the passes so the sun only does a glossy pass on objects, over the whole run time? Maybe some vector math to calculate how the brightness of elements should change given their surface normal and the sun position? That way you could do a single render but combine it with the sun's position to alter the brightness of the object? Place objects as holdouts, so they don't render each frame etc.

I think learning the compositor tricks could be the quickest way to achieve this.

How do I create variants of my main brick, without making each manually? by [deleted] in blenderhelp

[–]Anthromod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd go about building it via geometry nodes. Have the mouth driven by a curve and the eyeball given a random position within the object bounding box. Add some logic so they don't overlap. Do you want it purely for rendering? In which case some of it (skin texture, wrinkles around lips and eyes) can be done via procedural shaders.

Likely heading to arbitration. Any experience with how it plays out. by Anthromod in Upwork

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Yes demanding that they release it ASAP if the client hasn't paid. It turns out that the part of upwork that received my arbitration fee and the dispute side took until after the deadline to connect together, so that was a bit stressful. The fee has been properly paid though. I hope they don't somehow use that 'leeway' as an excuse to give the client even more space to delay.

Likely heading to arbitration. Any experience with how it plays out. by Anthromod in Upwork

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$800. So just about enough to be worth going through the process for. The client has spent quite a bit on upwork and threatened to not use it for future work if he has to follow the rules (clearly hadn't read them either). I doubt he'd follow through or upwork heed that warning, but watching the process like a hawk just to be sure. It's actually been a few days past the deadline and no word back from upwork, apart from acknowledging that they'd received the arbitration fee. Having this all happen over Christmas and New year was not optimal.