Creating a Curve Array in native Blender

A quick run through of how to create a curve array in native Blender without add ons.
Alternatively you can also use tools like Cablerator which does this and a WHOLE LOT more:
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[@foshe]

This is gonna be so useful for making ropes/chains, crazy how after almost 3 years im still learning new things!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁 Glad to be able to help out 😁

[@normanurbina1194]

Powerful.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Definetly. Lots of uses 😁

[@kwlxxi4813]

This method is good for situations where you don't mind that your mesh gets deformed on the curves. If you want to keep the shape, in old Blender versions we had the "dupl" method; all the objects along the curved keeped their shape... I need to catch up with newer Blender versions, as that option is gone, but should be doable with geometry nodes.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

You'd use Geometry nodes now. I've got a video on that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYPcppWCiMlgb6c

[@kwlxxi4813]

@@ArtisansofVaul Great, thanks!

[@Gounesh]

Bro you have no idea how you’ve helped me out!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁 That's lovely to hear 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@pikachufan25]

and you can Attach the Cubes to the end of the point by Turning on End-Points or Start points... and by Clicking the Eye Dropper you can Select the Objects you want the end points to be and Vualla..

[@ArtisansofVaul]

I'm not sure what you're trying to point out...? The areas starts at the beginning of the curve anyway....

[@obedjamir2492]

KZbin, let me save YT shorts...

[@ArtisansofVaul]

That's annoying that you can't! What a silly feature to be missing!

[@Akniy]

If you go to your history you can.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@Akniy That's useful to know. Cheers 👌🏼

[@siryaakov2491]

You should be able to save the video to a playlist. If you click on the hamburger icon on the top right

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@siryaakov2491 Handy tip. Thanks 👍🏻

[@corvette724]

Awesome, thx a lot

[@ArtisansofVaul]

My pleasure.

[@cddvdblurayful]

❤

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁

[@jackgames3009]

I hate the curb modifier with the array modifier, I've seen so many videos making it seem so easy and I follow the videos step by step but I end up with a buch of the object going in random direction all different sizes

[@ArtisansofVaul]

In that case I'd use Geometry nodes instead. I find it more reliable anyway. I've got a video on that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYPcppWCiMlgb6c

[@jacobprentice2649]

You gotta combine all your videos into one so I can get all the information at once

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Haha. I do have long form videos but they generally focus on larger things that might contain a couple of tricks/techniques. That could be an interesting idea though if I get a lot of videos on a similar skill/technique though

[@moonwaystudiosVR]

use instances if you dont want any deforms

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Yep, I would suggest doing that using Geometry Nodes.

[@gehteuchnichtsan2436]

Will this flexy tube makers ever relise the thicker rim is a spiral?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😅 I doubt it when at 28mm scale it's probably not very relevant and in almost all instances only seeing the cable from one side makes it impossible to tell and its much easier to model this way. The time isn't worth the result to do the spiral I would say

[@TeeTipu]

Coming from a Rhino user, it all seems so complicated. I know blender can do way more stuff compared to rhino but still!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

That's probably true but as you say the options come to allow a lot of fine control over what you are doing. Generally if you want to do anything you can and it's so well used you can find examples online.

[@UltraTagProductions]

Isn't this also partially deforming the individual things?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Very much so. If you don't want to do that you can use Geometry Nodes instead: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYPcppWCiMlgb6c

[@SoruxYT]

How can i make my objects look like this?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

I've got a video on that and some other settings I use here 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/paPUpWt8rJykbtE

[@SoruxYT]

@@ArtisansofVaul thank you ❤️

[@sukhjandu4251]

Which version of blender are you using ??

[@ArtisansofVaul]

3.6 for this video.

[@chlorhexidine2506]

"zed" 🤓

[@ArtisansofVaul]

🤣

[@MonsterJuiced]

Yea it just shouldn't be this many steps to do this. Such a common operation. Like making many pipes, guttering, cables and so on. It never lines up properly if you move the curve away from world origin. I need the curves up against my houses and for each one to have tubes extrude along the paths but they're always rotated wrong or off centre and dont follow the curve properly. Its a nightmare

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Yeah it isn't the easiest. If it helps now that there are Geometry nodes it is SO much easier, they have pretty much totally changed what is now the "best" way to do something in Blender. Theres an example of using them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYPcppWCiMlgb6csi=zC9vlQfJ44SnKhw8

[@MonsterJuiced]

@@ArtisansofVaul Hey that's awesome, thanks for the link :)

[@LiquidKidtv]

I like your videos but saying "This is how you do this in Native Blender" then using an add-on defeats the purpose a bit doesn't it?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Fair point. I used the addon for speed of the video, I just couldn't fit it in the minute allowed for a short without it unless I then sped parts up and as that wasn't the focus of the video I thought it was fine. That part isn't really the "difficult" bit so I assumed any user with just a bit of Blender experience would be fine with that part.

[@carlsonbench1827]

“In native blender” is not using native blender. Also if you mention an addon you loose me.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

I don't understand what you mean, it is literally using functions from native Blender....

[@carlsonbench1827]

@@ArtisansofVaul i don’t think a fresh install of blender looks like that. It’s about target audience. Basic tips for new users may be revived more positively if your video looks the same as what they are looking at. A pro wouldn’t care about the slight Ui difference between your version and theirs.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@carlsonbench1827 I see what you're saying about the appearance but this is native Blender, having changed some of the settings for the viewport doesn't change that. Also the viewport settings to start with in Blender are hard to view on a smaller screen such as a phone where shorts are generally viewed. I would say it is more important they can get the point of the video and the general UI and options look the same regardless of if the object is red or not, if someone hasn't been able to understand that slight difference I think Blender may not be the program for them 😅

[@carlsonbench1827]

@@ArtisansofVaul readability is a nice goal. Thinking about how it looks ok a small phone is appreciated.