How to bend in Blender 2.8 +

How to bend in blender by using the simple deform modifier to bend a shape
If you like this tutorial and would like to see more please let me know.

[@Standbackforscience]

short and straight to the point - wish all blender guides were like this.

[@Official_HolidayAccelerator]

but didnt work :/

[@Standbackforscience]

@@Official_HolidayAccelerator odd, worked for me, but I think blender simplified how Simple Deform works so fewer steps are required.

[@junelcahilig942]

This is how tutorials should be. straight to the point and provides what the viewers need exactly. You just earned another subscriber.

[@fatalfelix6807]

simple, fast and informative! thank you!

[@3DJay429]

Thanks @FatalFelix glad it helped you, if you have any other problems let me know ill be happy to help

[@A-Modding-Modder]

@@3DJay429 THANKS FOR THE TUT!!

[@koainanis5840]

i search so long for a simple and good video like this and now i know how to bend ! i missed the simple step on the object menu -> all transforms 🌟✅ thank you so much for helping me ! well done 👍

[@JavaAndroid]

Brilliant! A human voice and no musak!

[@user-tl5om1ow2b]

Can't get this to work. I made sure I followed all the steps exactly but when I 'apply all transforms' it looks nothing like your final product.

[@weekendwiththekids5787]

Same

[@rationalrama]

Your origin is in the wrong place, thats why. Click set origin>to geometry

[@SirCavas]

@@rationalrama You're a hero

[@satyanarayandebbarma2089]

Short and simple thank you

[@3DJay429]

Thanks satyanarayan glad it helped

[@cin-cin]

For some reason, it works for me every other time. Version 2.92 It seems like I'm doing everything right. Apply transformation

[@3DJay429]

Yea that is weird did you manage to find out what was causing it?

[@cin-cin]

@@3DJay429 No, I still don't understand what this is connected with. There remains a chance that I am a crooked noob, but I seem to have done everything many times and closely followed the sequence of actions. But I do not think so))

[@3DJay429]

@@cin-cin hit me up on discord brother Jay429 #2002

[@cin-cin]

@@3DJay429 Thanks for your assistance, but I've already found a way out. I used a spin to turn

[@cin-cin]

@@3DJay429 Probably not the most optimal solution, but I had enough))

[@RoyalGuardGeine]

I see a lot of tutorials where people modify their mesh in object mode (even Blender Guru and other high profile blendtubers) only to add whatever modifier and say "it doesn't work well because you need to apply transforms", and I wonder if spamming "CTRL+A apply all transforms" is their actual workflow or if they show it for people who don't know that editing their mesh is best done in... Edit mode.

[@Soul-gf9vv]

I know right? While this tutorial is cool and all, what if I want to make a bend of some parts of a mesh in edit mode? This doesn't help at all.

[@daisama1790]

Thx a lot 😘😘😘😘

[@TheOfficialMMPRG]

why does my ctrl-R not segment automatically i have to click manually where i want each segment...

[@napainep1533]

You are the best! Thx man!

[@3DJay429]

Thank you brother!

[@3gatoss]

for some reason this only worked once for me, ive been trying to redo it again and it hasnt worked so i opened a new file and it still isnt working!! issue is when i click simple deform im not getting that initial trapezium you get, very weird

[@Gold-wq3ox]

how do you add segments?

[@3DJay429]

CTRl R then mouse scroll up to add more segments! Hope that helped mate?

[@Gold-wq3ox]

@@3DJay429 yes it did

[@viralbible1629]

Thanks!

[@Athomeintheshed]

perfect was having grief with this

[@cemmutlumail]

perfect thank you so much. please upload new videos.

[@ROYALGAMERJAMES]

its good for just checking out blender but not good real project you can bend it but afterwards cannot exrtude it foo further modeling i find it useless

[@hemre1913]

why blender has this diffucult ways. for example in NX or Adobe just draw it and extrude

[@3DJay429]

haha yea blender has its weird ways sometimes! Hope it helped though buddy, keep at it and you will get used to it good luck brother

[@ken0666]

Could use "empty" too

[@MariZepetoOff]

0.18 How to add the segments

[@yoitzjustnightbot6721]

Can you do a tutorial on how to record with better quality? Just joking

[@3DJay429]

haha sorry mate, is the video really bad quality?

[@yoitzjustnightbot6721]

It's not really bad It was just kinda hard to make out the letters but it this helped a lot thanks!

[@3DJay429]

@@yoitzjustnightbot6721 Thanks mate, sorry about that! hopefully newer videos i have fixed that. if you ever get stuck and want direct help hit me up on discord @ Jay429 #2002 👊

[@chickletvalentine9223]

Where do i add segments? Can't find any option in my blender menu

[@nicholasbradshaw6629]

Ctrl R

[@jocloo7013]

ty

[@c4rneline]

i am doing "CTRL + R" and scrolling with my mouse up and down, but it doesn't work!! :(

[@c4rneline]

ohh never mind! I didin't have "edit mode" on! XD

[@Streamcatcher]

Aha! Why on earth this extra step of applying all transforms?? I feel this is a weird unneeded quirk, agree?

[@3DJay429]

Yea i agree it is annoying but once your get used to it its ok.

[@nmoog]

I think "apply transforms" is really a hack - it's better to understand why you need to do that. This video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH68lJaols5_h7c) explains the "working axis" which is the key to why the simple deform tool is so hard to use!

[@3DJay429]

@@nmoog Thanks buddy for the link!

[@TheLukaszencja]

doest work for me

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

ok but how do you add segments

[@justrandomguy8559]

ctrl + R and scroll to make more cuts

[@funworks1648]

why when i apply all transform, my object is gone.??

[@3DJay429]

has it moved it to the center of the world mate?

[@3DJay429]

is there anything you guys are interested in me teaching?

[@harpyeagle541]

Yes,thank u.please tell us about taper object completely,for instance,when we have two planes

[@3DJay429]

@@harpyeagle541 Thanks mate great idea, next video will be about taper objects I have been unwell recently so been slow on the videos but feel a lot better today, so hopefully, i can get a video out about taper tomorrow, thanks for the suggestion/comment 👊

[@Streamcatcher]

Well yes, 3ds max had a very good mirror system. You can at a mirror/symmetry modifier which can mirror your object in all different kind of ways. Not just pure mirror, but also flipped mirror, so the object is mirrored over then just one axis. Blender looks like it could do the same when I look at the mirror modifier, but no matter how many extra axis I enable in the modifier tab to mirror of flip my mirrored object along. I just can only get one simple mirror to work. Do you have any advice or tips within vanilla blender on this? Someone said: use hardopps, but I'd like to believe blender can do this on itself. Thanks in advance.

[@3DJay429]

@@Streamcatcher hey mate add me on discord and ill help you out jay429 #2002 👊

[@sirbucket9746]

Yh somone really need to explain what that means

[@agamatsu2119]

thanks for helping me on discord!

[@3DJay429]

Any time!

[@shawaiziqbal3965]

didnot work they overlap😅

[@MaDmonkey3311]

Still doesnt work for me

[@3DJay429]

whats the issue mate lets see if i can help you

[@MaDmonkey3311]

@@3DJay429 well it doesnt bend the right way. I have to rotate the object to certain axis in order to make it work which is quite stupid. I would like to edit the bend axis aswell which I cannot I guess. So this is just lame workaround to always rotate the object to the specific axis to make the bend work.

[@3DJay429]

@@MaDmonkey3311 Yea I know what you mean, how blender deals with bend is so weird, but have a look at some bend plugins, tbh i use Boxcutter/hard ops and i find it really helps with these tasks

[@MaDmonkey3311]

@@3DJay429 i guess I will. Thanks buddy

[@christianholmstedt8770]

There have to be an easier way. I can't get this to work at all. Thx anyway.

[@skittou]

impossible to follow, the image resolution is to low to read the interface, it is impossible to know how you add some segments... :-(

[@3DJay429]

Damn im sorry mate, this was one of my first videos and i didn't realise the compression was so bad, im sorry dude! What section are you stuck on? maybe i can help you on discord?

[@skittou]

@@3DJay429 sorry for my bad comment. I finally understood how to add segments prior to making deformations. I love Blender and its incredible potential, but its interface is sometimes soooo complicated for a noob who just wants to achieve simple things, it can be very very frustrating. So I managed to deform the cube into a "U" shape as in your tutorial. But in fact what I want to achieve instead of a U shape is a L shape, with the rounded corner. I tried to play with the Limits settings to try to achieve that, but it does not seem to be the way to go. So I'm stuck with that U that doesn't want to look like a L ;-) ...

[@3DJay429]

@@skittou Hey dude it is no problem, i know how frustrating it can be with the interface when you are just starting out. I had the same issues, it is a nightmare! But the good news is you have taken that first step and figured out how to bend it now and its all just up for you now! You can use an empty as a source of the pivot and then bend around that. If you have discord give me a message on that, you can find me as Jay429#2002 and ill show you how to do that 👊

[@userxbw]

THAT SHIT DON'T WORK

[@Official_HolidayAccelerator]

didnt work good luck next time

[@mitch9635]

Useless guide to be honest