alignment issues

[rapid drift]

does anyone know how i can align these two cubes? im trying to make a sword

or atleast make it so that the end of the larger cube has a triangular point like im trying to make in this picture?

[crystal mulch]

This can be fixed, however not in the typical drag and pulling method.

You have to adjust the position and size on the side with numbers.

When their is overhang like this cause by rotation you'll like need to use a pretty obtuse decimal sizing to fix it.

Simply decrease the size of the x axis.
There is a chance that it will shrink in size from the top and not the bottom.
This is fine, just updated the x axis position by the amount you have removed.
Essentially repeat this process until its flush.

This method is also one thats constantly used to prevent uv flickering.

[rapid drift]

ok ill give it a shot

[fresh bough]

you can resize it by scaling it while holding ctrl

and smaller by using shift + ctrl while scaling

[mossy cedar]

!faq vertex-snapping

[prime fox]

FAQ

Blockbench: Vertex Snapping

The Vertex Snapping tool is a tool that you can use to snap the corners of two elements together

[mossy cedar]

👆 @crystal mulch @rapid drift @fresh bough (there also is a vertex scaling option towards the end of that gif)

[rapid drift]

how do i get the vertex scaling to be option

[fresh bough]

WHATTTTT??? THAT HAS BEEN A FEATURE THIS ENTIRE TIME????

[rapid drift]

nvm i got it

tysm

[mossy cedar]

pretty much

well, maybe not at the very beginning (since vertex snapping started out as plugin iirc), but it has existed for a few years now I think

first half of 2018

[fresh bough]

I know well about the vertex snapping but I have never heard about vertex scaling

[mossy cedar]

yeah, I'm just saying scaling wasn't a feature the first time vertex snapping was added (when it was still a plugin), but first half of 2018 the scaling option was added (and I think the plugin from SirBenet was integrated as actual feature around that time too)

[fresh bough]

I see

[surreal aurora]

I do that on my models to but sometimes it automatically goes back to the standard position

[crystal mulch]

I assumed you were making a normal item model.

But that suggests you are likely making an entity model?

What one of these did you pick?

[crystal mulch]

?

[surreal aurora]

Java block/item

Just wondered if it works

[mossy cedar]

it goes back if you'd go out of bounds

[surreal aurora]

But how do some item models have the weird angles that i see

[mossy cedar]

like, if you type in 200 for the x position it will limit it to something that won't make the element go out of the limitation of Block/Item models

[crystal mulch]

Oh I think he might be referring to rotation...

[mossy cedar]

those are not Block/Item models then
or they stretched/squashed the whole item in the display settings

in the case of Block/Item models only 0, +/-22.5 and +/-45 are allowed rotation values and only on one axis

[surreal aurora]

But they got bows, like items and sword like it functions like an item

[mossy cedar]

show an example

[surreal aurora]

But they can still rotate it weird

[crystal mulch]

If you show an example we can likely explain the how.

[surreal aurora]

Dunno i forgot but i know they had some

But i can look if i find

Nvm it was an general model

[crystal mulch]

Yeah general models cannot be used in minecraft (maybe as an obj )

[surreal aurora]

Yeah they can be used as objects im pretty sure

Other they are items in an item frame

forget it i just wont question everything some things are just weird

[crystal mulch]

A "General" model from blockbench isn't designed for Minecraft, its simply a tool for designing things with cubes and pixels. Blockbench as a whole doesn't revolve soley around just minecraft.

[surreal aurora]

Yeah they use it for the wallpapers

With polys

[crystal mulch]

Like I said it may be possible with some obscure method, but generally if you wish to add it into minecraft, youll need to pick one of these.

depends on what you are doing and how.

You can still get compelling results even with the limitations.
Just requires smart design and some visual trickery.

[surreal aurora]

Maybe the just copy the model and make a code so it can be added to minecraft

Ive seen everything possible with code

[crystal mulch]

Thats easier said then done

But is why I specified maybe as an OBJ, as objs do not have the same restrictions.

But they come with their own problems.

[surreal aurora]

I will just learn more blockbench the more i use it the more i will understand over time