The Ultimate Guide to CURVES in Blender!

In this video, we talk about how to create and use curves in Blender! We'll talk about the easiest ways to draw and work with curves, as well as how to add things like tubes and profiles along your curves in Blender! Plus, learn a way to add curves in Blender to simulate ropes, wires, or tubes! HOW TO USE THE CURVE MODIFIER    • Modeling a CHAIN ALONG A PATH in Blender -...   Want to Support The CG Essentials?   / thecgessentials   Add-On Links (Affiliate Links) Scatter - http://www.thecgessentials.com/scatter Flip Fluids - http://www.thecgessentials.com/flipfl... Car and Transportation Rigged Vehicle Library - https://thecgessentials.com/Transport... City Pack Cars Rigged Car Library - https://thecgessentials.com/CityPackCars Curve Array Pro - https://thecgessentials.com/CurveArra... Botaniqu Tree and Grass Library - https://thecgessentials.com/Botaniq Open Street Map - https://thecgessentials.com/OSM Curve Basher - https://thecgessentials.com/CurveBasher Node Preview - https://thecgessentials.com/NodePreview Tree Vegetation Library Add On - https://thecgessentials.com/vegetation Decal Machine - https://thecgessentials.com/DecalMachine Human Generator - https://thecgessentials.com/HumanGene... Fluent Stressless Modeling Tool - https://thecgessentials.com/Fluent Fluent Materializer Material Creation Tool - https://thecgessentials.com/FluentMat... Materialiq - Materials Library - https://thecgessentials.com/Materialiq Traffiq Vehicle Library - https://thecgessentials.com/Traffiq Disclaimers: all opinions are my own, sponsors are acknowledged. Product Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introduction 0:15 - What is a curve? 0:59 - How curves behave vs. meshes 2:06 - How to add and edit curves in Blender 4:01 - How to add to curves in Blender 5:24 - Quickly adding detailed curves with the draw curve function 7:12 - Creating tubes with curves in Blender 8:45 - How to extrude a profile along a curve in Blender 10:44 - How to add points between points on a curve 11:17 - Splitting part of a curve in Blender 11:51 - Closing a curve in Blender 12:21 - How to remove control points from a curve 13:24 - Adding curves that interact with surfaces (wires, cables, etc) 15:08 - How to convert curves to meshes in Blender 16:22 - Using the curve modifier in Blender