Blender question.

[AncientAstronaut]

How to I make a cone with a flat top in Blender and how do I scale it so it will be 1 meter in the game?

[sal_vager]

You could make a cylinder and then select only the top vertexes, then scale them smaller.

Also, if Blender is set to Metric measurements, a .5 radius cylinder should be 1 meter in KSP.

[AncientAstronaut]

Since I'm the biggest Blender noob in Blender history, how do I select only the top vertexes and verify it is metric measurements?

[UBERDOMINATOR]

I don't know how to select vertices, but I may be able to help with the metric bit. On the right side of the screen is row of symbols: Render, scene, world, object, etc. If you click on Scene, it open a list of options further down the screen. One of the options is Units, and it is preset to None. Just switch this over to metric and it should be good to go. I THINK!

I learned this from the sticky "complete blender tutorial" on the front page of this forum. It isn't perfect by any means, but it is helpful!

Edited September 18, 2012 by UBERDOMINATOR

[sal_vager]

Here is some documentation to help you

The complete Blender Tutorial

Blender Tutorials

[AncientAstronaut]

Oh ok. I got that. Now I need to know how to scale something down, select only the top to scale that down and just about everything on how to make a 1 meter cone that is a tiny bit less than 1 meter tall and have a top with a diameter of .5 meters and then how to make a UV map. I want to make a tiny suborbital reentry capsule.

Eh. Nevermind. This program is way more complex than it needs to be. I'll just see if anyone else can make a little capsule for me.

Edited September 18, 2012 by AncientAstronaut

[sal_vager]

It's not that hard, it relies on shortcut keys a lot thats all.

Tab changes to edit mode, A will select/deselect all, C gives you the vertice picker.

S will scale parts or selected vertices, right click to cancel, left click to confirm,