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Blender is the best 3D program ever.
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Links: [http://www.blender.org Blender's Homepage]
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Blender is an open source software 3D modeling program, available for various operative systems. Among the features there are UV editing, animation tools, video editor and a game engine with physics simulator. Blender is still in development, and recent versions of Blender has added sculpting and GLSL shading, improvements to the water simulation and big improvements to hair and fur rendering. Blender has a large fan community and lot's of documentation and tutorials are available online.
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'''To download Blender, visit: [http://www.blender.org/ http://www.blender.org]'''
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== History ==
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Blender was developed by the Dutch animation studio NeoGeo and Not A Number Technologies (NaN). It was initially distributed as shareware, but when NaN went bankrupt in 2002 it's community bought the source code for a one-time payment of €100,000. Today it is licenses under the GNU General Public License, and is insured by the Blender Foundation.
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== Tutorials ==
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*AALTO FabLab: [https://vimeo.com/41312301 Blender introduction video]
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*Video tutorials from Blender: [http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/ http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials]
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*Video tutorials page: [http://www.blendtuts.com/ http://www.blendtuts.com]
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*Documentation - Book: From Noob to Pro - Wiki: [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro]
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=== How to make ... ===
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*Project For Beginners: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y__uzGKmxt8 drawing a coffee Cup (part 1)] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChPle-aiJuA (part 2)]
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*Project For Beginners: how to create a low-poly dinosaur using Blender and Gimp: [http://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/modeling-uvmapping-and-texturing-a-low-poly-t-rex-in-blender-part-2--cg-12861 Part 1] and [http://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/modeling-uvmapping-and-texturing-a-low-poly-t-rex-in-blender-part-2--cg-12861 Part2]
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*[[Blender_how_to_set_up_measurement_units|How to set up measurement units in Blender]] (in edit mode only)
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*YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDweCpDAB_o How to substract one shape from the other] ''(useful for cleaning up scanned model)''
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*[[3D_printed_phone_case|Exporting from Blender to Makerware]]
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== Useful Links ==
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*Blender documentation on WIKI, where you can find the manual: [http://wiki.blender.org/ http://wiki.blender.org]
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*Blender for Architectural design and visualization: [http://www.blender3darchitect.com/ http://www.blender3darchitect.com]
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*The best blog about Blender: [http://www.blendernation.com/ http://www.blendernation.com]
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*Blender Magazine: [http://blenderart.org/ http://blenderart.org]
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*Forum of Blender users: [http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/ http://www.blenderartists.org/forum]
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=== Examples of renderer engine ===
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*Yafaray: [http://www.yafaray.org/ http://www.yafaray.org]
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*LuxRender: [http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index]
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=== Examples of what you can do with Blender: the Open Movies ===
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*[http://orange.blender.org/ http://orange.blender.org]
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*[http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ http://www.bigbuckbunny.org]
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*[http://www.sintel.org/ http://www.sintel.org]
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=== Plugin for importing / exporting DXF files to Blender ===
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*[http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Import-Export/DXF_Importer http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Import-Export/DXF_Importer]
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=== How to prepare .blend files for 3D printing ===
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*[http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/prepping_blender_files_for_3d_printing http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/prepping_blender_files_for_3d_printing]
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[[Category:Tutorials]] [[Category:Software]]

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Blender-print-screen.jpeg

Blender is an open source software 3D modeling program, available for various operative systems. Among the features there are UV editing, animation tools, video editor and a game engine with physics simulator. Blender is still in development, and recent versions of Blender has added sculpting and GLSL shading, improvements to the water simulation and big improvements to hair and fur rendering. Blender has a large fan community and lot's of documentation and tutorials are available online.

To download Blender, visit: http://www.blender.org


History

Blender was developed by the Dutch animation studio NeoGeo and Not A Number Technologies (NaN). It was initially distributed as shareware, but when NaN went bankrupt in 2002 it's community bought the source code for a one-time payment of €100,000. Today it is licenses under the GNU General Public License, and is insured by the Blender Foundation.


Tutorials


How to make ...


Useful Links


Examples of renderer engine


Examples of what you can do with Blender: the Open Movies


Plugin for importing / exporting DXF files to Blender


How to prepare .blend files for 3D printing

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