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== History ==
== 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.
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 ==
== Tutorials ==
For each of these tutorials you will need no prior knowledge.
*AALTO FabLab: [https://vimeo.com/41312301 Blender introduction video]
* [http://wiki.blender.org/uploads/6/66/Introduction_to_Character_Animation_19_Sept_2006.pdf Character Animation]
*Video tutorials from Blender: [http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/ http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials]
* [http://wiki.blender.org/uploads/3/3e/BSOD_-_Game_Engine_Tutorial.pdf Game Engine]
*Video tutorials page: [http://www.blendtuts.com/ http://www.blendtuts.com]
* [https://vimeo.com/41312301  Massimo Fab Lab Blender video]
*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]
 
 
=== How to make ... ===
*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)]
*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]
 
*[[Blender_how_to_set_up_measurement_units|How to set up measurement units in Blender]] (in edit mode only)
*YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDweCpDAB_o How to substract one shape from the other] ''(useful for cleaning up scanned model)''
*[[3D_printed_phone_case|Exporting from Blender to Makerware]]
 


== Useful Links ==
== Useful Links ==
* [http://www.blender.org Blender's Homepage]
*Blender documentation on WIKI, where you can find the manual: [http://wiki.blender.org/ http://wiki.blender.org]
* [http://www.blendernation.com/ Blender News]
*Blender for Architectural design and visualization: [http://www.blender3darchitect.com/ http://www.blender3darchitect.com]
* [http://www.cgcookie.com/articles/blender Tutorials]
*The best blog about Blender: [http://www.blendernation.com/ http://www.blendernation.com]
* [http://matrep.parastudios.de/ A collection of Blender materials]
*Blender Magazine: [http://blenderart.org/ http://blenderart.org]
* [http://wiki.blender.org/uploads/8/82/BlenderHotkeysObjectMode.png Image of Blender Hotkeys Object Mode]
*Forum of Blender users: [http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/ http://www.blenderartists.org/forum]
* [http://wiki.blender.org/uploads/7/7c/BlenderHotkeysEditMode.png Image of  Blender Hotkeys Edit Mode]
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro Blender 3D: N00b to Pro. A collection of blender tutorials for about everything]
*[http://www.blendtuts.com/ Blender tutorials
Blender:
* http://www.blender.org/


Wiki on Blender.org, where you can find the manual:
*http://wiki.blender.org/


Blender for Architectural design and visualization:
*http://www.blender3darchitect.com/


The best blog about Blender:
=== Examples of renderer engine ===
*http://www.blendernation.com/
*Yafaray: [http://www.yafaray.org/ http://www.yafaray.org]
*LuxRender: [http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index]


Blender Magazine:
*http://blenderart.org/


The forum of Blender users:
=== Examples of what you can do with Blender: the Open Movies ===
*http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/
*[http://orange.blender.org/ http://orange.blender.org]
*[http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ http://www.bigbuckbunny.org]
*[http://www.sintel.org/ http://www.sintel.org]


External renderer: Yafaray:
*http://www.yafaray.org/


External renderer: LuxRender:
=== Plugin for importing / exporting DXF files to Blender ===
*http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index
*[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]


Examples of what you can do with Blender, the Open Movies:
*http://orange.blender.org/
*http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/
*http://www.sintel.org/


Plugin for importing / exporting DXF files to Blender:
*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_Exporter


How to prepare .blend files for 3D printing:
=== How to prepare .blend files for 3D printing ===
*http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/prepping_blender_files_for_3d_printing
*[http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/prepping_blender_files_for_3d_printing http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/prepping_blender_files_for_3d_printing]





Latest revision as of 16:45, 1 September 2014



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