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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 == | ||
*AALTO FabLab: [https://vimeo.com/41312301 Blender introduction video] | |||
* [http:// | *Video tutorials from Blender: [http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/ http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/] | ||
* [http:// | *Video tutorials page: [http://www.blendtuts.com/ http://www.blendtuts.com/] | ||
* [https:// | *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)] | ||
*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] | |||
== Useful Links == | == Useful Links == | ||
* [http:// | *Blender documentation on WIKI, where you can find the manual: [http://wiki.blender.org/ http://wiki.blender.org/] | ||
*Blender for Architectural design and visualization: [http://www.blender3darchitect.com/ http://www.blender3darchitect.com/] | |||
* [http://www. | *The best blog about Blender: [http://www.blendernation.com/ http://www.blendernation.com/] | ||
*Blender Magazine: [http://blenderart.org/ http://blenderart.org/] | |||
* [http:// | *Forum of Blender users: [http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/ http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/] | ||
* [http:// | |||
Blender: | |||
=== Examples of renderer === | |||
*http:// | *Yafaray: [http://www.yafaray.org/ http://www.yafaray.org/] | ||
*LuxRender: [http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index] | |||
=== Examples of what you can do with Blender: the Open Movies === | |||
*http://www. | *[http://orange.blender.org/ http://orange.blender.org] | ||
*[http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/] | |||
*[http://www.sintel.org/ http://www.sintel.org/] | |||
=== Plugin for importing / exporting DXF files to Blender === | |||
*http:// | *[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] | ||
*http:// | *[http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Import-Export/DXF_Exporter 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] | ||
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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.
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
- AALTO FabLab: Blender introduction video
- Video tutorials from Blender: http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/
- Video tutorials page: http://www.blendtuts.com/
- Project For Beginners: drawing a coffee Cup (part 1) and (part 2)
- Documentation - Book: From Noob to Pro - Wiki: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
Useful Links
- Blender documentation on WIKI, 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: http://www.blendernation.com/
- Blender Magazine: http://blenderart.org/
- Forum of Blender users: http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/
Examples of renderer
- Yafaray: http://www.yafaray.org/
- LuxRender: http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index
Examples of what you can do with Blender: the Open Movies
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