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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>David, that might have been me, I use blender and rely heavily on on-line resources. If you do check out blender be sure to check out the blendercookie video tutorials and also the great IRC channel.<div><br></div><div>Blender is an incredibly powerful resource ergo has a relatively steep learning curve but it's good to know it's available if you do decide to get into 3d modelling (for 3d printing) however it's designed with more of a focus on doing high quality object renders but even with that in mind you can modify blender to suit your needs/environment, it just takes time.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are thinking about just quickly knocking up a very simple shape for 3d printing and you want a quick win and your not too concerned about FOSS then http://tinkercad.com provides an on-line alternative but it wont be a suitable solution as your object increases in complexity.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div style="font-size:12pt">John McLear</div><div><font size="1">McLear Ltd</font></div><div><font size="1">Etherpad Foundation</font></div><div><span style="font-size:8pt">Primary Technology Ltd</span></div><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: david@davidparkin.com<br>> To: bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:16:24 +0000<br>> Subject: Re: [Bradford] Blender tutorial<br>> <br>> There are thousands, well hundreds of Blender tutorials on t'internet,<br>> just counting the official ones.<br>> -- <br>> David Parkin <david@davidparkin.com><br>> <br>> On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 00:11 +0000, Brian wrote:<br>> > Someone at the last meeting was needing to use 'Blender for something<br>> > - sorry I can't remember who it was. Hopefully they are on the mailing<br>> > list. I was just looking at the 'Full Circle Magazine' issue 70 and I<br>> > noticed that they had a tutorial on Blender - it is Part 3. So,<br>> > presumably, if you download issues 68, 69 & 70 you'll have them all. I<br>> > think it will probably be an on-going series as, like GIMP, there is a<br>> > lot to learn. GIMP has got its own magazine of course but it is very<br>> > largely, though not entirely, biassed towards art rather than how to<br>> > use it. There are tutorials for both Blender and GIMP on YouTube also.<br>> > Personally I find YouTube to be an excellent resource. Sometimes it is<br>> > necessary to do a bit of searching to get a quality tutorial but it is<br>> > usually there if you dig a bit.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > http://fullcirclemagazine.org/<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > http://gimpmagazine.org/issues/<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Brian<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Bradford mailing list<br>> > Bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Bradford mailing list<br>> Bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford<br></div></div></div> </div></body>
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