I believe Autodesk has patents for UI elements like the viewcube, quad menu, and marking menu. Idk if they have any for modeling tools and parametric primitives that can be edited after creation. If they do, some of Blender's slow, roundabout methods for achieving the same thing in Max makes sense since they don't wanna…
We've discussed having software-specific groups on the Slack, but given Slacks limited history (text gets wiped out past x number of messages, regardless of channel), the downsides (splitting up the Slack, becoming a mess of channels) outweigh the benefits in our eyes. As far as I know, @Fingus started out with a bunch of…
Hey all - A few weeks ago I spent some time on the BlenderArtists forum to get to the bottom of the SimpleDeform/Bend issue. You probably all know what I mean : the fact that SimpleDeform only works around Z makes it pretty much useless when it comes to fast modeling. Having to plan which way a strap is facing before…
@xrg Yes and no. Looking at it blender uses Python 3.5 so there is not a reason you couldn't make it work but it might be difficult. So I'd recommend against it. I'm not willing to destroy my local Python install to figure it out. Anyways here's all you really have to do: * Right click this link and download. Or go to…
Yes, it takes less time. X-( ok ok I know, I shoudnt post that here but it's stil kinda my first lil achievement inside of Blender. I've managed in my free time after school and work to finish my first animation in Blneder using my own perosnal rig. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fghfKQNzdPI[/ame] Now that this is…
From the perspective of someone who grew up with Blender, the interface has improved by leaps and bounds... I can see how it would be more difficult for someone who's been a life long Max or Maya user. The thing is, any new software is going to require some effort in order to get up to speed. That's kinda normal. And yes,…
LookDev is basically Eevee, but with instant HDRIs built-in for faster material, reflections etc. viewing. Once you enable both "Scene Lights" and "Scene World", it's identical to "Rendered" which is Eevee if you have Eevee selected instead of Cycles. Also, if you're working with a heavy scene with lots of caclulated…
Here's Jed's Ultimate Guide to Smoothing a Mesh in Six Easy Steps in Blender 2.73 for Xnormal. Not for anyone in particular, just for posterity really. Step 1: Make your model and layout the UVs. This is the hard part. Here I've just got an ico sphere. Step 2: Select the model in object mode, or go into edit mode and…
I've been using Blender almost exclusively for several years now. Granted, I haven't done nearly as much 3D modeling as I used to. (been hitting the coding and web design pretty hard) But whenever I do produce 3D work, I use Blender to do it. I won't say that its better than the big-name 3D packages. It probably doesn't…
Yeah those are pretty unrealistic promises for software like this. The PR is really getting ahead of itself... I would, but I'd probably get the response "submit a patch", "who cares you got it for free you can't possibly complain ever", "wait for 2.6x" or something along those lines. Just to start with 2.49b.... DAE -…