Blender Tips

Blender is a free and open source 3D computer graphics software tool set for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
It is used to create 3D models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, augmented and virtual reality, and many other related things.

Pikes Peak Makerspace has installed Blender 4.0.2 on our Design Workstations 1-3.

Our Design Workstation 2 runs Blender better than our others because it has an NVidia (Quadro P620) GPU.

 

Tips

Links to docs.blender.org:

Training — PPM Trainer(s) needed

PPM announces its Upcoming events, including classes, on Meetup

Links to blender.org:

blender Benchmark

Blender 4.0 Reference Manual

Advanced, using the Command Line

Blender, everywhere. — Community Support

Blender Product Home Page

Links to other external sites:

Everything New in Blender 4.0 — by CGCookie.com (Nov 8th 2023)

Official YouTube channel for Blender

Blender (software) — on Wikipedia

Related Pages

Links to related PPM Wiki pages:

Autodesk Fusion Tips

Adobe Photoshop Tips

USDZ File Format Tips

Procreate app Tips

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Curated Links

Links to member-recommended external sites:

Blender 4.0 Beginner Donut Tutorial — "Blender Guru" on YouTube

Blender Add-ons:

Precision Drawing Tools Learning Blender Slowly — "Learn Everything About Design" on YouTube

Awesome-Blender — from blenderartists.org

add-ons, tools, tutorials and resources — "agmmnn" on GitHub

Links to external sites:

Blender splash screens — on WikiMedia Commons

Blender (software) — on WikiMedia Commons

List of free and open-source software packages — on Wikipedia

Alternatives to Blender:

Onshape — Cloud-native CAD

SketchUp 3D design software — 3D modeling software

Adobe After Effects — "Make your ideas move."

For Additional Help

Use the PPM Slack channel #computing

List of all PPM Slack channels

Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the community.

Search the PPM Wiki — include Content pages as well as Multimedia.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.

 

Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative processes by providing shared space, shared tools, materials, software, and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into reality.