Blender Tips

Blender is a 3D computer graphics software tool set used to create 3D models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, augmented and virtual reality, and many other related things.

It is free and open-source software (FOSS), for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) keeps the current version of Blender installed on our Design Workstations 1-3.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.

 

Tips

☐ The PPM Design Workstation 2 runs Blender better than the other PPM workstations, because it has an NVidia (Quadro P620) GPU.

Links to docs.blender.org:

Training

Links to blender.org:

Blender Product Home Page

Links to other external sites:

Official YouTube channel for Blender

Blender (software) — on Wikipedia

Everything New in Blender 4.2 — by CGCookie.com (Aug 21st 2024)

Related Pages

Links to related PPM Wiki pages:

Autodesk Fusion Tips

Adobe Photoshop Tips

STL File Format Tips

SVG File Format Tips

USDZ File Format Tips

Procreate app Tips

  3D Printing — Filament (FDM)  

  3D Printing — Resin (SLA)  

  Computers — Windows  

  Computers — Ubuntu  

Hand-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 other 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:

DaVinci Resolve — "editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production"

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Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.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