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    • R Offline
      remus
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      http://www.blender.org/download/get-25-alpha/

      Ive been playing around with some of the early builds and its very good. A lot more intuitive than previous incarnations.

      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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        thomthom
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        @remus said:

        http://www.blender.org/download/get-25-alpha/

        Ive been playing around with some of the early builds and its very good. A lot more intuitive than previous incarnations.

        How much? I've installed Blender on a number of occations without being able to do anything other than place a square. Admittedly, I didn't RTFM, but I just got really discouraged that I couldn't get any further without. Even in 3DSMax I got a long way playing around before I needed to read the manual.

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          remus
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          To be honest, ive only just scratched the surface of what blenders capable of (a little bit of modelling and UVmapping) but it was fun while i was doing it!

          For me the main improvement is that i now quite enjoy poking around and playing about with it, whereas before it always felt like a chore to try and use it.

          http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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            thomthom
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            I might just download and try it. What is it they say; "20th time is a charm"?

            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              dacad
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              And my Plan B(lender) keeps growig...πŸ˜‰

              Yes Blender is a pain to understand and even find buttons (hell, there's even modeling stuff in the physics menus and vice versa...) but i still can't believe all the power it gives to the users.
              BTW guys don't rely on 2.5 for comercial work. It still isn't production ready and mature enough.

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                thomthom
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                I'm amazed over how small the download Blender is. Where are they hiding all the bits and bytes?

                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                  pilou
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                  Not so little πŸ˜’
                  Core prog is 15 megas πŸ˜‰
                  Total application is 50 Megas πŸ˜‰

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Not so little πŸ˜’
                    Core prog is 15 megas πŸ˜‰
                    Total application is 50 Megas πŸ˜‰

                    3dSMax2010: 1,4GB

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      @thomthom said:

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Not so little πŸ˜’
                      Core prog is 15 megas πŸ˜‰
                      Total application is 50 Megas πŸ˜‰

                      3dSMax2010: 1,4GB

                      Oh wait, that was just the 64bit stuff. 32bit stuff that also installed is another 1,3GB.

                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                        pichuneke
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                        I prefer to wait for the first beta, or even the first official version. It will be Blender 2.6 in the middle of next year.

                        Forgive my spanglish...

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                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Anim8or who makes quasi the "same" πŸ˜‰ than 3Dmax is less than 2 Megas πŸ’š
                          Modeling Rendering Animation 😎
                          Small is beautiful β˜€

                          Frenchy Pilou
                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                          My Little site :)

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                            remus
                            last edited by

                            For comparison, the SU free download is 36mb to blenders 18mb. Not bad in my book.

                            Theres a release log here if anyone wants to check out.

                            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              Ok. I managed to get into Edit Mode for the selected object. (Tab)
                              But how do you select a face?
                              I only seem to be able to select vertices (by right clicking)

                              hm... RTFM to be able to select a face?

                              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                Whaat
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                                @thomthom said:

                                Ok. I managed to get into Edit Mode for the selected object. (Tab)
                                But how do you select a face?
                                I only seem to be able to select vertices (by right clicking)

                                hm... RTFM to be able to select a face?

                                I've been starting to use Blender 2.49 a lot more lately. It was always completely frustrating trying to do anything but now I have finally learned enough to start to enjoy using it.

                                Here are a couple Blender 2.49 tips for SketchUp users (not sure if these all apply to 2.5):

                                • Go to User Preferences (if you can find it πŸ˜‰ ) and change the view rotation to 'Turntable' and select with to 'Left Mouse'
                                • View orientation controls are all with the numeric keypad
                                • press 'b' to Window Select
                                • press 'g' to move, 'r' to rotate and 's' to scale an object, then press x,y,or z to constrain along axis
                                • 'tab' goes to edit mode (like double clicking on component in SketchUp)
                                • hover your mouse over the UI buttons to find out what they do
                                • Don't even think about getting into materials and material editing unless you RTFM (my biggest mistake)

                                Oh, and to select a face in edit mode, look for a series of buttons at the bottom of the window to switch between vertex, edge, and face select mode

                                SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                                  thomthom
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                                  @whaat said:

                                  Oh, and to select a face in edit mode, look for a series of buttons at the bottom of the window to switch between vertex, edge, and face select mode

                                  Ah hah! ahahaha!
                                  Ok - so where's the inference? Or rather, how can I extrude to a given vector, like perpendicular to the face I have selected?

                                  Also, is it correct that selecting is done by right clicking?
                                  When I select faces it often selects faces behind the front one...

                                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                    EarthMover
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                                    Thomthom, try selecting four verticies of a box and hit the "E" key and choose extrude region. Also use "S" key for scale. Make an obscure rectangular shape by extruding & scaling multiple times, then while still in edit mode, assign a "subsurf" modifier to the mesh and take the levels up to 4 or 5. This is similar to SDS for su. Continue to modify the subsurf and affect the subdivided geometry. Notice the speed.

                                    Also, to select, use the RMB. To add to selection, use Shift+RMB. To quad face loop select, ALT+RMB

                                    "A" to deselect all.

                                    That's about all I remember from the 5 hours of tutorials I watched a few weeks ago.

                                    3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                    Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                    Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                      remus
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                                      Thom, couple of tips to help when selecting faces: theres a little dot in the middle of each face, if you click near that its much more likely to select the face your going for. you can also occlude geometry (the SU equivalent of turning off transparency) by clicking the little button one along from the vertex/edge/face select buttons.

                                      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @earthmover said:

                                        Thomthom, try selecting four verticies of a box and hit the "E" key and choose extrude region. Also use "S" key for scale.

                                        @remus said:

                                        Thom, couple of tips to help when selecting faces: theres a little dot in the middle of each face, if you click near that its much more likely to select the face your going for.

                                        Aaah! Hey - I can build stuff! Thanks guys..

                                        Can't seem to find the Undo though. Not does Ctrl+Z work...

                                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        • EarthMoverE Offline
                                          EarthMover
                                          last edited by

                                          Michalis posted a link to some really good Blender tutorials in one of his early threads. The tutorials included the modeling of a frog. Anyone have a link? I can't seem to find the thread.

                                          3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                          Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                          Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                            remus
                                            last edited by

                                            ctrl+z works for me...i wonder if it depends on whether your in edit mode or not?

                                            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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