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    • G Offline
      GoldenFrog
      last edited by

      Oh! Yeah, It's jst the same as sketchup in that way. Shift+MMB is pan. Also, you may want to look at your prefrences. Do this by moving to the top header, and you'll see one of those up/down arrows. Pull it down, and it'll reveal all your prefrences. Tweak it to your liking, (I prefer to have zoom to mouse position checked) and go to file and hit save prefrences. Then it'll save your new updated prefrences at the start of each blender run. Have fun! 😄

      Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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        alex1811
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        Yes it is difficult to find the preferences menu in Blender 2.49 and Golden Frog is right to mention where you can find it, but if you are using the 2.5 alpha 2 version you can just find it in the file menu.

        A tip for all laptop users, you can go into preferences menu and check emulate numpad, in fact it is indispensable as numbers are used to switch between different views.
        I am saying that because so many new users using laptops (like me) got very frustrated the first time using Blender with this and are looking for a solution to be able to work normally with Blender.

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          GoldenFrog
          last edited by

          Ah, yes, thanks for the contribution.

          Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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            NOLASaintTM
            last edited by

            I thought i commented. Thanks. still don't know about it, it seems very hard

            "There are only 2 seasons in [color=#008000:29bx2alm]Louisiana[/color:29bx2alm]: [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Hurricane Season[/color:29bx2alm] and [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Summer[/color:29bx2alm]" My Models: [url:29bx2alm]http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=06262141413891559654&scoring=m[/url:29bx2alm] [color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FFBF00:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#00BF00:29bx2alm]L[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]E[/color:29bx2alm]!!!

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              GoldenFrog
              last edited by

              Well, yeah, itt's rather difficult at first. The interface is scary. It's ok, I'll help you through it. Try this: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D;_Noob_to_Pro

              Very helpful

              Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                NOLASaintTM
                last edited by

                Thanks

                "There are only 2 seasons in [color=#008000:29bx2alm]Louisiana[/color:29bx2alm]: [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Hurricane Season[/color:29bx2alm] and [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Summer[/color:29bx2alm]" My Models: [url:29bx2alm]http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=06262141413891559654&scoring=m[/url:29bx2alm] [color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FFBF00:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#00BF00:29bx2alm]L[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]E[/color:29bx2alm]!!!

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                  GoldenFrog
                  last edited by

                  Absolutly. So how's your learning of blender coming? Any problems?

                  Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                    NOLASaintTM
                    last edited by

                    No progress, but i have decided to not quit SU. I just like SU alot. But i want to learn Blender. So im just juggling the 2 right now

                    "There are only 2 seasons in [color=#008000:29bx2alm]Louisiana[/color:29bx2alm]: [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Hurricane Season[/color:29bx2alm] and [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Summer[/color:29bx2alm]" My Models: [url:29bx2alm]http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=06262141413891559654&scoring=m[/url:29bx2alm] [color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FFBF00:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#00BF00:29bx2alm]L[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]E[/color:29bx2alm]!!!

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                      GoldenFrog
                      last edited by

                      Sure, really, tbh who could quit SU?

                      Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                        REGIS
                        last edited by

                        Hi

                        I was a "Sketchup addict", now I'm a blender (2.5) user ☀

                        Blender is simply powerful.

                        cheers

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                          EscapeArtist
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                          You can also select "turntable" style rotation in the preferences menu, along with other selection and pan/orbit/etc. changes. Also, you can change it to LMB select rather than the RMB select. It's a nuisance moving from SU to Blender, for me anyway, to have to remember the difference.

                          Don't forget that Blender has some great free render software too. Luxrender, Yafaray, POV, and others, though they are not working in 2.5 or 64 bit Blender yet. I just do my modeling in 2.5 and then export to 2.49 for rendering.

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                            REGIS
                            last edited by

                            Yes, Yafaray is very cool, Lux render a little bit more difficult to master and blender internal render is great too.

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                              GoldenFrog
                              last edited by

                              http://www.blenderguru.com/
                              Visit here for some quality video tutorials.

                              Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                                exvion
                                last edited by

                                @escapeartist said:

                                Don't forget that Blender has some great free render software too. Luxrender, Yafaray, POV, and others, though they are not working in 2.5 or 64 bit Blender yet. I just do my modeling in 2.5 and then export to 2.49 for rendering.

                                Yafaray for Blender 2.5 64bit
                                http://www.yafaray.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3548

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                                  REGIS
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Exvion

                                  Yeah! Hell! Really great!

                                  Can I find the same on mac with 32bit version ?

                                  cheers

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                                    dedmin
                                    last edited by

                                    http://www.gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html
                                    http://www.blendercookie.com
                                    http://www.blendtuts.com
                                    http://www.blendernewbies.com
                                    http://www.blendervideos.com/category/tutorial/
                                    http://blenducation.org
                                    http://cg.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/blender/
                                    http://blenderartists.org/cms/content/view/17/53/

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                                      GoldenFrog
                                      last edited by

                                      Hey dedmin

                                      Thanks much for the links. Found them useful. 👍

                                      Remember, guys, feel free to post shots of your work here too! 😄

                                      Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                                        REGIS
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi

                                        Here it is.

                                        Something done and rendered with Blender 2.5

                                        maison sand 4.png

                                        Cheers

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                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          That I remember of the interest of internal Blender render engine for owner as me of very old computer(more 8 years old) is that 😄
                                          SU pluging render = 3 minutes
                                          Blender render = 7 seconds! 😉
                                          sublend.jpg
                                          From the Solo NPR Light House

                                          http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=38456

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

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                                            GoldenFrog
                                            last edited by

                                            Nice work there REGIS and Pilou! The house looked very nice, maybe add some depth of field or something 😄

                                            As for the lighthouse, very artistic. But not realistic, but I don't think that's what you were aiming for, so good job as well!

                                            Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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