Blender - Basics and Mesh Modeling

This is a beginners course for Blender, a free, 3D, open-source program which is superb for a variety of uses including Mesh modeling (organic shapes), scuplting, animation, rendering, simulation, video editing and more!

We will cover the basics - with an eye on using Inscape to create basic 3D models for 3D printing - with some rendering and animation.

I MPORTANT - Attendees are required to:

• Bring their own laptop
• Should have a mouse with a mouse wheel (no trackpads)
• Blender 4.0 (or later) installed ahead of class (and make sure it works!)

(If you do not have a laptop, one can be provided for you for the class - but you must arrange this ahead of time with the instructor).

Blender can be downloaded for free for a variety of platforms and operating systems at:

https://www.blender.org/download/

I f you have problems with download or installation, please reach out ahead of the class to resolve.

A cheat-sheet/preview of the class contents can be found here:
https://wiki.makeitlabs.com/education/blender

Info: Navigating the GUI, panes, window layout and manipluating the 3D view

Info: Moving, Rotating scaling and translating objects in the 3D viewport. Creating and manipulating objects

Info: Adding color, roughness reflectivity and more to create shiny, glossy, glassy and metallic objects. Basics of automatic smoothing of polygons/meshes

Info: Creating, editing and manipulating your own 3D mesh designs. Learning about vertices and faces, using tools like extrusion to make more complex shapes

Info: Using tools to take low resolution meshes, and derive higher resolution, rounded organic ones - which can then be edited like molding digital clay

Info: If time permits, we will get a bit into some of the fundamentals and basics of keyframe animation

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