Blender - Basics and Mesh Modeling

Learn the basics of Blender, a multi-purpose, free, open-source program for 3D modeling, rendering, animation and more! 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