Software: For those who didn't know, Blender is a Dutch nonprofit organization
Software: For those who didn't know, Blender is a Dutch nonprofit organization
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Autodesk is evil. They buy out all the competition, kill any perpetual licensing, increase the prices and then kill the project when all the value is extracted.
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I still canโt wrap my head around Blender. Itโs so different from Maya. Someday I can dedicate a week to learn Blender.
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5 years of on and off trying and I still can't make the doughnut in blender...........
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Oh, like IKEA?
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SolidWorks, the most commonly used alternative to Autodesk stuff, is French
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Another reason to use Blender!
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Correct. These are both examples of software. Good job ๐
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I use blender for 3d modeling, renders, then 3d print. Plus it automatically updates with steam.
So useful with huge online support and free. Can't beat that.
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Everything automatically updates if you use Linux...
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Good to know! More reasons to join Linux!
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Blender was also used to create Flow, the Best Animated Feature at the Academy awards and the Golden Globe awards.
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I watched half of it but didn't get it
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Such an incredible win for open source. I need to get my ass to the cinema and see it.
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Autodesk = Adobe
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As someone who appreciates open source, there are plenty of reasons in addition to the Dutchness to choose blender.
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... Is another reason that the logo has orange in it?
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Dat is geweldig, dat wist ik helemaal niet eens, joh!
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The problem is often academic capture. Universities teach Autodesk software and most companies expect you to use Autodesk software.
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Blender also isn't really a CAD software. There are other free CAD programs, like open scad and FreeCAD (is that the name) but I've heard mixed opinions on whether they're really up to the task of replacing Autodesk.
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Neither is Maya, the listed Autodesk product which Blender directly (and somewhat successfully) competes against.
FreeCAD covers a lot of ground, but is most comparable to Inventor from the Autodesk suite. I still think Inventor wins out but FreeCAD has made leaps and bounds recently.
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Autodesk is more than CAD, like Adobe is more than Photoshop
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Blender can be used for scripting though, via its BPY.
Recently integrated that in a Django project for checking and correction of uploaded 3D models.
Blender is without competitor in that regard, especially with these capabilities.
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My high school STEM classes taught us how to use Autodesk Inventor and I can use it very well now but itโs hard to pick up another CAD software without it feeling weird.
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Did not know Blender is Dutch. Awesome!
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Itโs kinda funny how much FOSS stuff is dutch, Lemmy.world for example is also Dutch.
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Makes sense since we Dutch are know to be stingy people and we all pirate software.
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And Python
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The future starts in the Netherlands as always
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Did not know that either - I've recently discovered that a lot of the things I use are already European!
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I'd recommend looking into the history of it a little. it's crazy how committed this guy was to the idea of blender and more importantly his principles.
in the last few years blender went from being a joke to not only formidable competition but possibly the best software for a lot of use cases. funnily enough blender3d is probably the best 2d animation tool out there.
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