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Another reason to use Blender!
SolidWorks, the most commonly used alternative to Autodesk stuff, is French
Solidworks is nice, but also super expensive.
Correct. These are both examples of software. Good job 👏
Autodesk = Adobe
Dat is geweldig, dat wist ik helemaal niet eens, joh!
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.
Blender was also used to create Flow, the Best Animated Feature at the Academy awards and the Golden Globe awards.
I watched half of it but didn’t get it
Such an incredible win for open source. I need to get my ass to the cinema and see it.
As someone who appreciates open source, there are plenty of reasons in addition to the Dutchness to choose blender.
… Is another reason that the logo has orange in it?
The problem is often academic capture. Universities teach Autodesk software and most companies expect you to use Autodesk software.
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.
My animation program teaches mostly blender :) But it’s in Europe
And it’s animation, not architecture and engineering.
Confusingly, this post is about (animation) movie creation software. Namely : Maya (from Autodesk) v.s. blender
It’s indeed confusing. The Wikipedia title says one thing, but the sidebar says another?
i got confused myself … first I thought it was about CAD software … then read many comments … then noticed something was wrong … then looked again carefully at this image of wiki and thought : okay, this is confusing … I can say more … do not know more.
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.
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.
Autodesk is more than CAD, like Adobe is more than Photoshop
My high school STEM classes taught us how to use Autodesk Inventor and I can use it very well now but it’s hard to pick up another CAD software without it feeling weird.
That’s why your school got it for pennies.
That’s why Apple sells at near cost to schools.
Walk into the garden, don’t mind the walls, enjoy your stay, you won’t want to leave.
And ultimately this is why I want governments and international organizations funding foss cad software. The tools for innovation should be publicly accessible without such expensive costs. And it’s the sort of thing that society will benefit from every jackass having access to
Did not know Blender is Dutch. Awesome!
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.
I also remember blender was considered a hobbyist tool and in last couple of years it has been used more and more for hardcore professional stuff (note that I’m not in the field to know the specifics, might be for much longer).
Here’s to hoping FreeCAD reaches similar status!
yeah that’s what I meant. it was updated at a snail’s pace up until 2.8, and then the dam broke. it’s been getting updated so fast now it’s hard to keep up honestly. somehow it doesn’t feel as bloated as Adobe AI or PS.
It’s kinda funny how much FOSS stuff is dutch, Lemmy.world for example is also Dutch.
The future starts in the Netherlands as always
And Python
Did not know that either - I’ve recently discovered that a lot of the things I use are already European!
