If you need to calculate the volume of an object, here’s a nice script that will help you do it. It was coded by GreyBeard following a question on BlenderArtists.
Python Script: Calculating the Volume of Objects
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Stargate SG-1/Atlantis Models
The BlenderGalactica.com team has been working on a new project: BlenderGates. Their aim is to provide freely downloadable Stargate SG-1/Atlantis models for Blender.
Short Animation: 5A
Here’s another interesting project from the Arabic Blender community: a short animation, enigmatically called ’5A’. It is directed by Samran Abed AlSalam and created by a small team of five people.
Tutorials: Modeling a humanoid and more!
spaghettimoon.co.uk has a collection of tutorials available for your learning pleasure. What lead us to the website were some tutorials we discovered that involved the creation of a character in Blender.
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Need 3D Work? Check Out BlenderJobs.com!
If you’re looking to do some occasional paid Blender work, make sure you keep an eye on BlenderJobs.com.
Blender Classes in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – Summer 2007
Jim Chronister, author of the acclaimed classroom tutorial book ‘Blender Basics‘, is preparing a series of Blender trainings at the Central Dauphin School in Harrisburg, PA.
2.44 Splash Screen Contest
This is *very* last minute, but the 2.44 Splash screen contest started last Sunday and will end, erm.., tomorrow! Details on BlenderArtists.org. Maybe next time, someone will let us know a bit earlier? ;-)
Slashdot: The State of Open Source 3D Modeling
Gmueckl, the author of Moonlight3D, has posted an article on Slashdot in which he states that Blender, despite all its strengths, is ‘showing its age all along and efforts to improve on it have either been blocked or have failed in the past’.
Builds Available with Caustics
Maybe you’ve heard the whispers in the air of the new features being developed. One of the most noticed by many involves some updates being made to the internal rendering engine. Specifically, the edition of more rendering controls that now allow the creation of caustic effects.
Leg Rig by Daniel Martinez Lara
Daniel Martinez Lara seems to be getting quite well into Blender. He has now made this simple but great leg rig. It uses very few handles (only around 2-3) without compromising the functionality even the slightest.
