
Blender Basics classroom tutorial
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Thanks Statik! Once I post part 3 (which I think I'll do tomorrow evening) I'll change my posting to link over to yours. I'm getting a lot of feedback on it and it is much appreciated. Thanks to all 

Jim,
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
OOPS! Must have missed that one- Thanks for finding it. 

Jim,
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
OK- Part 3 is up on the site. I have been getting a lot of feedback since the posting on the home page. For all 3 parts, go to Statik's site or to DotBlend's site for a more compressed version of all 3: http://members.home.nl/dotblend/download.htm
Thanks to all in the community for making Blender as successful as it is!
Thanks to all in the community for making Blender as successful as it is!
Jim,
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
Thanks Statik. That's it for now. I eventually want to make one for AutoCAD someday for use in my classes because I'm not happy with what I currently have, but I've been saying that for years. Maybe this will be the summer I write one. I also imagine that I will need to do an update on the Blender tutorial. Things keep changing so fast with the program, but for the good! 

Jim,
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
That's actually good to hear. We need a common source for stuff like this. I bet you can fill up your server pretty fast when this word gets out!
Jim,
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
Find my Blender Classroom book at:
http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521 ... =0&C=55205
My site at: http://4chron.home.comcast.net/
well, I think the blender site should be the main source for large tutorials, but the fan type stuff will need a home too. Hopefully we can get some mirrors together, and maybe I'll list them
We'll see what the needs are. I also have the option oif making a sub-domain (blender.statikonline.com) which might make more sense if things get more official.
Statik
We'll see what the needs are. I also have the option oif making a sub-domain (blender.statikonline.com) which might make more sense if things get more official.
Statik
One other note TeachTech.
I'm working through the tutorial, becuase my 2.3 manual hasn't arrived yet, and I've hit a possible area where more clarification is required. On page 22, in the discussion of Boolean operations, I couldn't make any of the shapes for quite some time. I couldn't figure out what was wrong until I started deleting shapes to start over. There were my shapes!
So, after some experimentation, I discovered that to properly do a boolean, in my situation at least, I first create the two shapes, then I select the two shapes, in precedence order, press W and chose my operation. THEN I hit delete and delete the still selected original shapes. What is left then is the new shape. So a boolean operation creates a new shape from the two shapes. It does not modify the orignal shapes!
Can you please clarify if I've learned this correctly, or if I'm totally missing something.
Statik
I'm working through the tutorial, becuase my 2.3 manual hasn't arrived yet, and I've hit a possible area where more clarification is required. On page 22, in the discussion of Boolean operations, I couldn't make any of the shapes for quite some time. I couldn't figure out what was wrong until I started deleting shapes to start over. There were my shapes!
So, after some experimentation, I discovered that to properly do a boolean, in my situation at least, I first create the two shapes, then I select the two shapes, in precedence order, press W and chose my operation. THEN I hit delete and delete the still selected original shapes. What is left then is the new shape. So a boolean operation creates a new shape from the two shapes. It does not modify the orignal shapes!
Can you please clarify if I've learned this correctly, or if I'm totally missing something.
Statik
I'm not sure I'm following what you're saying eek. To do the boolean operation, you must be in object mode (no points visible, just the lines). If there are any pink objects, hit 'A' to makes sure that none are selected. Next, pick the first object by using the RMB. Now, hold shift and use RMB to click the second object. Now hit 'W' and do your boolean. Then hit 'Del' to erase the initial two objects and reveal the new object.
Statik
Statik