Blender

Oct 23, 2008

Trying out 3DMLW … it’s damn easy

Posted by Dennis in 3D, Blender 5 comments

I recently stumbled upon this new 3D Markup Language for the Web. The getting started examples looked quite simple so I figured it was worth giving it a try.
3DMLW can load Blender (.blend) files so I first fired up Blender to create a simple model. Then I wrote the markup code (I used “Quantum Hog“, their [...]


Oct 16, 2008

Blender 2.48 Released, lots of Game Engine goodness

Posted by Dennis in 3D, Blender No comments

A new version of Blender has just been released. This update contains a lot of useful additions and improvements to the game engine. The Python Editor is now more than just an integrated version of Notepad :-), the Bullet physics engine has been updated to the latest version, there is support for realtime GLSL materials, [...]


Aug 12, 2008

Blender exporter for Sandy, Papervision3D and Away3D updated

Posted by Dennis in 3D, ActionScript, Blender, Flash, Flex 2 comments

The export script for Blender has been updated. It is now compatible with the latest versions of Papervision3D (2.0) and Away3D (2.1.0).
It also contains a bugfix that solves an annoying problem with the “choose engine” dropdown menu.
Download the script here.


May 20, 2008

Blender 2.46

Posted by Dennis in 3D, Blender 1 comment

A new version of Blender (2.46) has just been released. Check out this page to find out what’s new.
If you don’t know Blender you should definitely check it out. It is a free open source 3D content creation suite and a good alternative to programs like 3DS Max and Maya.
The Blender Foundation are also about [...]


Jan 2, 2008

Export your Blender objects straight to Away3D, Papervision3D and Sandy!

Posted by Dennis in 3D, ActionScript, Blender, Flash, Flex 220 comments

This script enables you to export Blender objects to ActionScript 3.0 objects. This way you no longer have to load external (Collada) files. Supported 3D engines are:

Away3D
Papervision3D (version 1.7 & 2.0)
Sandy 3.0 & 3.1
Alternativa3D

Flash & Flash Developer’s Magazine offers a free PDF version of the issue that contains the “Blender to Flash workflow” that was [...]