Playbook: Blender for Visualizations

Created by Steven ten Holder

💭
Visualizations are incredibly useful for communicating ideas, lending credibility, and showing off imagined products and prototypes. Blender models can also be exported for 3D printing.

Watch Full Intro Tutorial

‣
Example visuals made in Blender:

Full Intro Tutorial (50 mins)

  • Introduction
  • Viewing a scene
  • Basic object manipulations
  • Boolean Subtractions
‣
Example: Acorn Kit Rendered in a kitchen scene from Blend Swap
‣
Other, more refined Acorn examples:

Getting Started:

‣
There are a TON of great how-to videos for Blender on YouTube.

3D Printing Example (15 mins)

‣
Designing and 3D printing a toothbrush holder