{"id":115,"date":"2023-11-21T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T13:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/?p=115"},"modified":"2023-11-21T08:44:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T13:44:44","slug":"blender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/?p=115","title":{"rendered":"Blender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve become enamored with Blender.&nbsp; Not the kitchen tool, but the 3D modeling tool on my PC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blender is a very good tool for creating 3D art, scenes, and animations.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve always considered myself moderately artistic, but not dedicated enough to be good at it.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve also been moderately good at math and computer science. (This is helpful since I am a software engineer by trade.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blender lets me combine my modest skills in art and math to create objects and scenes in the computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my most involved scenes is a reproduction (as best as I could do) of a set from a classic sci-fi television show from the 1960s that is still going (in various forms) 60 years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230420_223738-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230420_223738-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230420_223738-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230420_223738-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230420_223738-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230420_223738-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here&#8217;s a view of the bridge from classic Trek you don&#8217;t normally see.&nbsp; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230202_204609-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230202_204609-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230202_204609-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230202_204609-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230202_204609-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technifusion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230202_204609-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is a formula for a dodecahedron (12-sided regular polyhedron) using geometry nodes in Blender that I came up with myself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was not the easiest way to make such a shape in blender, but it was a challenging and educational exercise.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; article in progress &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve become enamored with Blender.&nbsp; Not the kitchen tool, but the 3D modeling tool on my PC. Blender is a very good tool for creating 3D art, scenes, and animations.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve always considered myself moderately artistic, but not dedicated enough to be good at it.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve also been moderately good at math and computer science. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/?p=115\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blender&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technifusion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}