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- Blender V1.6x
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- Not a Number, the Netherlands
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- --------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION----------------------------------
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- Blender is a free and fully functional 3D modeling/rendering/animation
- package for Unix/Windows/Beos systems. Blender is distributed without
- sources, it is exclusively developed and maintained by the Dutch company
- Not a Number.
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- This software is free to be applied for any purpose, excluding commercial
- distribution. For more about this, read the copyright notice included
- in the download file.
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- Starting with release 1.6 Blender will unlock certain (new) features and
- new development for paying users only. This is the C-Key system. For
- only 95 Euro you get texture plugins, postproduction plugins, motion blur,
- and much more.
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- More information about Blender:
- - The website:
- http://www.blender.nl
- - The (sparse ) HTML manual:
- ftp://ftp.blender.nl/pub/manual_1.5.zip
- - The tutor demo files, including README:
- ftp://ftp.blender.nl/pub/tutor_1.02.tgz
- - The Blender news-server: to post questions and contact other users:
- link at: http://www.blender.nl
- - Bug reports can posted at the news-server as well.
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- The best resource is of course the printed Blender manual.
- This wonderfully designed 312 pages book contains tutorials, examples
- and a complete description of every aspect of the interface.
- You can visit the shop page of the Blender site for more about this.
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- Thank you for downloading Blender, I hope you will enjoy using it.
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- Ton Roosendaal
- Not a Number
- ton@blender.nl
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- ----------------------Blender for x86 Windows ---------------------------------
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- - Installation for x86 Windows 95/98/NT systems.
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- Blender is distributed as a single zipped file named
- blender1.6x_Windows.exe where the x is replaced by
- the version number.
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- To install Blender you only need to double-click its icon.
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- The self expander will create a directory of your choice
- which contains the executable and a few text files. To
- run Blender open Windows Explorer to the directory it
- was expanded into and double click the Blender icon.
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- - Start Blender
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- To start Blender, double click the blender.exe icon.
- When executed the first time, Blender searches for the Windows
- directory, and copies 3 small user files in it:
- - .B.blend : user definable startup file
- - .Bfs : textfile, default directories
- - .Bfont : the default vector font
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- - OpenGL library
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- If you get the error:
- "cannot find glu32.dll" or
- "cannot find opengl32.dll" or
- you need to get ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/opengl95.exe
- and install it.
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- - 3 Button Mice
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- If you have a 3 button mouse, but are unable to use it with Blender
- try going to the Control Panel, and double-clicking the Mouse icon.
- Look for a setting to "Unmap the middle mouse button" or to "Use
- the middle mouse button as the middle mouse button".
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- - 2 Button Mice
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- All aspects of Blender's interface have been designed for use with
- a 3 button mouse. If you only have a 2 button mouse we strongly
- recommend you purchase a 3 button mouse, however, if you are
- unable to do so you may pull down the top header and check the
- "2-Mouse" option. This allows you to use Alt-left mouse to emulate
- a middle mouse button.
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- If that fails, try loading an alternate driver, for example a
- compatible Logitech driver. Typically the Logitech drivers come
- with middle mouse support enabled.
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- - Important tips
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- - Blender is still being tested for Windows. We try to bring out
- new versions each 2-3 weeks.
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- - 3D cards don't work all proper with OpenGL. The most common problem
- is the Zbuffer depth (16 instead of 24/32 bits). To solve for
- annoying artifacts, set the "ClipSta" value of the Camera at 1.0.
- (in F9 menu with an active Camera Object).
- TNT cards only work with the "DispView" option active (F10 menu).
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- - If you have errors starting Blender, or Blender displays incorrectly
- try downloading ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/opengl95.exe
- and unpacking it and copying the opengl32.dll and glu32.dll files
- into the Blender directory.
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- - For questions about the Windows Blender you can visit the news-server,
- linked at http://www.blender.nl. There is a special forum for Windows
- related issues.
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