Blender for Scientists - Complete Intro to 3D

Welcome to the beginner tutorial dedicated to scientists and engineers looking to pick up Blender. If you've never so much as touched the software before this tutorial will teach you many of the essential basics, tips and tricks condensed down from hundreds of tutorials as well as basic considerations for working in 3D as both an artist and a scientist. I sincerely hope this tutorial will be useful to anyone starting out. There are many other excellent resources for learning Blender, but for working scientists I've done my best to make this a solid foundation.

Timestamps:
0:00 Blender Installation and Settings
2:58 Basic Navigation
3:38 Modeling in Blender
10:12 Using Modifiers
13:23 Selection Controls
19:05 Destructive vs Non Destructive Workflow
23:05 Particle Systems in Blender
27:15 Materials, Views, Shaders, and Render Engines
29:23 Getting Started with Materials
33:00 Workspaces and Using Nodes in Blender
38:18 Lighting and Backgrounds
40:44 Camera Alignment
41:58 Eevee, Cycles, and Render Settings
50:12 Sharing Files with Colleagues
50:53 Using Existing Resources
51:50 What's Next for You in Blender and Other Resources

Links mentioned in the video:

The CGFigures Asset Library:
A compilation of most of what I've released/will release in one CC0 package:

For more CGFigures content checkout the links below:

[juleswombat]

Thanks, that was very useful. I learn't a few new Blender tricks.
Blender really is a great gift to all creators, enabling us to visualise and share our own concepts without the expense of a major 3D package.

[jonwoods]

This was incredibly helpful! I have a lot of respect for the effort you've put into your talent, as well as your effort to make this available to the scientific community. Thank you very much!

[rdmax]

Just went through the tutorial and made my first graphene sheet! Thank you for a great blender lesson. Hope your channel gets more attention.

[K_Shawn_Webb]

Its amazing how u can find exactly what u need online nowadays!!!.

This is exactly what i needed! Thanks so much. Def subscribing. Hope to see more tutorials!

[chicao.do.blender]

amazing video, i already knew the topics you mentioned in the video since i've been learnind blender myself, but the statement at the end is so true, i also strongly advocate easy access open source materials and models for representation of any kind of source(scientific or otherwise), this is the most powerful tool for data visualization we have nowadays and i'm learning to share it

[asthalis]

This video is a amazing work for Blenders users !
Thanks again from one more subscriber !

[stockvideos]

I'm so glad I found your channel. Great contend in REAL English :)

[blocktockblock]

this is so well presented!!! thank you!

[cspanther]

Hello Ty For this tut ... i am still new to blender and want to learn all that i can ... was having trouble and now i am happy to say u helping me :) ty hope you make more videdos Conni

[engrmahful]

This is incredibly helpful. Could you please make another tutorial for create crystals of MoS2 or if you give some tips on how create the grid would be great. I also checked your other video where you used Avogadro software to import the crystal. However, Avogadro does not have TMDC crystal in its library. Thanks a lot in advance and looking forward to the new tutorial

[AdvaitVidyaniketanschool]

great video sir, thanks a ton for your content.. it helps us a lot.. sir can u please make a video on how to fully cover this graphene structure by a thin transparent sheet..

[yogakausik]

Thank you...I am learning a lot of things from your tutorials. Could you suggest me resources where I can learn medical illustrations using blender?

[TheJulioGM]

When I use the EEVEE render the result is the same as yours, but when I use Cycles I can see the hexagonal mesh inside the atoms.

[shanabenjamin]

Totally! I see it as plagiarism when I use someone else's science, I am slowly learning that to grow and get a project done I actually need to actually expect the Blender community shares and love others to use their done science:)) Any blender peeps in South Africa?

[Sarem]

"I'm a strong advocate for not re-inventing the wheel" 🤣🤣🤣

[flame]

How would you create a more complex lattice, such as the kagome lattice? One could create a triangular lattice and delete some of the vertices and edges, but perhaps there's a more efficient way?

[aditya_r_k__]

How do i create a 3d grid like this from 2d

[hishamgamal]

How can i change the color of a certain atom in the graphene sheet?

[mahmoudel-nouby]

Please monolithic rod and convert image to 3d

[ishamisra]

Hi!
Can blender be used to animate a spheroid or ellipsoid whose tip locations are saved in an Excel file? Basically, I run simulations to find out the path traced by an ellipsoid in MATLAB or C. So, would it be possible to associate these data points (X, Y, Z) to an ellipsoid and develop a 3D visualization of the same? Is blender the best way or would you recommend something else?