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Software: For those who didn't know, Blender is a Dutch nonprofit organization

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Blender was also used to create Flow, the Best Animated Feature at the Academy awards and the Golden Globe awards.
- Such an incredible win for open source. I need to get my ass to the cinema and see it.
- I watched half of it but didn't get it
As someone who appreciates open source, there are plenty of reasons in addition to the Dutchness to choose blender.
- ... Is another reason that the logo has orange in it?
The problem is often academic capture. Universities teach Autodesk software and most companies expect you to use Autodesk software.
- My high school STEM classes taught us how to use Autodesk Inventor and I can use it very well now but it’s hard to pick up another CAD software without it feeling weird.
  
  That's why your school got it for pennies.
  
  That's why Apple sells at near cost to schools.
  
  Walk into the garden, don't mind the walls, enjoy your stay, you won't want to leave.
- My animation program teaches mostly blender :) But it’s in Europe
  
  And it's animation, not architecture and engineering.
Did not know Blender is Dutch. Awesome!
- It’s kinda funny how much FOSS stuff is dutch, Lemmy.world for example is also Dutch.
  
  And Python
  
  Did not know that either - I've recently discovered that a lot of the things I use are already European!
  
  The future starts in the Netherlands as always
  
  Makes sense since we Dutch are know to be stingy people and we all pirate software.
- I'd recommend looking into the history of it a little. it's crazy how committed this guy was to the idea of blender and more importantly his principles.
  
  in the last few years blender went from being a joke to not only formidable competition but possibly the best software for a lot of use cases. funnily enough blender3d is probably the best 2d animation tool out there.
  
  I also remember blender was considered a hobbyist tool and in last couple of years it has been used more and more for hardcore professional stuff (note that I'm not in the field to know the specifics, might be for much longer).
  
  Here's to hoping FreeCAD reaches similar status!
SolidWorks, the most commonly used alternative to Autodesk stuff, is French
- Solidworks is nice, but also super expensive.
  
  You can get Solidworks for about $50/year for personal use. That’s cheaper than many entertainment streaming services. It’s not the full suite, but IMO it’s enough to be a really good deal for the features you do get.
Autodesk is evil. They buy out all the competition, kill any perpetual licensing, increase the prices and then kill the project when all the value is extracted.
I use blender for 3d modeling, renders, then 3d print. Plus it automatically updates with steam.

So useful with huge online support and free. Can't beat that.
- Everything automatically updates if you use Linux...
  
  Good to know! More reasons to join Linux!
Correct. These are both examples of software. Good job 👏
Dat is geweldig, dat wist ik helemaal niet eens, joh!
Autodesk = Adobe
Another reason to use Blender!
I still can’t wrap my head around Blender. It’s so different from Maya. Someday I can dedicate a week to learn Blender.
- 5 years of on and off trying and I still can't make the doughnut in blender...........
Oh, like IKEA?

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