[ENDED] BC1-1808 – August 2018 Class Homepage – Getting Started with 3D Modeling & Blender 2.8

[Wilco Wilbrink]

@arev Did you try exporting them as Alembic files? That worked for me in the end. I don’t think the exporter plugin from Sketchfab will work in a alpha stage application like Blender 2.8.  The problems with I had with exporting my file (see a few posts before yours) had more to do with data corruption, if you ask me, then a non working exporter plugin.

Both the Collada and Alembic formats are supported by Sketchfab, but only the last one worked for me.

[Morten Fjellheim]

@carrotnl Didnt try that no, but i will keep it in mind for later. Thanks:)

[smurfmier1985]

@carrotnl Hi Wilco, do I have to adjust specific settings for it to export right? I saw a whole panel full of options when I tried to find where/how to export it, something about frames (animation settings?) and a ton of other options…

[Wilco Wilbrink]

@smurfmier1985 Good one. I completely missed that panel (LOL). So I didn’t change anything. But seeing it now I would change the number of frames for animation to 1 if you’re not animating. I was wondering why it was importing as an animation. I just set my end frame to 1 in the timeline window to stop it from exporting an animation.

[smurfmier1985]

@carrotnl Thanks for explaining 🙂

[Jake Korosi]

Yeah just a reminder to everyone – addons are actually disabled globally in the 2.8 alpha, save for a very few exceptions.  Specifically, any addon that has a yellow triangle warning sign at the right end of its row in the list, will NOT work.  Even if you tick the box to “activate” it, it will be ignored.  Which is the vast majority of them, and definitely any you try to install from a file yourself.

If you click the tick box for a disabled addon, you may notice a dark text box pop up at the bottom of prefs window; it doesn’t last long and is difficult to read in time, but it does say that the addon is being ignored despite your activating it.

[yukino hatake]

question when we follow this class and like for example if we have to start the sculpting but already once finished melvin. do we have to redo him or should we try to focus on the extra sculpt credit and just send a link to the sculped melvin from before ? (i do think i will be able to finish the melvin sculpt before the class start) .

[smurfmier1985]

@yukinoh1989 It’s smart that you’re already doing some homework in advance and that you’ve started with Melvin, because he takes a while to finish. From what I’ve heard you don’t have to do the exercise again. Just provide the link to your exercise submission and focus during class on finishing the other two homework assignments for that week 😊

[yukino hatake]

@smurfmier1985 

awesome to hear . he indeed takes longer then the previous exercises. just wondering during that week will he give certain restrictions for the homework or is it exactly like he already described it? 

[silentheart00]

@yukinoh1989 It’s pretty much like Kent describes it.  Feel free to ask him during the streams if you could do anything differently since he’s on vacation right now, I think.

[Scott McClellan]

Well… pulling up the bootstraps and buckling the safety belt. Have signed up for this course again. Started it in January and life took me away from it. May wind up starting out in 2.79 as I’m forever the skeptic. Nevertheless, the class will be a good one – only sorry didn’t finish it last time.

And I promise not to submit stuff that was previously done back in January.

[Wilco Wilbrink]

@pffsfs I hope life gives you more luck this time. 🙂

[smurfmier1985]

@pffsfs Welcome aboard! 😊

[smurfmier1985]

Week 4: Next Steps as a Blender Modeler

Pre-recorded courses to watch: Modeling in Blender Learning Flow

Homework:

• Model and/or sculpt something challenging this week! Try tackling a character, a vehicle, a houshold object, whatever. Show me what you’ve learned. Show me what you’re capable of! [post images and/or a Sketchfab embed]

@theluthier / class mates who might know, 

I have some questions, 

For week 4 the pre-recorded courses are the ones in the modeling in blender learning flow, but the assignment says we can model whatever we want. 

Just to be sure:

– For this assignment, do we have to choose one of the intermediate/advanced courses that are part of the modeling in blender learning flow?
– Or are we meant to select our own subject, create something new from scratch?
– Or are both options okay?

Also, is it for this final homework assignment allowed (if I have some time left) to try texturing / shading / normal map / etc.? Or just basic colors (and rendering with eevee), just like the first week’s assignment?

[William Miller]

I have now fully switched over to Blender 2.8.

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