Blender

Introduction

Some introductory material to Blender 3D.

Theory

Add ons

• Align tool
• The animation of paths is easy with AnimAll plugin. Enable it at Preferences.
• TextFx animoitua kirjoituskonetekstiä.

Modifiers

• Array

• Bevel

• Curve

Shader Editor

Rusty metal

Metallic, red

Rendered metallic red

Add Bump (Strength: 0.5), ColorRamp (to Bump/Height), NoiseTexture (Scale: 1.5, Detail: 16), Mapping and Texture Coordinate.

Also a second Bump (to Bump/Normal), NoiceTexture (Scale: 50, Detail: 16) and NoiceTexture (Scale: 20, Detail: 16).

Wood

ColorRamp (brown, orange--brown), NoiseTexture (Roughness: 0.75, Detail: 4, Distortion: 0.7), Ctrl - T (if Node Wrangler Add On is enabled) pops Mapping (Scale X, Y or Z: 7) and Texture Coordinate (Object -> Vector).

Bump (to Principled BSDF/ Normal). NoiseTexture to Bump/ Height (Strength: 0.01).

Wood.

Wood rendered.

Molecular Visualization

Principles and practices

• What ideas will this molecular visualization communicate: learning objectives + what else
• Molecular structure
  • Simple shape: graphical, 2d
  • Arbitrary shape: misleading structural data, possible to use data if available
  • Data-driven base: PDB protein Data Bank
  • Atomic style: Conveys scale, complexity; shows atom types; no chains; visually complex
  • Ribbon style: highlights intermediate structure, functional components, domains and linkers; however Volume is not clear
  • Coarse/ tight surface style:

References

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5FxPdBMUHE&list=PLcKSD7d0T-HBKMOGoghGk3weyrGmA2Re3&index=8
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYWq6N3TyBgw472RwfniSqcGna0szGpLT

References

Blender - Procedural Rust in Blender 2.8 Nodes

Blender Just Made Creating Wood So Easy in Blender 2.9!!