Blender Intro - Part 4 - Object Import

Hi

As you have seen before, we can create tridimensional sets using objects that already come with Blender.

But, these models are too simple and quite limited..

There are several sites that share 3D models, some for free, some for fee. There are models in different formats, the most common are *.3DS, *.OBJ, *.FBX and COLLADA (*.DAE)

Blender can use many of these formats, but its file type is *.BLEND, that can store models, cameras, lamps, animations, etc.

To use other objects in Blender, for instance, a *.3DS we ahve to import it:

NOTE: Dont forget the importance of the 3D Cursor.

Here i leave a *.3DS file so you can test it:

Cannon

NOTE2: As you can see, the image of the cannon have several colors, that is called a texture. The 3D models i gave you dont have one. In the next posts i will write on the subject.

NOTE3: The original file is not mine, and can be found in the *.BLEND format, in a quite usefull site, full of 3D models, where its users, me included, share files with each other:

Its name is BLENDSWAP:

 

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