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Blender is starting to get strong traction in the industry, and will likely eat Autodesk alive in the following decades (at least the 3D modelling part of its b

by saiojd 5y ago

Blender is starting to get strong traction in the industry, and will likely eat Autodesk alive in the following decades (at least the 3D modelling part of its business). It may be a way of ensuring they stay relevant; for example, if tools like Photoshop "play well" with Blender, users are less likely to switch to something else.

abakker 5y ago
Last time I checked, blender didn’t do solid modeling or understand tolerances - has this changed? Can it really be used for industrial design, or is it really just a competitor to the animation software that autodesk makes?
- DoctorOW 5y ago
  I'm not in the industrial design field so I'll point out that Blender is also a competitor to Autodesk's offerings in VFX, game design, and 2D painting/animation.
- saiojd 5y ago
  No and I don't think it will, I was referring to modelling for the product of movies/games.
timeon 5y ago
> at least the 3D modelling part of its business Yes in MESH modelling. Blender could eat 3Ds Max. But not in NURBS and BIM. (I guess I am too much pedantic about '3D modelling' here.)