Thanks, did not see that remove doubles had a treshold.

edit: switched to mirror modifier

here is my very first blender model and render:


no face, no hands and no hair yet

still, that is a pretty nice model.

http://www.fxguide.com/article672.html

i think it's interesting that erwin coumans works for amd now. he was the original author of blender's game engine (and i think also its first physics engine called sumo) back when blender still was closed source and he still occasionally helps out with bullet integration.

it's nice to see how the others follow blender again. like with uv-mapping.

I tried Blender back in the early days and could not get accustomed to the interface no matter how hard I tried. I saw a lot of potential in the program though.

Someone in another forum (music) mentioned the new beta and it's improved (subjective) interface. I downloaded it and several Youtube tutorials (not available to me in the old days because of slow dialup) and I think I can finally use it.

Kudos to all that have contributed to make it a little more understandable (at least to me).

Hiya.

Yeah, this new push for "GUI Customizability" is probably the BEST thing they could have done. Me? I'm waiting for someone to put out a complete "GUI/Interface/Keymapping Layout" for the prominent programs out there like Maya, MAX, Lightwave, XSI and Cinema4D. I just don't have the time/drive to do it all myself.

yes, it's awesome. the first thing i did was changing cursor placement to ctrl+shift+left mouse button instead of just left mouse. no accidental cursor placement anymore.

http://code.blender.org/index.php/2011/01/importers-and-exporters/

bvh seems to be supported in 2.56a and better than in previous blender versions. but i think there still are no retargeting tools.

The remaining problem is: Blender only exports FBX, but does not import. So it is still better to use tools like Ultimate Unwrap 3d, Fragmotion or Milkshape for importing, editing and exporting animated models.