While going through my access logs I noticed a link from the CarveWright user forums. A user there had posted a tutorial showing how to use Blender for CarveWright patterns. If you don’t know what CarveWright is, it happens to be a bench-top woodcarving machine that automatically mills images into wood based on a 2D height map…

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ell I’m not sure who added us, but we’re there at Wired Magazine’s Geekipedia entry on free web sites. A big thanks to whoever you are; it was a tremendous gesture on your part. If you want to vote for Blender Underground or for Blender itself, head on over to the Wired Geekipedia and cast your vote.

UPDATE: (at 17:15 on 2007-09-24)
Blender Underground was removed from the Geekipedia, along with at least a dozen other Blender related sites. Please continue to vote for Blender itself, to keep it at the top position.

Over at Blender Nation, Tim Formica has posted his interview with the founders of AnimationMentor.com that took place at SIGGRAPH 2007. This is a 2 part video interview with Bobby Beck and Carlos Baena of Pixar, and Shawn Kelly of ILM. For those who aren’t familiar with Animation Mentor, it is an online school for animation, and all of the instructors work in the industry at places like Pixar, Disney, ILM, Dreamworks, and PDI.

Interview Part 1
Interview Part 2

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