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[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 51 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

The problem is often academic capture. Universities teach Autodesk software and most companies expect you to use Autodesk software.

[โ€“] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Blender also isn't really a CAD software. There are other free CAD programs, like open scad and FreeCAD (is that the name) but I've heard mixed opinions on whether they're really up to the task of replacing Autodesk.

[โ€“] brisk@aussie.zone 21 points 4 months ago

Neither is Maya, the listed Autodesk product which Blender directly (and somewhat successfully) competes against.

FreeCAD covers a lot of ground, but is most comparable to Inventor from the Autodesk suite. I still think Inventor wins out but FreeCAD has made leaps and bounds recently.

[โ€“] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 months ago

Autodesk is more than CAD, like Adobe is more than Photoshop

[โ€“] simsala@feddit.org 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My animation program teaches mostly blender :) But itโ€™s in Europe

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And it's animation, not architecture and engineering.

[โ€“] A_A@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Confusingly, this post is about (animation) movie creation software. Namely : Maya (from Autodesk) v.s. blender

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's indeed confusing. The Wikipedia title says one thing, but the sidebar says another?

[โ€“] A_A@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

i got confused myself ... first I thought it was about CAD software ... then read many comments ... then noticed something was wrong ... then looked again carefully at this image of wiki and thought : okay, this is confusing ... I can say more ... do not know more.

[โ€“] bingBingBongBong@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Blender can be used for scripting though, via its BPY.

Recently integrated that in a Django project for checking and correction of uploaded 3D models.

Blender is without competitor in that regard, especially with these capabilities.