<story><title>Blender for Hackers – 3D modeling is just like using VIM</title><url>https://learntemail.sam.today/blog/blender-for-hackers-3d-modeling-is-just-like-using-vim/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rollulus</author><text>Blender is a nice project. But a 3D modeler that is a bit easier to learn, and deserves a bit more attention imo, is Wings 3D [1]. It might excite some part of the audience here that it is written in Erlang. Internally it uses the winged-edge data structure [2], something that is also worth a read if that doesn&amp;#x27;t ring a bell.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wings3d.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wings3d.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;
[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cs.mtu.edu&amp;#x2F;~shene&amp;#x2F;COURSES&amp;#x2F;cs3621&amp;#x2F;NOTES&amp;#x2F;model&amp;#x2F;winged-e.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cs.mtu.edu&amp;#x2F;~shene&amp;#x2F;COURSES&amp;#x2F;cs3621&amp;#x2F;NOTES&amp;#x2F;model&amp;#x2F;win...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Blender for Hackers – 3D modeling is just like using VIM</title><url>https://learntemail.sam.today/blog/blender-for-hackers-3d-modeling-is-just-like-using-vim/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Animats</author><text>Yes, Blender is a lot like using VIM. The hotkey chart is about ten pages long, and it&amp;#x27;s very keyboard oriented.  Most modern 3D programs are more mouse-oriented, but not Blender.&lt;p&gt;At the other extreme is Autodesk Inventor. Unless you&amp;#x27;re typing in a numeric dimension, you seldom touch the keyboard.</text></comment>