tutorial/doc blend files: where are they?

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Hi all,

I have just started learning Blender , and I find it very intersting and quite gentle on my machine :wink:

I wanted to ask you if there are any blend files that come with the documentationā€¦in fact, there are references to stage1.blend,etc, but no information where to download it

Cheers,

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You have to by the manual to get them

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Yes, the blend files are on the CD that comes with the purchased manual.

Also, try a Google search for:

-e filetype:blend

That will give you a few thousand .blend files to look at.

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you can find the demo blends here:

http://download.blender.org/documentation/NaN_docs/manual2.0_demofiles/

welcome to blender and elysiun

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I think those are only the 2.0 Manual demos and not the ones that come with the 2.3 Manual.

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Oops, yeah, sorry, those blend files are for the 2.0 manual. butā€¦ if you are trying to do some of the beginner type tuts you may be able to use these blends - since some the blend files are named the same, they might be the same file- if not, dl the 2.0 maunual and do those tuts to get you started - the ui is different now but you should be able to get the ideaā€¦

Buying the new manual is the best idea thoughā€¦

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Thanks chaps for all your infos.

In fact I did a search for ā€œ-e filetype:blendā€, and it did not return a lot of responses, so I guess people prefer to zip them, which is understandable.

On the other hand, I am aware of the 2.0 blend files, I am currently using them, and they seem to be a good start to learn blender.

Buying the book will be an option for me in the next version of the book, something like 3.5! for now I am quite happy with the online docs. Thanks blender!

Ciao