Blender & Science - Episode 2

Published 2022-07-04

I'm back with Episode 2 of Blender & Science. In this video I release a mountain of new assets, work through a procedural optical breadboard, preview the next tutorial on index control for creating chemical bonds and crystals, recreate a cover from Nature Chemistry, play with some simple shader effects, comment on how I first started thinking of Blender as a research tool and wrap up with a selection of incredible community developments and channel recommendations. Relevant timestamps and links can be found below.

0:00 Intro and Overview
0:45 Procedural Optical Breadboard
9:00 Asset Release - Perovskite Shader
10:10 Asset Release - Zinc Blende/Diamond Lattice
13:38 Asset Release - Bond Building Nodes
17:34 Nature Chemistry Cover Discussion
23:55 Cover Recreation Timelapse (x4 speed, no audio)
28:08 Voronoi Circle Recreation
33:28 Commentary - Dual Mesh and Relating Blender to Research
36:19 Exciting Community Developments
42:17 Wrapping Up

Asset Links:
Blender & Science - Episode 2 Files
- Perovskite Shader, Optical Breadboard, Voronoi Cell Circle, Nature Chem Rust Shader, Bond Building Nodes
drive.google.com/drive/folders/13JGYrc1VV2Fg-jtI4u…

ZnS/Diamond Lattice:
cgfigures.gumroad.com/l/sqfgl

Perovskite Geonodes Updated Version:
Gumroad: cgfigures.gumroad.com/l/doaeii

Cell Builder Updated Version:
cgfigures.gumroad.com/l/mRwgjT

The CGFigures Asset Library:
A compilation of most of what I've released/will release in one CC0 package:
Free at: www.cgfigures.ca/assetlibrary
Launch video: • Blender for Scientists - The CGFigure...

On Gumroad (if you'd like to pay to support it. More of this will go to me directly though I do donate to the blender dev fund every month as a gold level supporter): cgfigures.gumroad.com/l/TheCGFiguresAssetLibrary

On Blendermarket (if you'd like to pay to support it and directly contribute to the blender development fund, 25% of the cost): blendermarket.com/products/the-cgfigures-asset-lib…

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@eliaskouakou7051 1 year ago

Finally someone that use those tools for what they should be used for:science.

@thephilosopher7173 1 year ago

This just popped up in my recommended and I like what you're doing here on this channel! I started learning blender for similar reasons since we still have scientist using clip art to describe their concepts lol!