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Questions tagged [compatibility]

Questions about software, hardware and operating system compatibility with Blender.

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Is Blender future proof?

I was a long time 3ds Max user who stopped doing 3d for quite some time. I am recently getting back into the scene and has seen much changes. I've yet to decide on using a software, but Blender is one of my top choices currently. One thing that does…
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run Blender 2.49b on Ubuntu 16.04, 64bit

unfortunately the old Blender 2.49b has still some import/export functions that newer versions of blender do not have. So I used this program always besides the newest version of Blender. In the past (until Ubuntu 12.04, 64bit) I had no problem to…
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2.8 or 2.81 for beginner

I wanna try to switch from Max to Blender and after the release of 2.81 I have the following question - Is it better to use 2.8 or 2.81 for someone who has never used Blender but at the same time is not new in 3d. The reason I ask is that I want to…
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how do I get ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series graphics to work with blender?

I have an ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series graphics card and all the latest drivers installed, including the latest APU drivers that now come packed with the AMD catalyst software... I am using Blender 2.76, which is the latest version of blender as of…
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Assistance with starting blender

I'm using 2.79B Blender for Windows due to an addon that works with it, and have tried both portable and installer varieties, when I launch the program a terminal or Windows console host window opens, remains open and nothing further happens.…
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Blender 3.2.0 Backwards compatiblity with 2.92 LTS

Is there no backwards compatibility with Blender? When I try and open an model made in 3.x in 2.92 LTS it opens a default scene
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Are there any plugins to open SAP Visual Enterprise Author files (.rh) in blender?

The company I work for has a script for 3DS Max that can read and write .rh files for an easy transition back and forth between Max and SAP Visual Enterprise Author. Has anyone heard of any plugins for blender to do the same? Here is the plugin .dlf…
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I cant get it to open

every time i open it it says "your graphics card or driver has limited support. it may work, but with issues. newer graphics drivers may be be available to improve blender support graphics Intel Intel(R) Hd graphics 2500 4.0.0 - build 10.18.3325 i…
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Is this laptop configuration compatible for blender

I'm thinking of buying a new laptop. It's an iBall CompBook Excelance (more details can be viewed here). Is it compatible to use blender smoothly without any errors or issues in the given configuration in that website. Any suggestions
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can I run Blender for MacBookPro(Iris Pro broadwell) in this machine

I plan to get a new MacBook Pro Retina 15" Broadwell with Iris Pro graphics card (Not dedicated) in the Summer 2015, can I run Blender for Mac in this machine?
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How does CPU and GPU work? Which one is better? What are each of those best settings?

I've heard many people talk about that there being CPU and GPU but I have always wondered how do they work and if you are using one more than the other what are the best settings to keep (assuming that you are rendering an image with a lot of…
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