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Sembiance: Added format samples

2024-03-09T21:46:57Z

Added format samples

Eiim: Add Wikidata

2023-09-16T15:10:37Z

Add Wikidata

Thorsted: Added PRONOM ID & compressed file info

2020-04-23T21:51:17Z

Added PRONOM ID & compressed file info

Effect2: Added Template:ext to the FormatInfo box

2019-03-25T01:38:33Z

Added Template:ext to the FormatInfo box

GreyCat: Added Kaitai Struct link

2017-06-29T07:21:33Z

Added Kaitai Struct link

Binary at 06:57, 3 December 2014

2014-12-03T06:57:12Z

Binary: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=3D and CAD/CAM Models |extensions={{blend}} }} BLEND is a scene description format associated with the ''[http://www.blender.or..."

2014-12-03T06:56:22Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=3D and CAD/CAM Models |extensions={{blend}} }} BLEND is a scene description format associated with the ''[http://www.blender.or..."

New page

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=3D and CAD/CAM Models
|extensions={{blend}}
}}
[[BLEND]] is a scene description format associated with the ''[http://www.blender.org Blender]'' 3d modeling and animation software by the Blender Foundation.

The blend file format is not a true file interchange format, rather it dumps internal data structures from directly from memory to disk. A blend file’s structure may therefore be unique to each version of Blender. Despite this, blend files are both [http://www.blendernation.com/2008/12/01/blender-dna-rna-and-backward-compatibility/ backward and forward compatible] between versions, and between different hardware and operating systems. This is made possible by the addition of metadata, known as [http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Source/Architecture/SDNA_Notes Struct DNA], that allows conversion when loading the file.

Since no standard blend file format specification exists, the Blender source code must serve as the definitive specification.

== Sample files ==
* http://download.blender.org/demo/

== Software ==
* [http://www.blender.org/download/ Blender source code and binaries]

== Links ==
* [http://www.atmind.nl/blender/mystery_ot_blend.html The mystery of the blend: the blend file format explained]
* [http://www.atmind.nl/blender/blender-sdna-256.html Blender 2.56 Internal SDNA stuctures]
* [http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Source/Architecture/SDNA_Notes Notes on SDNA]
* [http://github.com/ldo/blendhack blendhac blender file parser]
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Hacking_Blender Hacking Blender]

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 [[BLEND]] is a scene description format associated with the ''[http://www.blender.org Blender]'' 3d modeling and animation software by the Blender Foundation.

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 The blend file format is not a true file interchange format, rather it dumps internal data structures from directly from memory to disk. A blend file’s structure may therefore be unique to each version of Blender. Despite this, blend files are both [http://www.blendernation.com/2008/12/01/blender-dna-rna-and-backward-compatibility/ backward and forward compatible] between versions, and between different hardware and operating systems. This is made possible by the addition of metadata, known as [http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Source/Architecture/SDNA_Notes Struct DNA], that allows conversion when loading the file.
-Since no standard blend file format specification exists, the Blender source code must serve as the definitive specification.
+Since no standard blend file format specification exists, the Blender source code must serve as the definitive specification. Blender also allows option while saving to "compress" file with gzip, retaining .blend extension.
 == Sample files ==

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 |kaitai struct=blender_blend
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 Since no standard blend file format specification exists, the Blender source code must serve as the definitive specification. Blender also allows option while saving to "compress" file with gzip, retaining .blend extension.
 == Software ==
 * [http://www.blender.org/download/ Blender source code and binaries]
 == Links ==