To get the most out of this book

You only need a copy of Blender 2.93.x to follow along – a basic understanding of Blender is recommended but not mandatory.

For Chapter 6, 3D Scanning and Photogrammetry: Creating Your Own 3D Scans, you will need a free copy of Meshroom 2021 which is only available on Windows and Linux.

All the projects in this book have been created and built on Blender 2.93.x. The projects should work perfectly fine with Blender 3.x versions too. There may obviously be slight changes going forward as they develop Blender 3, but most of the changes they usually do are minor and should not break any workflows. However, the Geometry nodes chapters will work strictly on versions 2.93.x, since these nodes are updated with every version change. Version 2.93 has Long Term Support (LTS) till 2023 and you can download it from here. https://www.blender.org/download/lts/2-93/

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book's GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.