Blender is an open source 3D design and rendering tool which allows to create high quality graphics and animations. It is widely used both by professionals and amateurs. At the IWR, the Visualisation Group wanted to find out if Blender was also suited for one of their research topics, the reconstruction and visualisation of Islamic stalactite vaults (also called "muqarnas"). From these thoughts the idea of a laboratory emerged.
This report wants to present the results from the laboratory, whose aims were twofold: First, knowledge about Blender should be acquired: Is the program suited for our task? Is it easy to use?
Second, presentable results were desired, i. e. 3D models of all six basic forms (cells and intermediates) and one or two small example vaults.
For further information contact Stephanie Schuldes (schuldes@cl.uni-heidelberg.de) or Dr. Michael J. Winckler (Michael.Winckler@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de).