<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Aaron,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for the proposal to clarify that. </div><div class="">However, the line is for me too vague and can be interpretated as you wish. Especially the "to help you" is undefined.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To me it is more like this:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Target group:</div><div class="">- people from 18 years and older</div><div class="">- people who already understand the basics of 3D and/or know other 3D programs</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The manual has as a goal to provide:</div><div class="">- Insight in Blender's way of working, its internal (technical) design - in order to understand options and tools.</div><div class="">- detailed functional description of every feature, tool or option in Blender.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">-Ton-</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="">--------------------------------------------------------<br class="">Ton Roosendaal - <a href="mailto:ton@blender.org" class="">ton@blender.org</a> - <a href="http://www.blender.org" class="">www.blender.org</a><br class="">Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute<br class="">Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands</div>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 1 Dec 2017, at 19:50, Aaron Carlisle <<a href="mailto:carlisle.b3d@gmail.com" class="">carlisle.b3d@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">Something that has been raised to my attention recently is that the manual does not have</font><div class=""><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">one defining purpose. This has caused the manual to have different purposes and people</font></div><div class=""><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">having their own agendas. We do currently have a vision statement but it is not very good</font></div><div class=""><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">and should be expanded on farther:</font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:Lato,proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font class="">"This manual aims to be a complete and concise source of information</font></span></div><div class=""><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><span style="font-family:Lato,proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif" class="">to help you to become familiar with the application."</span><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:Lato,proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font face="Lato, proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html" class="">https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html</a></font><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><font face="Lato, proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><br class=""></font></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><font face="Lato, proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">So, the purpose of this email is to reconsider the above statement and discuss things that</font></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><font face="Lato, proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">should be changed and/or added.</font></font></div><div class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252)" class=""><font class=""><font face="Lato, proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252)" class=""><font class=""><font face="Lato, proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif" class="">Thanks,</font></font></span></div><div class=""> </div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)" class=""><span style="" class="">Aaron Carlisle</span><br class=""></span><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)" class=""><br class="">Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher | Document writer | Artist<br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)" class="">Project administrator for the Blender 3D Documentation Project</span></div></div></div>
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