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<p>Rather than attempting to wrestle with an age range, why not
instead speak in experiential terms such as, 'anyone who plays
intelligent chess or can read and understand a road map can
probably learn to use Blender."? Do people build models
anymore...? if so, that would be an indicative skill. Can anyone
suggest others, or others which are better and/or more suitable?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/08/2017 04:47 AM, Ton Roosendaal
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Hi,
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<div class="">Can a native english writer provide a better
sentence then? Here in NL we don't have such annotations when it
comes to age.</div>
<div class="">Just like for games, books or movies, a manual can
have a target audience.</div>
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<div class="">Also - as a high school kid I loved to read
technology books or novels meant for an adult audience. But I
started with the stuff meant for kids first. How do you classify
that?</div>
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<div class="">On 8 Dec 2017, at 10:13, ken <<a
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/08/2017 12:35 AM,
Greg Zaal wrote:<br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Is it really necessary to
mention age? There are many serious and impressive
blender users younger than 18. Implying "this manual
is for people older than 18" has other connotations
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Agreed. And parents, teachers, and librarians and
others are called upon to quickly categorize materials
and many want to avoid controversy. <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 at 10:10
Campbell Barton <<a
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updated the page based on this text:<br class="">
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On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Ton Roosendaal
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> Hi Aaron,<br class="">
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> Thanks for the proposal to clarify that.<br
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> However, the line is for me too vague and can
be interpretated as you wish.<br class="">
> Especially the "to help you" is undefined.<br
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> To me it is more like this:<br class="">
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> Target group:<br class="">
> - people from 18 years and older<br class="">
> - people who already understand the basics of
3D and/or know other 3D<br class="">
> programs<br class="">
><br class="">
> The manual has as a goal to provide:<br
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> - Insight in Blender's way of working, its
internal (technical) design - in<br class="">
> order to understand options and tools.<br
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> - detailed functional description of every
feature, tool or option in<br class="">
> Blender.<br class="">
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> Regards,<br class="">
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> -Ton-<br class="">
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> Ton Roosendaal - <a
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> Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender
Institute<br class="">
> Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands<br class="">
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> On 1 Dec 2017, at 19:50, Aaron Carlisle <<a
href="mailto:carlisle.b3d@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">carlisle.b3d@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br class="">
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> Hi all,<br class="">
><br class="">
> Something that has been raised to my
attention recently is that the manual<br class="">
> does not have<br class="">
> one defining purpose. This has caused the
manual to have different purposes<br class="">
> and people<br class="">
> having their own agendas. We do currently
have a vision statement but it is<br class="">
> not very good<br class="">
> and should be expanded on farther:<br
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><br class="">
> "This manual aims to be a complete and
concise source of information<br class="">
> to help you to become familiar with the
application."<br class="">
><br class="">
> <a
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rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html</a><br
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><br class="">
> So, the purpose of this email is to
reconsider the above statement and<br class="">
> discuss things that<br class="">
> should be changed and/or added.<br class="">
><br class="">
> Thanks,<br class="">
><br class="">
> Aaron Carlisle<br class="">
><br class="">
> Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher |
Document writer | Artist<br class="">
> Project administrator for the Blender 3D
Documentation Project<br class="">
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