Graphics card with 1 GB RAM, OpenGL 3.3Īs for the OS (Operating System) requirements, Blender runs on all three major OSs: Windows (8.1 and 10), macOS (10.13 on Intel and 11.0 on Apple Silicon), and Linux.īlender also provides some extra information on the GPUs that it supports.

64-bit dual-core 2Ghz CPU with SSE2 support.

Taken from Blender’s official website, these are the latest system hardware requirements for Blender as of version 2.93.4 and 2.93 LTS (Long Term Support). In this article, we’ll take a look at Blender’s system requirements, whether they’re accurate, and we’ll go through our recommendations for building a PC for Blender.

Does RAM affect render time in Blender?īlender, the once unknown underdog of the 3D software community has gone on to become a powerhouse of a 3D application, expanding not only into new 3D workflows but 2D as well.Īnd through all of this, Blender has kept a relatively modest set of system requirements for you to be able to run it.īut as Blender gets more and more advanced every day, do the official system requirements still hold true? Or is there more to it than that?.

Custom PC Build Suggestions for Blender.

How to Upgrade Your PC to Run Blender Faster.

How to check your current specs to see if you can run Blender.

Our PC Build Recommendation For Blender.

Rendering (Cycles or Third-party Renderers).

Performance demands of different Blender Features.

Our Take On the Official Blender System Requirements.

Tip is to add it to quick favorites.īecause it’s more convenient to watch a video than to read text, I decided to make a video.

Move camera closer/further from/to object.

Align Active Camera to View (Ctrl Alt 0).

This is handy when you edit big and complex shapes.

Zoom with the Ctrl and the middle mouse button.

On the Mac you need to assign another shortcut.

Focus on Object in Windows (full stop on numeric keypad).

Because there are quite some alternatives, here a list: The video also shows other features in Blender related to focus on object. Namely, the problem with Mac is that there is no full stop on the numeric keypad. Not only do I show you how you can Zoom to Object in Windows but also on Mac. Because this is a common question, it’s worth posting this Blender Zoom to Object article. But what you searched for was likely Blender Zoom to Object or Focus on Object. Also called Frame Selected in Blender, and the python command is view_selected.

Blender 2.93 features