> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://beta.docs.ideatura.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Work in Blender

> Create a presentation animation from your building model and keep the camera editable.

Use Ideatura with Blender to set up cameras, lighting and animation around an existing model. This example uses the Ideatura 2026 building, imported from IFC.

## Connect your scene

Open the building model in Blender. In Connected Apps, select the visible Blender session and confirm the filename.

![Complete Studio window with the Ideatura 2026 scene selected in Connected Apps.](https://mintcdn.com/ideatura-preview/A4P0pD6lf12o5ClV/beta/images/studio/windows/portrait-integrations-blender-connected.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=A4P0pD6lf12o5ClV\&q=85\&s=8253a5b10d0ffed00dc550e2b4c6ed9e)

Blender Headless is a separate session. Select the visible session when you want to inspect the scene as it changes. See [Connect your model](https://beta.docs.ideatura.ai/beta/overview/connections.md).

## Describe the animation

Specify the duration, camera movement, lighting and files you need. For example:

> Make a smooth 15-second presentation video of this building. Move the camera in a slow arc around the exterior, keeping the whole building in frame. Use soft daylight and preserve the building geometry. Show me the first, middle and last frames before rendering the MP4. Keep an editable Blender scene with the camera animation.

![Complete Studio window with a request for a 15-second building presentation entered in the message box.](https://mintcdn.com/ideatura-preview/A4P0pD6lf12o5ClV/beta/images/studio/windows/portrait-blender-animation-request.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=A4P0pD6lf12o5ClV\&q=85\&s=326e413ae2deba627b8e62310408e646)

## Review preview frames

Check the beginning, middle and end of the camera route. Keep the roof and base inside the frame, check the lighting on each facade and ask for changes before rendering the full video.

![Opening rendered frame of the Ideatura 2026 building.](https://mintcdn.com/ideatura-preview/gkKKkFoliYdpb_RC/beta/images/studio/blender/preview-start.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=gkKKkFoliYdpb_RC\&q=85\&s=3b4ae9ca1076c6eb0cf7798652f4daab)

![Middle rendered frame of the camera arc around Ideatura 2026.](https://mintcdn.com/ideatura-preview/gkKKkFoliYdpb_RC/beta/images/studio/blender/preview-middle.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=gkKKkFoliYdpb_RC\&q=85\&s=49bc1fdc4b86659efc8c52cecec89709)

![Final rendered frame of the Ideatura 2026 presentation.](https://mintcdn.com/ideatura-preview/gkKKkFoliYdpb_RC/beta/images/studio/blender/preview-end.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=gkKKkFoliYdpb_RC\&q=85\&s=f3b920638ff5e4bb3c35404be473b3eb)

## Render and review

Once the previews are right, render the full animation. Play the MP4 from beginning to end and check the framing and movement.

<video controls playsInline preload="metadata" poster="/beta/images/studio/blender/preview-start.png">
  <source src="https://mintcdn.com/ideatura-preview/TWzcvTaStOCEp2mF/beta/videos/ideatura-2026-blender.mp4?fit=max&auto=format&n=TWzcvTaStOCEp2mF&q=85&s=6404c9a0a64cf588cb28392bde6dbece" type="video/mp4" />
</video>

Keep the editable `.blend` scene so you can revise the camera, lighting or materials later. Include any external textures the scene needs. See [Files and outputs](https://beta.docs.ideatura.ai/beta/overview/files.md).


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