# Blender Manual (official documentation)

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- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- categories: T15, T07, T17 · tags: blender, modeling, geometry-nodes, beginner, reference, level:beginner
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:19:05.827Z
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Source: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest

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  "usefulness": "Official reference for Blender's modeling, geometry nodes, shading, sculpting, rendering and editors. The canonical 'solved knowledge' entry for DCC-based modeling and look development; complements the Blender source repo already in the seed catalog.",
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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The 'latest' manual currently documents Blender 5.2 LTS with sections on getting started, UI, editors, scenes & objects, modeling (meshes, curves, modifiers, geometry nodes), sculpting and painting. · locator: Navigation sidebar · source: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/
- [sourced_fact] Manual text is under CC-BY-SA 4.0 (or later); logos, trademarks, icons, source code and Python scripts in the manual are excluded. · locator: Copyright page, license paragraph · source: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/copyright.html
- [sourced_fact] The copyright page asks that references to the manual credit the Blender Documentation Team and link to the manual. · locator: Copyright page, attribution paragraph · source: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/copyright.html
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=CC-BY-SA-4.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=restricted modification=permitted training=unknown · ShareAlike; attribution to the Blender Documentation Team required; excluded items listed on the copyright page. · evidence: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/copyright.html

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