Welcome to the reference manual for Bforartists 5, the free and open source3D creation suite.

First let's explain what the manual is and what it is not: this isa reference manual. This means every chapter lists and explains theavailable tools, operators, the interface and general concepts.

What his is not: this is not a general CG tutorial. This manual will not explain workflows on how to create artwork. If you’d liketo learn the creative fundamentals, there are numerous courses andtutorials for Blender from the community which will translate to Bforartists workflows seamlessly. This manual does however cover theneeded workflow to get a tool working or explains how the tool is meant to work.

Chapters 1 to 5 covers general interface fundamental concepts.Chapters 6 to 30 explain the single editors and their tools. Andevery chapter afterwards is additional information.

This reference manual is for Bforartists 4 version 4.5.2 publishedon 27.08.2025