How to make Cycles default?

Question

Is there a way to make Cycles Render the default in Blender instead of Blender Render? (I hope this hasn't been asked before.)

Answer 1

Here are the steps to do that.

• Open Blender.
• Change the Render Engine to Cycles in the pull down menu (top center)
• Then go to File - Save Startup File.

Thats it. Next time you start with a new file, it is gonna be Cycles Engine by default.