Blender

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Materials & Textures

Models, Objects

Tutorials

Commands

Viewing

• SHIFT+SPACE - Full scren view (mouse pointer on the view (scene))
• CTRL+ALT+Q - Quad views
• NUMPAD 1 - Front view of the scene
• NUMPAD 3 - Right view of the scene
• NUMPAD 7 - Top view of the scene
• NUMPAD 5 - Change the Perspective or Ortho looking of the view (scene)
• CTRL+<- or CTRL+-> - Change between the screen Layouts

Render Camera

• NUMPAD 0 - Viewing from the camera perspective
• CTRL+ALT+NUMPAD 0 - Sets the view of the camera, according to the scene's view

Editing

• TAB - Changes between the OBJECT MODE and the EDIT MODE

EDIT MODE

• A - Select all objects or deselect the already selected objects
• B - Makes a selection box, so you can select multiple objects
• G - Move objects
  • To move precisely you need to:
    • Keep pressed the CTRL - is similar to ortho command from AutoCad or Rhino
    • Tap the X - you will move objects on the X axis
    • Tap the Y - you will move objects on the Y axis
    • Tap the Z - you will move objects on the Z axis
• R - Rotate objects
  • To rotate precisely you need to:
    • Tap the X - you will rotate objects on the X axis
    • Tap the Y - you will rotate objects on the Y axis
    • Tap the Z - you will rotate objects on the Z axis

If the objects need to be on a certain point on the grid, move or rotate the object and then

• SHIFT+S - It will appear the SNAP menu - choose Selection to Grid