Blender

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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

OBJECT MODE

In this mode, you can modify the position of the objects, apply materials, textures, modifiers, etc

While in this mode, you can not modify the internal entities, that are a part of one or multiple objects

• 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
• M' - Layers menu - you can categorize the objects within 10 layers
• 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 objects and then

• SHIFT+S - It will appear the SNAP menu - choose Selection to Grid
• X - Deletes selected objects

EDIT MODE

In this mode, you will edit an object that has multiple entities, but also, you can add other objects - think of a part, made of edges and faces. If you will add other parts, it becomes an assembly;

While in this mode all that you create or modify, it will happen inside the object

• A - Select all entities or deselect the already selected entities
• B - Makes a selection box, so you can select multiple entities
• G - Move entities
  • 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 entities on the X axis
    • Tap the Y - you will move entities on the Y axis
    • Tap the Z - you will move entities on the Z axis
• R - Rotate entities
  • To rotate precisely you need to:
    • Tap the X - you will rotate entities on the X axis
    • Tap the Y - you will rotate entities on the Y axis
    • Tap the Z - you will rotate entities on the Z axis

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

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