Blender Quick Start

Introduction to Blender, in two flavors: for people who have used Autodesk Maya, and for those who have not.

Covers scene navigation, adding and manipulating objects (edit mode)

If you have used Maya, the first video is the one to watch.

The shortcuts used are listed below.

The video below is for non-Maya users

Shortcuts used in these videos:

Navigate

Move around in 3D view: Middle Mouse (for Rotate. Add SHIFT for pan (technically dolly) and CTRL for zoom)

ALT/Option + rotate view > snaps to orthographic

Numeric Pad . (dot) – Focus on selected object

Home – Frame all

Manipulate

T – Show Tools on side

G – Move

R – Rotate

S – Scale

Limit to one axis: G + Y limits Move to Y axis, etc.

Shift-SPACE + G > Move tool

Edit (enter Edit Mode using TAB)

1 – Vertex selection (point)

2 – Edge selection

3 – Face selection

E – Extrude

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