Learning Blender

Learning Blender

I’ve got some non-traditional visualization ideas I would like to prototype, and wish to learn Blender to aid me with this.

Table of Contents

  1. Key shortcuts

Key shortcuts

  • g : enter move mode

  • g + [xyz] : enter move mode constrained to axis

  • r : rotate mode

  • r + r : different rotate mode

  • r + [xyz] : rotate about axis

  • Shift + Space : context menu

  • s + [xyz] : scale (along axis)

  • a : select all

  • Opt + A : deselect all

  • Opt + LeftClick : select edge in edit

  • Cmd + I : invert selection

  • h : hide

  • Shift + l : select everything connected to mesh point

for g, r, s, followed by numbers, and enter to set specifics

  • Shift + d + [xyz] : duplicate (and move along axis)