Blender Basics

CG Cookie Course

Purpose

In order to be able to get back in the habit of modeling, I really need to get comfortable with the tools again. This is a good opportunity to try out Blender on my tablet.

Things to Remember

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• G Move/Translate
• Shift Multiselect
• R Rotate
• S Scale
• Ctrl M Mirror
• Shift D Duplicate
• RMB / Esc Cancel an operation in progress (Like grab mode)
• Shift A Add At point of 3D Cursor
• A Select/Deselect All

You can find out shortcuts by hovering over menu items.

Interface Stuff

There are built-in layouts and you can add new layouts.

Split: MMB to change the split from vertical/horizontal

Save Startup File (Includes anything you've added to your scene)

Themes: You can change the look and feel of blender. You can find additional themes from blender's community.

What I want to be able to do:

Colin wants me to help him with his Drive in Theatre project. I need to start making assets for the greybox. I'd like to be able to get started quickly so that I can move forward with this project.

I want to start making money with my skills. I need to be able to know software that is going to allow me to produce content that I can sell. 3DS Max will not let me do that without cheating.

3DS max also won't work on my tablet. It's too intensive for it. Blender seems to work fine.

I have my own scenes I'd like to start building for Jumping Worlds.