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• Modifies the object non-destructively.
  • This means the original object state is still accessible
• To add a modifier
  • Select an object
  • Go to the wrench icon, which is the Modifier tab.
  • Add a modifier
• To remove a modifier, click the X in the top right corner
• You can bake the effects of the modifier into the object, making it a destructive operation.
  • Drop down menu, choose apply
    • Hotkey: Ctrl + a
• You can duplicate modifiers
  • Drop down menu, choose duplicate
  • Hotkey: Shift + d
• You can stack modifiers
  • It is stacked from top to bottom
    • Top-most modifiers affect first
• Buttons at the top will be found on all modifiers
  • The monitor icon enable/disable seeing the modifier's...

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Icons

• There are icons on next to objects
  • Viewport visibility
    • Eye icon
  • Render visibility
    • Camera icon
• There is a filter at the top to show icons in the outliner
  • Such as the arrrow icon for selectable

Visibility

• Hide selected objects
  • Hotkey: h
• Unhide selected objects
  • Hotkey: alt + h

Selectable

• Add the arrow icon in the outliner
• Toggle it on and off

Isolate Select - Local View

• Isolate Selected Object
  • Blender calls it local view
  • Hotkey: /
    • On keyboard or numerical keypad
  • View -> Local View -> Toggle Local View

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Collections

• Scenes always start with a default collection.
  • Relatively new concept
  • Root Scene Collection
    • Cannot be delete
    • Cannot be renamed
• The default collection cannot be deleted
• Objects will be added to scenes where the collection is active.
  • If Scene Collection is selected, object will be added there
  • If Collection is selected, object will be added there
• Can add new collection with icon on top right of outliner
  • or right click an empty space and create a new collection.
  • Also by having objects selected
    • Hotkey: m
      • New collection
• To rename an object in the outliner
  • double click and rename
  • Press F2 and rename
• Can delete a collection
  • Hotkey: x
  • Hotkey: Delete
  • Objects in the collection will go to the parent...

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• Setup your scene that you want to have start up.
  • File -> Defaults -> Save Startup File
• Can reload the factory default settings and save it again to get back.
  • File -> Defaults -> Load Factory Settings

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• 3D Cursor
  • 3D Manipulator icon
  • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar, Spacebar
  • Shift + Right Mouse Button
    • It will be a raycast hit
  • To reset:
    • Object -> Snap -> Cursor to World Origin
• Can drag out the manipulator and transform menus
• For manipulator precision
  • Can hold Ctrl to go be increments
  • Shift to go be smaller values
  • While still holding the right mouse button, type in the value in the number pad.
• Dimensions field is related to scale
  • Another representation of it.

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• Overlay menu is found in the upper right corner of the 3D viewport.
  • Can turn on and off globally all options
• You can turn on and off
  • Text info
• Extras
  • Toggles the visibility of the visual represents of some objects that are not necessarily physical, like lights.
  • Objects that do not get rendered and will not appear in the final rendered image.
• Can overlay wireframe while in other viewport shading modes.
• Can show
  • Floor
  • Toggle the visibility of guides for
    • Axes
      • X
      • Y
      • Z

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• Delete objects
  • Outliner
  • Hotkey: x
    • or Delete
  • In viewport
    • Delete key
    • Hotkey: x
      • Must confirm
• Add objects
  • 3D Viewport Menu
    • Add -> Mesh -> Monkey
    • Add -> Mesh -> Plane
  • Hotkey: Shift + a

Materials

• Object selected, go to material and add one.

Viewport shading: Solid

• Viewport Shading

  • Solid

    • Default

  • Wireframe

    • Turns on x-ray automatically

  • Material Preview

  • Rendered

  • Hotkey: z

    • Must have mouse in 3D Viewport
    • Move mouse to section or press hotkey
      • Wireframe Hotkey: 4
      • Rendering Hotkey: 8
      • Solid Hotkey: 6
      • Material Preview Hotkey: 2

• Solid method is simple lighting and solid colors

  • Computationally light
  • In color, the default is material which will display to the...

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• Hotkey: Shift + r to repeat last command

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• You can duplicate with the copy and paste command
  • In Blender, select the object, in 3D Viewport, you choose Copy Objects Ctrl + c
    • Then choose Paste Objects Ctrl + v
  • They are copied and pasted in the same location.
    • See it in the outliner
    • Move it to see it
• You can use the duplicate command to work on the object selected.
  • in 3D viewport Object -> Duplicate Objects
    • Hotkey: Shift + d
  • The difference is that you can move the object right away as if you pressed the g hotkey, which is the grab command.
  • The g command allows you to grab the object and move it. In older versions of Blender, this was the main way to move the...

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Reset (Clear)

• Reset transformation values to default.

  • Translation (move), and rotate back to zero
  • Scale back to one.

• Transform side bar on the right of the 3D viewport

  • Hotkey: n

• Reset is called clear in Blender

  • Located in 3D Viewport menu:
    • Object -> Clear -> Location
      • Hotkey: alt + g
    • Object -> Clear -> Rotation
      • Hotkey: alt + r
    • Object -> Clear -> Scale
      • Hotkey: alt + s

• Can reset all by right clicking in the transform side bar and choosing Reset All to Default Values for Move (Location,) Rotation, and Scale individually.

  • Can do the same thing in the Properties editor.

• Hotkeys for manipulators

  • Select Box
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar...