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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 -> b
  • Select Circle
    • Hotkey: Shift + S...

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• Transformations
  • Consists of
    • Move
      • translation
    • Rotate
    • Scale
      • In math, dilation
    • Shear
      • or skew
    • Reflection
• 3 Ways to do so
  • Manipulators
    • Use icons on the left side of the screen
    • Also known as transform gizmos
• Move tool
  • Also known as translating
  • Use the axis
  • Use the plane
    • Color indicates that the object does not move in that axis with that color
  • Left mouse clicking and dragging outside the axis or planes will move the object in screen space, parallel to the view.
    • The effect is if you are moving the an image in the canvas in photoshop.
  • Cancel movement by right clicking with the right mouse button before letting go of the left mouse button.
• Rotate tool
  • Use the axis
  • The ob
  ...

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• Select box top left toolbar
  • Can click objects in the scene.
    • As you click last selection will be gone.
  • Can box select.
    • If you click and hold the selection button
      there will be options
      • Select
        • You can click and drag with this one
      • Select Box
        • Make a box to select
        • Hotkey b
          • Middle mouse button exclude what is
            inside it.
      • Select Circle
        • Paint and select what was hit
        • Click and hold the left mouse button and
          scroll the middle mouse wheel to increase or decrese the radius
        • Hotkey c
          • Temporarily puts in select circle mode
          • Hold Shift + left mouse click to deselect object
      • Select Lasso
        • Make a lasso to select.
        • Ctrl + Right click mouse button to add to selection
        • Ctrl + Shift + Right click mouse button to re
        ...

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• To frame all in 3D Viewport:

  • View -> Frame All
    • Hotkey: Home

• To frame the selected object in the Viewport:

  • View -> Frame Selected
    • Hotkey: Numpad .

• To orbit around selection

  • Edit -> Preferences... -> Navigation -> Orbit & Pan -> Orbit Around Selection
    • The orbit point is the selected object. Therefore, it will always stay visible in the viewport.