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Polygon Mesh - 3D Coordinates

• There are 3D coordinates based on the XYZ axis

  • There are different conventions in fields and software
    • What axis is up
    • Positive values
    • Right hand and left hand rule
    • Units
    • Clock-wise or counter clockwise

• Normal is perpendicular to the surface

  • Good for light
    • fresnel effect

• UV texture

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• Different types of modeling

  • NURBS (non uniform rational basis splines)
    • Was popular for a time because it was smooth/organic (not hard) surface
    • Less intuitive (points were not on the surface)
    • More abstract
    • Due to computation, not always accurately designed

• Polygon modeling based

  • Look very blocky (or faceted)
  • Computationally expensive and a lot of RAM to deal with all these points
    • Not so these days
  • Now, we can have a lot more points

What does it consists of

• Points, or vertices (plural of vertex)
• Edges
• Faces (can be called a polygon)
  • All polygons are made of triangles

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• Quick Favorites
  • Hotkey: q
  • By default, it is empty
• To add items to the Quick Favorites menu,
  • Right-click on a button or item, such as a widget, and choose Add to Quick Favorites
• Example:
  • Viewport Overlay wireframe
• To remove items from the Quick Favorites menu.
  • Right-click on item in quick favorites menu and choose
    • Remove from Quick Favorites

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• To undo
  • Edit -> Undo
  • Hotkey: Ctrl + z
• To redo
  • Edit -> Redo
  • Hotkey: Shift + Ctrl + z
• You can view the undo history
  • Edit -> Undo History...
  • By default, 32 commands or steps are stored in the undo history.
  • You can change the number of undo steps
    • Edit -> Preferences -> System
      • Under Memory & Limits -> Undo Steps
    • NOTE: Depends on your system resources, i.e. your memory, how many it can handle.
• Undo is only for the active session. The undo history is not saved when you close the file.

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• Can think of it as plug-ins in other software.
• It extends the functionality of Blender that were not originally coded into the software.
• You can install addons from other third-parties or develop your own.
  • If you work at a studio or a project, there may be custom addons to streamline your specific workflow.
• To add addons
  • Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons
    • You can list the
      • Official
      • Community
      • Testing
      • Install (off your drive, or storage medium)
      • Refresh
    • You can search for Add-ons as well in the search field.
    • You can hold shift to multiview
• Some Add-ons come with Blender when it is installed but just not enabled by default.
  • It can save time loading features that most people in general won't use unless you work...

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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.