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Crash Course for the Absolute Beginner Introduction to 3D A quick introduction to Blender and how the 3D Environment works How does 3D Modelling even work Anything you model in Blender starts from ID: 459900

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Slide1

Welcome to Blender!

Crash Course for the Absolute BeginnerSlide2

Introduction to 3D

A quick introduction to Blender and how the 3D Environment worksSlide3

How does 3D Modelling

even work?

Anything you model in Blender starts from

primitive shapes

(e.g. cubes, cylinders, spheres, torus etc…)

3D Models are called

meshes

.

Let’s see what primitive shapes Blender offers…

Press

SHIFT

+ A

(insert mesh)

This launches the menu of preset meshes

In this course, we will be manipulating primitive shapes to form complex structures like foliage(trees and nature), infrastructure(buildings) and human beings.Slide4

The Blender Interface: Controlling the Viewport

Excuse me, what is a viewport?Slide5

The Blender Interface: Controlling the Viewport

Basically, this is the viewport in BlenderSlide6

The Blender Interface: Controlling the Viewport

You can control your viewport with the

NumPad

.

Moves viewpoint rightwards

Moves viewpoint leftwards

Top View

Front View

Right View

Moves viewpoint downwards

Moves viewpoint upwardsSlide7

The Blender Interface: Controlling the Viewport

Switch between

Orthographic

and

Perspective

Mode

Orthographic Mode

: Portrays objects with no regard to point–of-view.

Perspective Mode

: Takes angle of viewpoint into account; reflects how objects look like in the final renderSlide8

The Blender Interface: Controlling the Viewport

The top left-hand corner of the viewport tells you what view you are in.Slide9

The Blender Interface: Controlling the Viewport

Lastly, you can move your viewport around by pressing

SHIFT

+

RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON

and dragging.Slide10

Mesh Manipulation

How to deform your objects!Slide11

4 Most Commonly Used Keys

G

rab

You press this

to

pull/drag the mesh

S

cale

You press this

to

resize the mesh

R

otate – You press

this to

turn the mesh

Extrude – You press

this to extend the mesh*you don’t have to keep pressing the keys

just press once, let go and just move your mouseSlide12

The Blender Interface: Controlling the Viewport

In the bottom left-hand corner, you can see the x, y, and z axis.

You can constraint mesh manipulation to any axis by pressing any of the four keys followed by x, y or z.Slide13

Selection

Clicking parts of the object to work with!Slide14

Selection Tools – Do you know your ABCs?

A

ll

You press this select/deselect everything on the active mesh

B

order

You use this tool to box up the area you wish to select

C

ircle – Transforms your cursor into something like a Photoshop brush where you can highlight areas you wish to select

!!

Take Note:

Each new selection

does not

override the previous selection.

To select a new area, press

A

to deselect everything first.Slide15

Selection Mode - Mouse

To select

ONE

thing on your mesh,

right-c lick.

To select multiple parts of the object at a time,

hold down

SHIFT

while right-clicking.

OR

+Slide16

Selection Mode - Mouse

Notice how your mouse can only select corners of the object?

What you can select by right-clicking depends on the selection mode you are in.

There are 3 selection modes in Blender:

Vertex

Selection Mode

Edge

Selection Mode

Face

Selection Mode

To toggle between selection modes, press

CTRL + TABSlide17

Some concepts illustrated by the CUBE!

Vertex

Edge

FaceSlide18

Summary of Hot-Keys

Magic buttons that make life easier! Slide19

Hot Keys!

Selection

A

– Select/Deselect All

B

– Border(Box) Select

C

– Circle Select

Mesh Manipulation

E

– Extrude

G

– Grab

R

– Rotate

S

Scale

Viewport

Numpad

1

– Front View

Numpad 2

– Pan Upwards

Numpad 3

– Right View

Numpad 4

– Pan Left

Numpad 5

– Ortho/

Persp

Numpad 6

– Pan Right

Numpad 7

– Top View

Numpad 8

– Pan DownwardsSlide20

That’s all Folks!

You are now officially a novice in Blender

Modelling

!