Help talk:Blender

blender crash course outline

Blender has a huge number of features. If you need a blender crash course, email ahead of time explaining what you are using it for so material can be included directly relevant to your use. I also strongly recommend the beginning tutorials on blender's website (and detailed relevant ones found via google).

Basics

• screen components
  • window malleability / mobility
  • user preference pane (open)
  • graphics pane
    • default object
    • mouse bindings
      • zoom / pan / scale
      • object select / 3d cursor
      • select / multiselect
    • mesh edit mode
  • graphics pane tools
    • mode?
    • pivot
    • move centers vs. move data
    • layers
    • edit: face / vertex / line
  • button menu (mesh mode)
    • mesh editing tool buttons
  • object outliner
  • camera / lighting
• Critical key bindings
  • N A
  • G R S (G+O)

Advanced meshing

• extrude / smooth
• add to mesh vs. add objects
• selecting & manipulating vertices
• golf ball demo (3-5 min)