This logic also follows for rotation with the ‘ R‘ key. Holding down the ‘ X‘, ‘ Y‘ or ‘ Z‘ keys will snap that free movement to the respective axis (X, Y, Z).Īlong with moving the object, we can press the ‘ S‘ key to scale the object with our mouse. One way is to press ‘ G‘ which causes the object to follow the mouse cursor. There are various different ways of moving an object around. You can make sure that Object Mode is active by checking the top left of the screen.

This lesson, we’re going to be mainly focusing on Object Mode. The editor in the video for this particular lesson has been updated, please see the lesson notes below for the corrected steps.

Pan: Hold middle mouse + Shift and drag.

Here are a few of the camera controls for Blender that will be of use: If at anytime you mess up a setting or want to reset to the factory settings, click File > Load Factory Settings. What this does, is allow us to use our numpad to switch to different angles and perspectives.įinally, let’s go to the Keymap tab and change the View Selected key to Shift+F (3D View > 3D View (Global) > View Selected). Now go to the Input tab and enable Emulate Numpad. This means we select objects with the left mouse button. Here, let’s click on the Keymap tab and make sure that the select with is set to Left. First, navigate to the Blender Preferences window (Edit > Preferences). Let’s go over some settings in Blender which will make using it easier.

Poly blender