Ry’s Blog

This is a list of all the things I can never remember how to do in Blender. Now, I will never lose them.

Hide and Unhide

1. (H)
2. (Alt + H)

Add an armature:

1. (Space) > Add > Armature

Armature mirroring

1. Click on the armature
2. Switch to Editing mode (F9)
3. Choose the axis you want to mirror
4. When extruding a new bone, press (Shift + E) to extrude mirrored along the chosen axis

Enter pose mode:

1. Select a bone
2. (Ctrl)+(Tab)

Assign an object to a bone:

1. Select the object
2. Select the bone
3. (Ctrl)+(P) P is for “parent”

Face mode:

1. (Ctrl)+(F)

Unwrap and texture:

1. Enter face mode
2. (U) U for “unwrap”

Pin vertexes

1. Enter the UV Editor
2. (P) P for “pin”

Transform Properties Dialog

1. (N)

Center view on active selection

1. (.) on the numpad

Center view on the cursor

1. (c)

Box Cut View

1. (Alt + B) To create a box cut
2. (Alt + B) Again to resize

Loop select edges

1. Shift + Right Click
2. Shift + Alt + Right Click

Good Tutorials:

• http://bgdm.katorlegaz.com/lscm_tute/lscm_tute.htm
• http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Bones