Introduction to Blender

Notes for a 3 year workshop on Blender.

Set up your devices

Keyboard

• If you have a laptop without dedicated numpad go to Blender User Preferences > Input.
• Blender User Preferences SHORTCUT is Cmd ,

Mouse

• If you don't have a 3 button mouse, go to Blender User Preferences > Input.
• Blender User Preferences SHORTCUT is Cmd ,

• Selecting 'emulate mouse' will mean that you can simulate the middle mouse button if you press the Alt key while using the left mouse button.
• But please get a three-button mouse.

Open Blender - It always begins with a box

• Whenever you open Blender, it always starts with a box.
• You'll notice that if you click around with the left mouse button, nothing happens.
• But if you click on your middle mouse button and drag around, this is what moves your view around.

See also

• Blender - My master notes for Blender