# Blender

## Recommended Readings

| **Item**                                                              | Links                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Why Blender                                                           | [Why it is free?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfg8ydtOUDg)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **Documentation**                                                     | <ul><li><a href="https://www.dummies.com/web-design-development/blender/blender-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/">Hotkeys for dummies</a></li><li><a href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/index.html">Blender manual</a></li></ul><p></p>                                        |
| **Tutorials**                                                         | <https://www.blenderguru.com/>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| <p><strong>Industry /</strong> <br><strong>Case-studies</strong> </p> | <ul><li></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Resources**                                                         | <ul><li><a href="https://blenderartists.org/t/new-blog-list-of-free-texture-sites/418648"><https://blenderartists.org/t/new-blog-list-of-free-texture-sites/418648></a></li><li><a href="http://freetexturesite.blogspot.com/"><http://freetexturesite.blogspot.com/></a></li></ul> |
| **Papers**                                                            | <p></p><ul><li><a href="https://blenderartists.org/"><strong><https://blenderartists.org/></strong></a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                   |

## Hotkeys

```c
// from c4d to blender
tab
shift tab
shift a - add 
a - select all
anchor point : mesh
tilde - 
z: render views

Zoom into an object - / 
fit frame to selected - numpad 0
Scale by normals - alt + s

//Common Keyboard Hotkeys
A	Select all
Alt+A	Deselect all
Shift+A	Show Add menu
Shift+D	Duplicate > hit enter
Alt+D	Linked duplicate

E (edit mode)	Extrude
F (edit mode)	Create face/edge

G	Grab/move
Alt+G	Clear location
H	Hide selected
Alt+H	Reveal all
I	Insert keyframe

Ctrl+J	Join selected objects
L (edit mode)	Select linked vertices
Shift+L (edit mode)	Deselect linked vertices
M	Move selection to collection
Ctrl+M	Mirror selection
N	Toggle Sidebar visibility
Ctrl+N	New Blender session
Ctrl+N (edit mode)	Calculate normals outside
O (edit mode)	Enable proportional editing
P (edit mode)	Separate to new object
Ctrl+P	Make parent
Alt+P	Clear parent
R	Rotate
Alt+R	Clear rotation
S	Scale
Alt+S	Clear scale
U (edit mode)	Unwrap mesh
Ctrl+S	Save file
X	Delete selection
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo
Spacebar	Play animation
Shift+Spacebar	Show Tool menu
Ctrl+Spacebar	Maximize editor area
Tab	Toggle Edit mode
Ctrl+Tab	Show mode pie menu
Tilde (~)	Show view pie menu
F2	Rename selected object
F3	Show search menu
F9	Show floating Last Operator panel


Action	Result
Left-click	Select
Shift+left-click	Add to selection
Ctrl+left-click (edit mode)	Remove from selection
Left-click+drag	Box selection
Alt+left-click (edit mode)	Edge/Face loop select
Middle-click+drag	Rotate view
Shift+middle-click+drag	Pan view
Ctrl+middle-click+drag	Zoom view
Right-click	Context menu
```

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## Notes

* learn principled shader