Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Tutorial Syntax

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As you go through these tutorials, you will find yourself running into cryptic codes quite often. These codes refer to keys you need to press on the keyboard and buttons on the mouse you need to press. They are pretty standard throughout the Blender community at this point. You may wish to print this page for quick reference throughout this book.

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[edit] Keyboard

There is a big difference between the numbers on the number pad of your keyboard, and the numbers along the top of the keyboard: In Blender, they're actually different keys! There is no relation between the two and confusing them will be largely unpredictable. If you don't have a Numerical Keypad (numpad) see Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Non-standard equipment. There you will find further information on emulating that functionality.

(If you don't understand the manual, please e-mail your request to: Blender-easy@live.co.za)

Special and Function
Abbreviation Key
ALT Alt key
CTRL Ctrl (Control) key
CMD Command key[1]
F1 through F12 F1 through F12
SHIFT Shift
SPACE Spacebar
TAB Tab
ENTER Enter
ESC Escape
FN Function[2]
Alpha-numeric and Numpad
Abbreviation Key
AKEY through ZKEY corresponding letter on the keyboard
0KEY through 9KEY corresponding number (above the letters) on the keyboard
NUM0 through NUM9 corresponding number on the numpad
NUM+ and NUM− corresponding key on the numpad

[edit] Mouse

If you don't have a three-button mouse, see Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Non-standard equipment. That includes those with an Apple one-button mouse. There you will find further information on emulating that functionality.

Mouse button definitions
Key Description
LMB the left mouse button (typically)
RMB the right mouse button (typically)
MMB the middle mouse button or mouse wheel (clicked, not spun), or you can use ALT + left click
SCROLL refers to scrolling the wheel of the mouse

[edit] Path menu

SPACEAdd → Mesh → UVsphere

means:

hit SPACE, and, in the menu that comes up, choose Add, then Mesh, then UVsphere.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^  On an Apple keyboard, the key with the Apple logo, and on a Windows keyboard, the key with the Windows logo on it. These are also called the "Super" key in other manuals.
  2. ^  FN is generally found only on laptops, and often in the lower left corner of the keyboard. (Some "ergonomic" keyboards use the laptop-style pseudo-numpad to reduce the distance between the normal keys and the mouse. On these, the FN key is often in the top row.)


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