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
Most keyboards have number keys in two different places: in a row above the letters and in the numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard. While many computer applications use these two sets of keys interchangeably, Blender does not: It assigns a different set of functions to each set. If you don't have a numeric keypad ("numpad") see Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Non-standard equipment for information on emulating the keypad's functionality.
(If you don't understand the manual, please e-mail your request to: Blender-easy@live.co.za)
| 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] |
| 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
Blender uses all three mouse buttons. If you don't have a three-button mouse (a one-button Apple mouse, for example), see Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Non-standard equipment for information on emulating a three-button mouse.
| 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 |
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SPACE → Add → Mesh → UVsphere
means:
hit SPACE, and, in the menu that comes up, choose Add, then Mesh, then UVsphere.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.)
