This event is part of the January 2018 Class, "Getting Started with 3D Modeling & Blender".
To kick-off the beginner-oriented Class, we're simply opening Blender and getting comfortable with it. We’ve all been there: Opening Blender (or any 3D package) for the first time, gazing at the crazy UI, trying to orbit in the viewport, crying...Ok, maybe you were stronger than me and didn’t cry. But the reality is 3D software is daunting. There’s SO MUCH to digest especially when you’re a beginner.
This stream coincides with the Blender Basics course. We're going to overview Blender and 3D from an absolutely beginner perspective. What is Blender for? What can it do? Wait, this isn’t a juicing seminar?
We’re also going to open the floor, ask me anything (AMA) style, so I can answer all your questions about getting started with Blender.
:-) Tomaz np
I learnt from Kent not long ago during a scuplture tutorrial - press Ctrl + Space and the 3D manipulators are switched off
I'm convinced.
Manipulator and hotkeys: Ctrl-Space is the hotkey to remove the manipulator.
I use manipulators to know the "z" or other axis is then you jump from global coordinates, to local coordinates.... Still sometimes get confused with them.
Tomaz do you know about the Units panel? As Mark said, that's where you'll find those operations. Under the Scene tab in Properties panel.
manipulator has its uses, however hotkeys are the way really. :)
:-O Zsolt just showed me something new.