Bl

e nde r 2.41 Quick Start

1. Bl
e nde r's Inte rface

4. M anaging 3D O b je cts

6. M e s h M ode l
l
ing

9 . Re nde ring

Bl
e nde rs inte rface cons is ts of an arbitrary num be r of
w ork s pace s w ith m ul
tipl
e w indow e ach . Each w indow
dis pl
ays a part of your s ce ne s data. Th e type of data
th at a w indow dis pl
ays is indicate d in th e h e ade r.

Th e de faul
t s ce ne is com pos e d of a cube , a l
am p and
a cam e ra, You can s e l
e ct any of th e s e obje cts w ith
RM B, s e l
e ct m ul
tipl
e obje cts w ith Sh iftRM B and s e l
e ct/de s e l
e ct al
lw ith A.

To m ode la m e s h obje ct, you ne e d to e nte r Edit M ode .

In Edit M ode , you can s e l
e ct th re e k ind of ite m s :
Ve rtice s , Edge s and Face s . To s w itch
be tw e e n
diffe re nt s e l
e ction m ode s , us e th e buttons pl
ace d in
th e 3D Vie w h e ade r or w ith Ctrl
Tab .

To re nde r th e vie w of a cam e ra, you m us t firs t ch e ck

th at th e de s ire d cam e ra is activate d. To activate a
cam e ra, s e l
e ct it and pre s s Ctrl
-Num pad 0.

Bl
e nde r's de faul
t inte rface
H e ade r
W indow type s w itch

3D w indow
Buttons w indow

You can ch ange th e type of a w indow at any tim e by

cl
ick ing th e h e ade r.
To add or de l
e te w indow s , righ t-cl
ick on e dge of a
w indow .

To m ove th e s e obje cts , cl

ick w ith LM B on th e 3D W idge t. You can ch ange th e w idge t m ode to Rotate /Scal
e /Grab by activating th e corre s ponding
icons in th e 3D Vie w h e ade r. Note th at you can do th e
s am e th ing w ith th e bol
de d h otk e ys .
Each obje ct h as a l
ittl
e dot th at re pre s e nts its ce nte r.
You can ch ange th e ce nte r pos ition in Buttons
W indow /Editing/M e s h w h il
e in th e O bje ct M ode .

Re s ize w indow s by grabbing a w indow e dge .

Th e re d and w h ite cros s is th e 3D curs or. Its pos ition

can be s e t w ith a s im pl
e LM B cl
ick in th e vie w port.
Th is curs or is us e d as a re fe re nce point.

You can acce s s th e pre fe re nce s by pul

l
ing dow n th e
top h e ade r or by ope ning an Us e r Pre fe re nce s w indow .

You can add ne w obje cts by pre s s ing Space and th e n

go to th e Add m e nu.

To s e t (and s ave ) th e curre nt l

ayout as th e de faul
t,
pre s s Ctrl
U. It w il
love rride pre vious de faul
tl
ayout.

O bje cts can be dupl

icate d w ith Sh iftD and l
ink -dupl
icate d w ith Al
tD .

Tool
s and actions re l
ative to a w indow are al
w ays
avail
abl
e in th e w indow s h e ade r.
H otk e ys and actions are conte xt s e ns itive m e aning
th at th e y w ork bas e d on th e l
ocation of m ous e curs or.

2. Navigating in th e 3D Vie w
You can rotate th e 3D Vie w w ith th e M iddl
e M ous e
Button (M M B).
Panning is accom pl
is h e d w ith Sh iftM M B.
To zoom , us e th e m ous e w h e e lor Ctrl
M M B. If you
don't h ave an M M B, you can us e Al
tLM B ins te ad
Th e num pad al
l
ow s to navigate in th e 3D Vie w as w e l
l
:
7, 1, 3 s e t th e vie w to Top, Front, Righ t;us e Ctrl
-7,
Ctrl
-1, Ctrl
-3 to vie w Bottom , Back , Le ft
8, 2 rotate Up, D ow n;Sh ift-8, Sh ift-2 pan
4, 6 rotate Le ft, Righ t;Sh ift-4, Sh ift-6 pan
5 fl
ips be tw e e n O rth ogonaland Pe rs pe ctive vie w
Al
lth os e control
s and m ore are al
s o avail
abl
e in th e
vie w m e nu l
ocate d in th e 3D Vie w h e ade r.

O bje ct Ce nte r

Me sh

3D Curs or

Curve

Lam p

Cam e ra

O bje ct M ode

You can s crol

lpane l
s w ith Sh iftM ous e w h e e l
, zoom
pane l
s w ith Ctrl
M ous e w h e e l
, organis e pane l
s w ith
drag & drop and al
ign pane l
s ve rtical
l
y w ith RM B.

to s e l
e ct

Th e Edit M ode al
l
ow s you to m ode l th e s e l
e cte d
obje ct. You can m odify onl
y one obje ct at a tim e . If
you w ant to s e l
e ct or m odify oth e r obje cts , you m us t
e s cape Edit M ode and go back to O bje ct m ode . You
cycl
e be tw e e n O bje ct and Edit m ode s w ith Tab .

(Gam e ) Logic

Scriptl
ink s

M ate rial
s /Lam p/W orl
d Editor
O bje ct Prope rtie s /Ph ys ics /Particl
es
(Gam e ) Logic

Scriptl
ink s

Sh iftLM B
w il
l pe rform
Scal
e pl
anar trans form (e .g. X,Y).

M M B during trans form al

s o al
l
ow s you to cons traint
trans form w ith out us ing w idge ts .

In Bl
e nde r, e diting th e obje ct pos ition, and e diting th e
obje ct s h ape and prope rtie s are tw o diffe re nt and
s e parate d tas k s . For e ach type of m odification, th e re
is an as s ociate d "M ode ". You are al
w ays in a ce rtain
m ode . Th e curre nt m ode is indicate d in th e h e ade r.

Th e de faul
t is O bje ct M ode . It al
l
ow s
diffe re nt obje cts and to m anipul
ate th e m .

LM B on th e col
ore d parts of a w idge t w il
ltranform on
th is axis .
Gl
obal
Th e m iddl
e circl
e trans form s on
th e vie w axis .
Rotate

To ch ange th e cam e ra s e ttings , s e l

e ct it and go to th e
Edit buttons .
If you w ant to ch ange th e back ground of your s ce ne ,
go to th e M ate rialbuttons and th e n to th e W orl
d s ubs e ction.

Note th at if you dupl

icate your obje ct in th e Edit
M ode , th e re s ul
t w il
ls til
lcount as one obje ct, e ve n if
it l
ook s l
ik e tw o dupl
icate d obje cts . In th e Edit M ode
you can m odify th e obje ct ge om e try as you l
ik e and it
w il
l s til
l re m ain a uniq ue obje ct. If you w ant to
dupl
icate your obje ct and h ave tw o diffe re nt obje cts
as a re s ul
t, do s o in th e O bje ct M ode . (Se e 4)

M ove

4. M anaging 3D O b je cts

3. Th e Buttons W indow
You can acce s s diffe re nt button cate gorie s w ith th e
icons al
ong th e Button w indow 's h e ade r. Each cate gory
re groups buttons th at s h are th e s am e us e .
Each button cate gory al
s o h as s ubcate gorie s .

Arm ature /
Bone

O nce you h ave s e l

e cte d diffe re nt e l
e m e nts , you can:
Grab, Rotate , Scal
e;
Extrude any s e l
e ction;K nife any s e l
e ction
De l
e te th e s e l
e ction w ith X or D e l
e te ;
Appl
y various tool
s from th e W and Ctrl
E m e nus ;
Subdivide l
oops w ith Ctrl
R;
Se Parate s e l
e ction;D upl
icate s e l
e ctions w ith Sh iftD .

To ch ange th e re nde r s e ttings , go to th e Re nde r buttons . You can th e n s e l

e ct th e s ize of your re nde r, th e
anti-al
ias ing s e ttings (O SA) and th e output form at.
To re nde r your s ce ne , pre s s Re nde r or F12.
If your s ce ne re nde rs as bl
ack , ch e ck th at th e re is
l
igh t in your s ce ne and al
lne e de d l
aye rs are activate d.
Save re nde re d im age w ith F3. Re m e m be r to add th e
fil
e e xte ns ion to th e fil
e nam e .

10. FinalW ords

Th e Quick Start cove rs onl
y th e m os t bas ic fe ature s . To
find out m ore inform ation about m odifie r s tack , fl
uid
s im ul
ator, particl
e e ngine , anim ation fe ature s , vide o
s e q ue nce r, node e ditor, gam e e ngine e tc. w e ve ry
s trongl
y re com m e nd th at you re ad th e com pl
e te docum e ntation. You can find it on:

7. Lam ps and M ate rial

s

h ttp://m e diaw ik i.b l

e nde r.org.

To tw e ak l
am ps s e ttings , s e l
e ct a l
am p and go to th e
M ate rial
s buttons . You can tw e ak al
lth e l
am p s e ttings
in th e Lam p s ubs e ction. Th e re you can al
s o ch ange
be tw e e n l
igh t type s .

As you m ay h ave notice d, Bl

e nde r is m os tl
y h otk e y orie nte d. O nce you ge t th e h ang of th e s e , you w il
lfind
your e xpe rie nce on Bl
e nde r m uch m ore e njoyabl
e and
productive .

To ch ange th e col
or and l
ook of an obje ct, s e l
e ct it
and go to th e M ate rialbuttons . Ch e ck th e official
docum e ntation for de tail
s.

If you h ave difficul

tie s to find th e h otk e y of a s pe cific
function, you can ch e ck if it is l
is te d in th e Space
m e nu or in th e w indow h e ade rs m e nus . Th e y are al
so
in th e H e l
p m e nu.

8. Laye rs

Final
l
y, you can find a H otk e y M ap avail
abl
e in th e
Bl
e nde r w ik i.

Laye rs are us e d to e as il
y s h ow , h ide and group
diffe re nt obje cts . Each obje ct be l
ongs to a l
aye r or
l
aye rs . To ch ange th e l
aye r of an obje ct, s e l
e ct it and
pre s s M ove .

If you h ave furth e r q ue s tions , as k th e m on th e forum

at h ttp://w w w .b l
e nde rartis ts .org, or on th e
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e nde rch at ch anne lat th e fre e node IRC ne tw ork .

You can th e n s h ow diffe re nt l

aye rs w ith th e l
aye rs
buttons avail
abl
e in th e 3D W indow h e ade r. To s h ow
m ul
tipl
e l
aye rs at th e s am e tim e , us e Sh iftLM B on
th e s e l
aye rs .
Active l
aye r
Unactive l
aye r

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e nde r ne w s and h ttp://w w w .b l
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uck and Bl
e nd on!

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e nde r Te am