FAQ

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q-Where can I download Blender? Is it free?

Yes, Blender is free! You can download it here: https://www.blender.org/

Q-What types of navigation movements are possible? How do I do them?

Orbit – Rotates screen around the center point of the view.

• Hold down MMB and move mouse.
• Hold down the LMB on the Orbit Gizmo and drag it around.

Roll – Rotates screen around the axis created from the center of your view to your eye.

• Num4 or Num6 – Rotates view around x-axis.

Pan – Shifts your view left, right, up or down.

• Hold both SHIFT+MMB and move mouse.
• CTRL-Num2 or CTRL-Num4 or CTRL-Num6 or CTRL-Num8

Zoom – Moves the view closer or further away from the point of interest.

• Hold both CTRL+MMB and move mouse.
• Or, simply rotate the MMB.
• NumPlus or NumMinus

Q-Are there shortcuts to set the view of our model to a predefined view?

Frame Selected – Changes the view to see the selected object.

• NumPeriod

Frame All – Changes the view so that you can see all objects.

• Home

Front Orthographic View – Changes the view to the Front view with the positive x-axis towards the right, the positive y-axis towards the back and the positive z-axis going upwards.

• Num1
  
  

Right Side Orthographic View – Changes the view to the Right side view.

• Num3

Top Orthographic View – Changes the view to the Top view.

• Num7
  
  

Bottom Orthographic View – Changes the view to the Bottom view.

• Num9

Camera View – Changes the view to match the camera’s view.

• Num0

Q-What is a mesh?

A mesh is a common shape type in 3D modelling. Some of the common mesh types in Blender are Cube, Circle, Sphere, Cone, Plane, Cylinder, …

All meshes are made out of three types of parts:

• vertices – the points of the mesh
• edges – the lines connecting the vertices
• faces – the surfaces of the mesh