For blender 3d in the site https://blenderartists.org/tutorials.php?id=1 this is a tutorial called “designing a futuristic ship”. When we start this tutorial it says to open up blender and select the default plane. How exactly can I select the default plane?
When you first start blender there is a default plane right click on it to select. Unless of course you have changed your default by clicking alt u after deletign the plane.
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