Blendering on a laptop

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I know most of you already know this… but Im going to post it anyways… because I know that there are still users out there that are still tring to figure out how to use the number pad on a laptop, so here goes…

To use blender a mimic a number pad using your laptap you must do the follow.

1: hold down “fn” then hit end(NumIK) the number pad light should light up…
2: The following keys are the keys that controls the side, top, front, and camera view.

K = Spin the 3D object (2)
L = Will go on side view (3)
J = Will put you on front view (1)
O,U = Will spin your 3D window left and right (6, 4)
M = Will give you camera view (0)

there is more… Just like at your key pad and you should be ok… I just hade to post this for brainless users like my self who cant get things right so quick… takes time to get useto but… heh… it works

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remember to turn num pad off again when you’re not rotating the view… or much frustration will follow.

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There’s a laptop numpad Python script mugwah wrote and I had enhanced not long ago that you might want to check out as well.

RobertT

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or you could buy a usb numpad and carry it around in a cool orange and blue fanny pack. I guess that’s pretty darn trendy…ain’t it…?

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i have also a laptop, and i have to admit, i love to use the implemented, standard “emulate numpad” button in the user preferences panel…it was annoying with the numeric keys, i always had to remove my hand from the mouse, now, i have truly 1 hand on the keyboard, 1 on the mice…
much easyer when im into heavy editing, using the g,s,r buttons, and just above these are the view ones, 0-9 :slight_smile: cool…fast.