I have just installed Blender but my default screen doesn’t match all the tutorials I have loaded so I can’t get going. I have a plan view of a cube with no panels to the left and right of the screen. All the tutorials show a 3D cube with parameter panels on each side.
Also - is there an “undo” anywhere? What am I doing wrong?
(iMAC : OS 10.6.2 Short keyboard - no numeric pad ; 2 button mouse with centre roller)
Control-z is the undo key.
I’m assuming you are using 2.55 if so
In most windows pressing “t” will show the tools available on the left, and “n” will give you the properties panel on the right.
Wha??? no numeric pad… that’d be a nightmare for me… lol
Thanks for responding so quickly. When I start Blender, along the top I get a green field with www.blender.org 249.2 then Ve8 | Fa:6 | Ob:3-1 | La:1
Does that mean I have downloaded 2.49-2 (I got it from the blender site)
Thanks for responding so quickly. When I start Blender, along the top I get a green field with www.blender.org 249.2 then Ve8 | Fa:6 | Ob:3-1 | La:1
Does that mean I have downloaded 2.49-2 (I got it from the blender site)
How do I switch to the 3D display
My ultimate goal is to model my Roadster which I have drawn in Word
Hi batFINGER, Thanks for your help. I have come to the conclusion that life is going to be very difficult without the numeric pad (even though there is an emulation mode) so I am going to try and buy a separate numeric keypad.
I also assumed that because 2.55 was still in beta test it would be safer for a newbie to use the proven solid version so that if things went wrong I knew it would be me. Perhaps I ought download 2.55, what do you think?
Hey, welcome to Blenderartists.
I would definitely recommend starting with blender 2.55, and getting a numberpad. it will improve your workflow speed for modeling greatly.
If you listen to me, you’d throw away that magic mouse, or sale it to a maniac nightmare of the 3d guys
I have this : http://www.x7.cn/oscaren/
it costs half as the magic mouse, has 2 programmable buttons (like ctrl+z, and numpad-del to me)
3000 dpi, and looks quite cool