Decided to trial 3ds Max back in 2009 after a few years fiddling about with Blender's 2.4xx series version so ever since skipped between the two but Blender remained a core preference in terms of hard surface modeling as a hobbyist. Personally, simply due to it's overall ease of use, stability and extremely light…
Yup. If I'm currently in Object Mode and I hit 1/2/3 out of habit, then it will automatically switch over to Edit Mode and select the desired component type. Here is the set-up.
Can you explain this? I'm just tabbing in/out of object/edit mode and 1/2/3 for component switching. Are you saying this command eliminates the need for tab?
@Cryrid right-click select is not a part of Blender anymore if you don't want it to be. ;) Just go to edit>prefs>keymap and change it to left click select. Switching to modes is a core workflow of Blender: object, component, sculpting, weight painting, bone(armature) edit, etc. As for the gizmo, initially ferlt the same…
I'm in the process of trying to switch to Blender after 15 years in Softimage. The 2.8 interface certainly seems easier to pick up than previous versions, and there's some nice modern elements (like the viewport) which are noticeable upgrades since Softimage has been practically untouched for 12 years. At the moment I…
I know, I was just using Right-Click selection as the final Blender Fundamentals video (link) seemed to suggest that it has some advantages, so it seemed like one of those things that might be useful to just get used to doing now? Since posting yesterday, I have discovered that I can enable gizmos to appear whenever I make…