Ace is right, we can't have it both ways. Blender is either professional and competent enough to receive valid criticism (something I definitely believe), or it's just a hobby tool that's free, so you can't complain, but it can't be both. Personally, I think Blender has grown to something that is competent enough to put it…
@pior @Justo I find this utterly fascinating. Because in essence the option to switch between two select modes is already there in vanilla Blender. Yet this custom way seems to be the more accepted one for some people. Is the X-Ray (which would give you even more visual control over what you are selecting, one would think)…
If you are dead-set on making a career of 3D modeling, you will almost certainly have to purchase some commercial software at some point. These are the programs that the majority of game and video studios use, and they will expect their employees to use them as well. If this is more of a hobby for you, you might want to…
Blender has an "history" which makes it look less profesional (often seen as beginner or hobby software). Doing add-ons for Blender is quite easy but it's a bit tricky to do commercial add-on. It's evolving since the opening of BlenderMarket wich tie more dev and users : https://cgcookiemarkets.com/blender/ And NO Autodesk…