Did you know you can CTRL-LMB to use a lasso select? Although, I think that should be the default function of the LMB rather than a alternate and the cursor should be CTRL-LMB. Edit: It's an easy fix. Ctrl-Alt-U into preferences and find "3D cursor", expand it and select the Ctrl check box. Then find "lasso select", expand…
Ah cool Slum I must have missed it. I'll have to check it out. My only gripe with setting up the subobject selection modes this way is Blender is pretty bad at maintaining selections when jumping between different subobject types, and I haven't quite figured out how to set it up so that holding down Shift allows you to…
You can also use the 3D cursor to reposition the origin of an object. So you could for example, select a vert, snap the 3D cursor to it, then go to object mode and select a different object, then snap it's origin to the cursor. Very useful at times.
There is a mouse arrow icon next to a ghost on the header - click the arrow and it should filter by selection (Graph editor has similar, but I think it defaults to on).
Blender encourages a gizmo-less manipulation. Its much much much faster to press the move hotkey and move your mouse, than to click and drag on handles. This is something Modo users have known a long time, but Max and Maya users "dont know what they dont know" You can set up a max navigation style easily. The hotkey config…
-Is there any way to cull or change the shading of backfaces in the viewport? this maybe :) -Paint/Raycast select, how's it done? Everywhere I look says press "B" twice, but that doesn't do anything. Press C. -Is there a normal "select only" mode? Not a fan of the always on sticky-manipulator, could cause problems ("Oh…
Messing with this some more today, have a few questions: -Is there any way to cull or change the shading of backfaces in the viewport? -Paint/Raycast select, how's it done? Everywhere I look says press "B" twice, but that doesn't do anything. -Is there a normal "select only" mode? Not a fan of the always on…
Quick one for moving objects to layers: Select object Press 'm' (for move) Press a number on your keyboard for the layer number (you may also be able to do it by clicking the layer (the bunch of small grey boxes at the bottom of the view viewport)