I’m explaining this wrong ,let me try again.
LW ,Softimage are hotkey driven.Blender ,LW ,Softimage fells a lot a like to me.
trueSpace ,C4D have icons but you can use hotkeys.C4D has a LW UI so you can make C4D look and work like LW.
lets fore get about the hot keys.mouse or wacom.
the faster app’s it’s less steps to select a vertice.
In Blender you can right-click a vertex to select it, or shift+right click to add or remove it from the selection.
I’m explaining this wrong ,let me try again.
LW ,Softimage are hotkey driven.Blender ,LW ,Softimage fells a lot a like to me.
trueSpace ,C4D have icons but you can use hotkeys.C4D has a LW UI so you can make C4D look and work like LW.
lets fore get about the hot keys.mouse or wacom.
the faster app’s it’s less steps to select a vertice.
In Blender you can right-click a vertex to select it, or shift+right click to add or remove it from the selection.
Or ‘C’ and circle select…or ‘B’ and box select…and click a little icon at the bottom to switch between vertex-edge-face…
I have a question… When Blender starts up for the first time there is a cube drawn out for you. OK that’s fine… OK 2 questions… How to divide up the faces to the point where using the molding tools will work to actually change the shape? My main question is what is that funny little circle that if you click somewhere in the scene it relocate to that location? I don’t get why that’s so important to have that visible in the scene. I click directly on the cube I can move it all over the place or using the XYX widget arrows to move it around with more precision. Thanks folks!
Not talking about D/S Pro ,it’s not a modeling App.
Genesis was modeled in Modo.
Genesis is 100% quads ,polycount around 18,872.
Genesis is made to work in any app.
Genesis is one of the best Character Meshes ever made.
I’m talking about Blender,Max,Maya,Softimage,C4D,LW, etc etc.
They all could be so much more.
RAMwolf:
select the cube and type “W” which will give you a menu with “subdivide” and confirm with enter - which will do as it says- do that a few times to get it fine enough for your needs.
As for the 3D cursor (that funny thing like a ring) - it acts as a center for things like rotation and spin extrusion. It’s actually very useful when you get into things. Say you want curve a pipe around a corner: find the center of the corner, put the 3D cursor there using Shift- S, 3 then select your pipe, tab into edit mode and postion the end even with the cursor and press the spin button: bingo, a neat pipe bend.
Of course I have missed out every detail of the operation here but the point is that the cursor is essential for modelling.
Yeah, RAMWolff, the 3D cursor is a pain in my azz, and I wish I could just turn it off completely (until I ever need it).
Others swear by it, and as you can see by zug22’s post, it does have significant usage. I, personally, just don’t model that way, nor, as zug22 has illustrated, have I seen a dedicated workflow from A to Z presented that would convince me to ever use it. Maybe someday.
Here is a hotkey map that I use for 2.5 (+) series from KatBits:
Thank you both so much for your help. Downloaded the hotkey map for safe keeping. Will try the sub divide thing later on. Just home from work. I need a doobie and my shoes off first!
That cursor also defines where the next object will be created. It allows one to place objects, pivot points, etc precisely in ways that would be harder without it once one gets the hang of how it works.
Now that’s a very useful map. I also liked the second link in that thread with the list of hotkeys and shortcuts. I used it to update the list I already have. I’m always adding to it as I “discover” something new.
