Blender For Dummies, 4th Edition

Chapter 20

Ten Tips for Working More Effectively in Blender

IN THIS CHAPTER

Saving time with good work habits

Planning and having fun

Working in Blender is a ton of fun, but you can adopt a few good work habits to make the experience even more enjoyable. These good habits let you work faster without sacrificing the quality of your work. In this chapter, I detail ten of my best suggestions for working more efficiently and effectively in Blender.

Use Tooltips and Integrated Search

Blender is a dense program, and users often forget what a button does or they discover a new menu. If you don’t know what a button in Blender does, hover your mouse pointer over it. More often than not, a helpful tooltip pops up to concisely describe what the button does. And even if the tooltip isn’t completely clear, you have a better idea of what to search for to get help.

And speaking of searching, one of the best features of Blender is the fully integrated search functionality. Using the search hotkey (F3) in a particular editor, you can type the name of the feature or tool you’re looking for, and Blender shows you a list of operations that may match within the context of the editor that you’re working ...