The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics, 4th Edition

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Navigate and Save

2.0 Navigate and Save

2.1 Windows File Explorer

2.2 Blender File Browser

2.3 Saving Your Work

2.4 The Concept of Files

2.5 The Append or Link Command

2.6 Importing Objects

2.7 Packing Data

Navigation

Navigation is the science of finding the way from one place to another. If you can see where you are going it’s an easy process to head over to that place but sometimes where you want to go is hidden from view. In Blender you create files and store them away for future use. You can reuse the files and build on to them and then save the new material. Saved files are your library of information from which you can extract elements and insert them into future work. The saying is, “There is no point reinventing the wheel”. If you ...