100+ Tips to Boost Modeling in Blender
In this video, Zach shares over 100 modeling related tips for Blender. Below you can find a list with all tips and the according timestamps.
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CHAPTERS
User Interface
00:05:07 – #01 Mode Pie Menu
00:06:11 – #02 Viewport Shading Pie Menu
00:06:34 – #03 Toggle X-Ray Shortcut
00:06:52 – #04 Inspect Surfaces Using MatCaps
00:07:44 – #05 Cavity
00:08:45 – #06 Random Colors
00:09:09 – #07 Frame Selected
00:10:05 – #08 Better 3D Viewport Navigation
00:12:53 – #09 Local View
00:14:27 – #10 Align View to Face Normal
00:15:17 – #11 Clipping Region
00:15:53 – #12 Quad View
00:17:42 – #13 Disable the Splash Screen
00:18:16 – #14 Disable Tooltips
00:19:00 – #15 Search Menu
00:19:40 – #16 Math Operators
00:20:22 – #17 Change Multiple Parameters at once
00:20:38 – #18 Resetting Parameters to Default
00:21:11 – #19 Make Fine Adjustments
00:21:42 – #20 Pin Panels
00:22:47 – #21 Reopen the Operator Panel
00:23:36 – #22 Quickly View Online Manual
Selection
00:24:42 – #23 Select More/Less
00:25:01 – #24 Select Linked
00:25:47 – #25 Invert Selection
00:26:15 – #26 Checker Deselect
00:26:40 – #27 Pick Shortest Path
00:27:39 – #28 Select Random
00:28:10 – #29 Select Similar
Mesh Modeling
00:29:22 – #30 Edit Multiple Objects at once
00:30:14 – #31 Connect Vertex Path
00:30:46 – #32 Edge / Vertex Slide
00:31:56 – #33 Merge by Distance
00:32:42 – #34 Auto Merge Vertices
00:33:37 – #35 Dissolve Selection
00:34:56 – #36 Extrude to Mouse Cursor
00:35:12 – #37 Mirroring in Edit Mode
00:36:12 – #38 Shear Tool
00:36:38 – #39 Move along Normals
00:37:23 – #40 Grid Fill
00:37:56 – #41 Bevel in Edit Mode
00:38:39 – #42 Solidify in Edit Mode
00:39:02 – #43 Boolean in Edit Mode
00:39:36 – #44 Close all Holes at once
00:40:27 – #45 Cut through Meshes (Knife Tool)
00:41:13 – #46 Knife Project
00:42:50 – #47 Bridge Edge Loops
00:43:21 – #48 Holes using Bridge Edge Loops
00:43:47 – #49 Customize Auto Smooth
00:45:13 – #50 Hide in Edit Mode
00:46:11 – #51 Inset Face Additional Shortcuts
00:46:56 – #52 Offset Edge Slide
00:48:01 – #53 Organic Modeling in Sculpt Mode
00:48:53 – #54 Separate by Loose Parts
00:49:59 – #55 Move using Active Selection
00:51:22 – #56 Rotate and Scale using Active Selection
00:52:26 – #57 Individual Origins
00:53:09 – #58 3D Cursor as Pivot Point
00:53:49 – #59 Repeat History
00:54:49 – #60 Bool Tool Add-on
00:56:32 – #61 Loop Tools Add-on
00:57:41 – #62 F2 Add-on
Transformation
00:58:16 – #63 Reset Transforms
00:58:35 – #64 Always show Transform Gizmos
00:59:26 – #65 Quickly adjust Origins
01:00:13 – #66 Transform Parents without affecting Children
01:00:54 – #67 Change Distance of Objects
01:01:28 – #68 Snap to Surface
01:02:30 – #69 Duplicate Linked
01:03:52 – #70 Copy Object Data
01:04:22 – #71 Temporary Link Data
01:05:27 – #72 Randomize Transform
01:06:16 – #73 Copy Transform Data to other Objects
Modifiers
01:07:24 – #74 Add Modifiers to Quick Favorites
01:08:42 – #75 Apply All Modifiers
01:09:22 – #76 Change multiple Modifiers at once
01:10:13 – #77 Copy Modifiers to other Objects
01:10:39 – #78 Bevel Modifier and Harden Normals
01:11:41 – #79 Custom Beveled Edges
01:13:26 – #80 Multiple Bevel Modifiers
01:16:09 – #81 Clean Hard-Surface Sub-D Modeling
01:17:57 – #82 Beveled Booleans (Weld Modifier)
01:20:05 – #83 Slice Cuts
01:22:39 – #84 Lazy Mirror Modifier
01:23:56 – #85 Quickly Change Mirroring Position
01:24:41 – #86 Quick Array Patterns
01:27:59 – #87 Circular Array Shapes
01:30:19 – #88 Circular Array Duplicates
01:32:06 – #89 Robot Tentacle Arms
01:35:52 – #90 Quad Sphere
01:37:52 – #91 Skin Modifier Modeling
01:39:10 – #92 Multires Modifier Deformations
01:40:08 – #93 Dynamic Mesh Projection
Organization
01:42:01 – #94 Quickly Rename and Batch Rename
01:43:04 – #95 Collections Galore
01:43:48 – #96 Move to Collection
01:44:33 – #97 Instancing Collections
01:46:00 – #98 Mirror Collections
01:46:58 – #99 Collection Instances with 3D Cursor Offset
01:48:27 – #100 Parent in Outliner
Bonus
01:49:27 – #101 Draw Cables
01:51:44 – #102 3D Sticky Notes
01:56:03 – Outro
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