Blender for Complete Beginners

Learn to install and manage Blender add-ons via edit preferences and the extensions repository, including installing from disk and enabling or disabling tools like precision drawing tools.

Discover Blender 4.3 add-ons via the extensions repository, using reviews, ratings, and GitHub links; search by subject or downloads, highlighting two workshop add-ons: extra mesh objects and extra curve objects.

Install add-ons from disk in Blender, enable them, and manage zip files from sources like Blender Market. Use the SketchUp importer to access SketchUp files in Blender and uninstall add-ons.

Press shift a to add objects at the 3d cursor location, explore mesh, plane, curve, cylinder options, and adjust vertices, radius, and depth in the quick properties panel.

Master numeric input for Blender transformations by typing values with G, R, S, or the equal key to move, rotate, and scale, and convert units from meters to centimeters.

Explore Blender's edit mode to transform mesh objects by moving vertices, edges, and faces, using the 3D cursor as a temporary pivot and snap.

Learn to use subdivisions and loop cuts in Blender, employing Ctrl R and Alt to create and select cuts, while keeping faces with four sides to avoid ngons.

Create mirrored models in blender by cutting a symmetrical object in half and using the interactive mirror on the X, Y, or Z axis to produce a mirrored copy.

Learn to use insets on 3d objects in Blender, including single and individual insets; compare inset with extrude and scale or bevel, and visualize borders with cavity shading.

Learn to create round shapes with Blender's spin tool in edit mode, using the 3D cursor as pivot and adjusting axis, steps, and angle, with duplicates and extrude.

Apply the subdivision surface modifier in Blender to smooth shapes, compare Catable Clark and simple methods, and control curvature with loop cuts and edge loops, while managing subdivision levels.

Learn how the Blender array modifier creates multiple copies of an object with fixed count, relative or constant offsets, and object offsets, enabling efficient, non-destructive modeling and animated effects.

Explore the boolean modifier to create holes and complex shapes using intersect, union, and difference. Learn time-saving modeling techniques and note the downsides of anegons and loop-cut limitations.

Learn profile based modeling in Blender using Bezier curves as paths and bevel objects to form 3D shapes, then convert to mesh and edit with extrudes, caps, and tilts.

Boost Blender modeling speed with the free F2 add-on. Install via edit preferences, get extensions, then press F on a selected edge to rapidly fill missing faces.

Create an improved array modifier with geometry nodes to duplicate elements and instantiate copies along the X, Y, and Z axes using a single modifier, with set position and math.

Create a custom modifier in Blender 4.3 by exposing group inputs to modifier panel and controlling copies on the X, Y, and Z axes with random scales via geometry nodes.