Views and Tools

Bonus Projects

To build well you must use all the different views.  Here are the views and their different uses.

Side View - NumPad 3
Other Side View - Ctrl NumPad 3
Front View - Numpad 1
Back View - Ctrl NumPad 1
Top View - NumPad 7
Bottom View - Ctrl Numpad 7
Camera View - NumPad 0
Click the Mouse Wheel - Change the view
Flight Mode - Enter Object Mode and press Shift - F Key

Lets start building:

  1. Press NumPad 7.
  2. Press the Tab Key to enter edit mode.
  3. Click the hand to turn widget mode off. 
  4. Press the A Key to deselect all vertices.
  5. Press the B Key to drag a box around the top vertices. 
  6. Press the E Key.  Click Region. 
  7. Hold the Ctrl Key down and move you mouse up 2 units.
  8. Press the A Key to deselect all.
  9. Press the B Key to drag a box around the bottom vertices. 
  10. Press the E Key.  Click Region. 
  11. Hold the Ctrl Key down and move you mouse down 2 units. 
  12. Press the A Key to deselect all.
  13. Select the 2 vertices in the middle using the B Key. 
  14. Press the E Key.  Click Region. 
  15. Hold the Ctrl Key down and move you mouse 2 units.
  16. Continue building until you have the following. Remember the following:

    A Key deselect all.
    B Key - Select.
    E Key - Extrude
    Click Region
    Hold the Ctrl Key and move the mouse

     

  17. Now we want to raise some of the cubes but not all of them.
  18. Press the A Key to select all.  You might have to press this twice.
  19. Press the W Key.  Click Remove Doubles. 
  20. Press the A Key to deselect all.
  21. Press the limit select button. 
  22. Press the B Key.  Select all the middle vertices.
  24. Press NumPad 1 for front view.
  25. Press the E Key.  Click Region. 
  26. Hold the Ctrl Key and move your mouse up 2 units. 
  27. Click the mouse wheel and move your mouse to rotate the view.

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