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Revision as of 11:59, 4 December 2023
I'm slowly catching up and trying to learn blender so I'm just writing down a few things that frustrate me as an old maya/houdini user, and answer it as i go.
Resources
- French Studio Les Fées Speciales' blender tech blog: https://lacuisine.tech/
- Maya to blender in 30 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0njghXPAI
Some shortcuts
Will sort! Trying to be a GoodBoy and learning the blender standard. God it's hard not to hit the Alt key for navigation.
| function | key | equivalent to |
| Add objects | shift-a | Tab-drop node (houdini) |
| Frame/focus object | . (numpad) | f (maya) |
| Make active camera | ctrl-num0 | mmb drag and drop cam from outliner to VP (maya) |
| Toggle object/faces edges/vertices | tab 1 2 3 | Maya F8 F9 etc... |
| Search for function | F3 | Maya's Find Menu but actually looks nice |
| Change sudbdiv | ctrl+0,1,2...(top row keyboard digits) | Maya's numpad 1 2 3 |
| Select Linked | ctrl-L | double click in maya to select shell |
| Select More/Less | ctrl-Num+ | Maya's grow/shrink selection </> |
Concepts
Collections !
Is kind of like maya's set+renderlayer on steroids. You can have an item in several collections (ctrl drag).
Groups !
No such thing, but use a null object
Specific Tips
to be sorted once I get a few
Where can I edit the pivot point, what's with the weird cursor that looks like a lifebuoy ?
The cursor which is a bit jarring is actually quite useful. Shift + right click to move it around, Shift + s to send it places (like the origin)
For pivots, top of the viewport, shortcut is '.' dot but apparently not on a french keyboard. Still don't know what the first box does, I'll remove this line once I know ;)
How do I animate text ?
Apparently you can't keyframe text easily. That sucks. However you can open up a python script, it seems you have to relaunch the script at every session.
# assumes you have a text object called 'Text'
import bpy
scene = bpy.context.scene
obj = scene.objects['Text']
def recalculate_text(scene):
text = '--'
cf = scene.frame_current
if cf < 1800:
text = ' '
elif cf < 1920:
text = 8
elif cf < 2030:
text = 5
elif cf < 2180:
text = 1
elif cf < 2300:
text = 2
obj.data.body = f'{text}'
bpy.app.handlers.frame_change_pre.append(recalculate_text)
Will modify this if I find a more user friendly way of doing this.
How do I lock camera to view
This is kinda hidden amirite ? Shortcut to twirl/untwirl that little menu is 'n'
Other random notes
- The outliner forces sorting by alphabetical name ? Not by creation order.