Creating and Transforming Objects

08/07/2010

Hi again!! This time we'll see how to create and transform (move, rotate and scale) objects in blender 2.5.

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Things you'll learn:
- Use of the 3d Cursor
- 3 ways of creating objects
- Use the transform manipulators
- Transforming Shortcuts
- Precise Transforms
- Aligning Objects

Level of complexity: Beginner

The next tutorial will be about using modifiers. See you!

Level: 
Beginner
Tags: 
blender
tutorial
object
transform

Comments

Submitted by tripleA on Tue, 03/05/2011 - 21:28
glad, i finally found a good tutorial that use blender 2.5 after all... thank you very much..really help me a lot :)
Submitted by oliver villar on Tue, 03/05/2011 - 21:30

Thanks for your comment! ;)

Submitted by Blendertutfan on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 17:24
how did you add "empty" to the cube, or for that matter, how is "empty" added anywhere?
Submitted by oliver villar on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 17:53

You can always add an empty from the Shift+A (Add menu). Then, on the empty properties, your can give it a cube shape... I don't know if this is what you mean... hope it helps!

Submitted by Olugbenga Oyewole on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 22:32
This s helpful
Submitted by oliver villar on Fri, 03/06/2011 - 12:18

Glad to hear that :)

Submitted by Ko_Ko on Sun, 22/05/2011 - 11:16
thank you very muchos bro!
Submitted by oliver villar on Fri, 03/06/2011 - 12:18

Yo're welcome!

Submitted by Panagos302 on Fri, 03/06/2011 - 10:13
Realy helpful. I finaly found tuts for 2.5 that are good. I can now continue blending ;)
Submitted by oliver villar on Fri, 03/06/2011 - 12:19

Is great to hear that :)

Submitted by Maria Kazachenko on Sun, 05/06/2011 - 02:35
Very helpful. THanks!
Submitted by Fabio on Thu, 23/06/2011 - 11:46
Great! Your english is incredibly clear and the tut is simple and powerful at the same time. Keep on this way! :D
Submitted by Marja sterenborg on Fri, 01/07/2011 - 20:37

just like all above, I am glad I found this site today, and offcourse the tutorials too.
thank you for the clear explanation.

Submitted by oliver villar on Sat, 02/07/2011 - 20:53

Thanks, Marja, I'm very glad you find it useful :) Take care!

Submitted by Joneskind on Fri, 15/07/2011 - 08:04

Thanks a lot for your work. Every thing seems more simple day after day.

Submitted by Daniel on Tue, 19/07/2011 - 22:49
Thank you for making these tutorials! They are really helpfull! =)
Submitted by k4non on Fri, 05/08/2011 - 09:25
Thank you very much for this tutorials!, i am a beginner and i am learning a lot!, thanks!.
Submitted by Alexander Lucas... on Sun, 14/08/2011 - 21:24
Thanks so much for taking the time to create these tutorial videos! I'm new to 3-D animation and this has been very helpful. I'll be going to school for animation in the fall, and these videos have been a great starting point. Thanks again!
Submitted by Randall Foshee on Sat, 27/08/2011 - 14:20
Well, this is a great tutorial also, but I have a really big problem. I have been trying to create an account on Blender.org so I can report a serious bug in Blender. But I have tried to create two different accounts and Blender.org won't send the confirmation email no matter how log I wait or how many times I ask the site to send the email. It's not in my spam or anywhere. So I'm stuck, because I can't log into the website to report a serious bug. The serious bug is the EXTRUDE INDIVIDUAL. It doesn't work in 2.59 (latest build as of 8-27-2011). I have tried it in the 64bit version and the 32bit version. Neither of them work at all the way these tutorials show. I do EXACTLY what you and a host of other video tutorials explain (they are all the say, SHIFT-E, to do an individual extrude, nope, doesn't work. I hit the button, and it will extrude the faces in only one direction, but if you hit scale, or rotate, nothing. Nothing happens individually. So, this needs to be fixed, also the main website needs to be fixed, so that one can create an account on their and become a member of Blender.org.
Submitted by oliver villar on Sat, 27/08/2011 - 22:10

Yes, in latest versions, Extrude Individuals doesn't use any shortcut at all. I found the same problem. The "trick" is to go to the user preferences, and add a shortcut (like Shift+E) yourself, that's what I did ;)

About the blender.org account... I can't do anything... did you go to this direction? https://projects.blender.org/tracker/?func=browse&group_id=9&atid=498

See you!

Submitted by Jye on Tue, 04/10/2011 - 06:04
Hi oliver, i got a question. Under which section exactly the Extrude Individuals is (In user preferences)?
Submitted by Femz on Sat, 03/09/2011 - 20:42
yO MAN UR HELPING ME THROUGH BRO THE ITALIAN ACCENTS DOING ALOT FOR U LOOL
Submitted by Dean on Wed, 21/09/2011 - 02:59
Align to transform orientation doesn't seem to work at all for me. I set the transform orientation to global, but when I go to click "align to transform orientation" the selected object doesn't budge! What am I doing wrong?
Submitted by chaib115 on Tue, 18/10/2011 - 16:46
thank you it is very hepfull and well presented plz we need more tutorials
Submitted by wdavilaneto on Tue, 25/10/2011 - 19:05
How did you selected a Vertex ?
Submitted by Esther on Sun, 30/10/2011 - 21:18
Thank you! This is awesome. I've struggled with 3D software and am just trying blender again. This is very clear. Now I feel like I can start modeling!
Submitted by Walteer on Wed, 02/11/2011 - 20:30
Muy buen video. Recién descubrí Blendtuts y estoy devorando sus videos, el inglés por suerte lo entiendo bastante. Muchas gracias por el conocimiento. Desde Corrientes, Argentina: un abrazo!
Submitted by Haseeb on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 12:36
You have very excellent tutorials right there......but,i am having problem with making the objects come to the center.. that creates much problem..you know in sculpting using mirror modifier or symmetry!..can you please help me with that?
Submitted by Steve on Sat, 19/11/2011 - 07:15
Hi I posted a comment here a few days ago, which related to "align to view" in Blender 2.60.0. I was looking to see if there is any reply, but my comment seems to have gone. I saved and previewed it after composing it. Has this happened to anyone ? Have I posted incorrectly ?
Submitted by Blendah! on Mon, 26/12/2011 - 22:43
Hi Oliver! Your videos are GREAT! And I mean it, GREAT! It's just one thing, I can't rotate... When I apply the "Rotate Manipular Mode" it doesn't work when I try to drag the arrows. (Though it works for the "Translate Manipular Mode). What's wrong? Please help me!
Submitted by Michael on Sat, 14/01/2012 - 21:53

I'm so glad to have found this series of tutorials!! I feel like I have a good chance of understanding this powerful application. Thanks for all your enthusiasm Oliver!!

Submitted by LadyVey on Sun, 15/04/2012 - 23:27

Your tutorials are very helpful and encouraging! Thank you!!

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