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.

PROJECT FILES
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COURSES & EBOOKS

CHAPTERS

User Interface
00:00:00 - Intro
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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GPU: Nvidia Titan RTX
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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

[venomvein]

Blender community is the best community on youtube PERIOD. Awesome work and thanks!

[sbc]

People do not realize a course like this can cost thousands of dollars. He is giving this all for free. He deserves your like and subscription

[cineblazer]

I appreciate the little white timer bar at the bottom of the screen for each tip! It's the little details that really make your videos stand out!

[cineblazer]

Learning that alt-s fatten/slim edit mode shortcut has restored my faith in humanity, cured my type 7 diabetes, and increased the yield of my crops.

[theresan]

This is crazy you did this for free. I need to thank you a thousand times. You don't know how much I appreciate your work and information you provide in this 2 hour long video. I saved it and wrote pages of notes.

[JoshGambrell]

Appreciate the mention Zach :) Been watching your content for years now so I'm honored!

[lukeh]

11:18 I started to learn blender like a year ago, but i quit because had been researching how to fix the getting stuck zooming in issue, and could not find any way to fix it. This tip literally saved my life!!

[tracygunning]

this is now my fav video; I'll come back to this time and again. Thank you

[michaelsmusicinstruments]

2 hours of my life are now planned, and the best: if I don't have enough time, or if I forget something (like every time :-)), everything is listed incredibly precisely in the description.
great work zacherias, thanks

[bzqp]

Me: *Wondering why my Blender always crushes, while other youtubers can manage without problems*
CG Boost: *128 GB RAM*

[Philipeace]

I gotta watch this more often. every now and then one of these shortcuts slips my mind still

[pedrobranco]

This is the most important 2h of knowledge in this platform. Thanks a lot

[ibrahimayad]

Best modelling tutorial on YouTube. Thank you, Sir.

[amjadmosawi]

god, this video is my ultimate reference of blender of all time. its the best ever tutorial I have ever came across, thank you so very much for this huge effort and great video

[Dantti]

Man, this is HUGE!
Thanks for the massive effort!
Respect!

[fayfeld]

Is there an "Oscar" for Blender Video Tutorials...? *** Thanks a lot, Zach! *** I "lost" nearly a full Saturday watching it, but it has been worth it.

[basspig]

One of the most useful Blender tutorials I've seen.

[terryhycheng]

These tips are really useful!!! You solved almost all the problems I got while using Blender. Thank you so much, and I can't believe I just finished a 2-hour video.

[o.kiryukhin]

41:15 Note that in later version of Blender Knife Project tool works differently: To use Knife Project, first in Object Mode select the objects to be cut, then switch to Edit Mode and select the cutting objects in the Outliner (Ctrl-LMB), and finally choose Mesh ‣ Knife Project.