Blender Modeling Introduction: How to create 3D objects

The keyboard shortcuts and other controls included in this video are as follows:

Undo -- Ctrl-z (standard Windows key)

Rotate in increments -- hold down Ctrl whilst dragging rotate axis.

Grab (free move) -- g

Tools menu -- either SPACEBAR (if this option was selected in the initial Quick Setup), or SHIFT-SPACEBAR. Note that this setting can be changed in “Preferences” by selecting “Keymap” and “Spacebar Action”.

Object/Edit mode (toggle) -- TAB

Select multiple vertexes, edges or faces -- hold SHIFT whilst selecting.

Transform panel (toggle) -- n

Frame selected -- / (forward slash)

Maximize current area (toggle) -- Ctrl-SPACEBAR

Select a view in 3D viewport -- the key below Escape: tilde on a US layout

Quad view in 3D viewport -- Ctrl-Alt-q

X-Ray view toggle -- Alt-z

Toolbar (toggle) -- t

Apply transformations -- Ctrl-a

Duplicate -- SHIFT-d

Join selected objects -- Ctrl-j

Axis constrain -- press x, y or z to limit motion to that axis, for example following a duplicate, or when using grab (g).

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:12 Blender Basics
13:29 A Specific Build
14:52 Workspace & interface
20:35 Back to the build!
33:11 Export STL for 3D printing
34:25 Wrap

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[RobertoVernina]

I've learned an awful lot of things on Blender from this single 35 minutes than on countless "tutorials" out there. Thank you very much Chris, you are a _true_ educator; and, please, carry on with this Blender series, because it's going to be very useful to a lot of people (not just me)

[lesliedeana]

I am very impressed: Your breadth and depth of knowledge of tools from programming, creating objects to editing video is amazing! And The ability to convey this to us laypeople. In awe, sir! A proud member of 'Chris University' 900K and growing!

[tacticalvictorian]

this is not a tutorial.
this is some actual education video on blender.
with a manner of an actual teacher and professor.
giving actual information for actual students...

this is not a "walk with me" type of tutorial, this is "look this is how you walk, now walk" type of material.
awesome...

[bergspot]

This man is a natural teacher. Trying to get into Blender and everything was clear! Thank you.

[warrengibson]

Chris has exceeded even his usual high level of enthusiasm. Watching him, I can imagine myself getting into Blender and getting lost in what psychologists call a flow state. Bravo!

[MarkColemanRules]

Without a doubt, one of my favourite Explaining Computers tutorials. I really hope we get a part two. Thank you!

[christianbunch]

Your direction and dictation is simple and precise. Thank you for taking the fluff out of it.

[bisbeejim]

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[grotekleum]

I've watched many blender video's and have learned more from this one than all the others; the intro was very good and pointed out things other tutorials missed out completely. I hope you continue to make these. Thanks for sharing.

[sumitvishwakarma]

The Best tutorial of blender 3d modelling I have ever watched. I watched hours of lecture but this single 35 minutes video has more knowledge than the hours of lecture I watched. Thankyou sir☺

[RayR]

You should be hired to be an official Blender instructor. Seriously. You have conveyed better instructions on Blender's basic use then I've seen in years on YouTube.

[nilsrp]

This is absolutely brilliant, Christopher. You make everything so easy to follow. I am now officially a Blender user, for sure. Thank you very much for this video. Please continue. 👍😊

[ObsidianMercian]

A brilliant tutorial, thank you so much Chris. I have always struggled with Blender tutorials on YouTube as they overload you with keyboard shortcuts and try to teach you too many tools at once. I hope this video proves to be very popular, as I am keen to learn more about Blender from you.

[collins]

I started blender few days ago and I have been watching tutorials on different channels. I can say this is the best tutorial so far I have seen. He explained what he is doing, why is he doing it, and multiple ways to do it. Blender is different from the other 3D modeling software I have been using. Without proper tutorial it is very difficult and will take a long time to progress. Hope to see more tutorials from this channel. Thank you.

[alessandrofiacco]

I've seen a lot of videos about Blender, from basic to advanced, but none of them gave me all the tricks you showed here and explained in such a clear and simple way.
You have great teaching skills!

[nicholasmakin]

This was a really nice intro to blender. Blender does *everyting* and can seem to overwhelming it is nice to pick a specific task and realize that at its core it is not really all that complicated.

[michaelstoliker]

Brilliant choice and very timely as I'm considering a 3D printer and designing 3D objects for printing. This is a great foot up!

[GertBoers]

Wow, I've used Blender for some time now for some 'simple' objects, but a lot of what you're showing is completely unknown to me. I am definitely going to use these tips to my advantage.
Thanks for sharing!

[CeeTheJay]

In the early days of my Blender journey, I swear I had the exact same "Ooo, I made a sandcrawler by moving two vectors!!" epiphany you described, EXACTLY as you described it. Get out of my mind!!
I agree with the other commenters below - this is one of the clearest tutorials out there. Thank you!

[bobby]

This is a really awesome video, please consider doing a series. Your precise almost CAD-like prototyping approach to Blender is much less common on YouTube, and is a hugely beneficial skill set to have within the program. I am a proficient user, and still found some of the UI elements you covered to be a valuable refresher for doing more precise work.