7 minutes of Blender Interface Tips ...stuff you forget

A collection of Blender 3D tips

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Chapters
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0:00 Intro
0:12 Change Multiple Values
0:30 Mathematics inside of Values
0:38 Reset Colour Values
1:05 RGB insert node
1:25 Purge / Clean Data
1:50 Focus Outliner
2:10 Rename Object F2
2:25 File Browser
3:10 Drag and Drop files from Desktop
3:25 HDRI Preview
4:05 Enable Gizmos
4:23 Expand UI icons
4:39 Ctrl + Space - Expand Window
5:10 New Main Window
5:25 Area Duplicate
5:38 Cycle selection modes
5:50 Quad View
6:10 Right Click show header
6:25 Show / Hide Status bar
6:35 Outliner Area Blender Files
6:50 Outro

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[seriouslycoolful]

'purge all' is probably the most useful tip I've heard all year. I will be clicking that every day

[subject_n]

To change a property for multiple selected objects at once, hold Alt before clicking it. Works for values, checkboxes, you name it. I learned this recently and I can't believe I didn't know of it for years.

[Frank-mjqv]

Thanks for "." to find object in the outliner, really needed that!

[sottozen]

Thanks for the "purge all" :)

[MelvilleG]

Thanks. Those were absolutely vital. In my case I have forgotten half of those and the other half I never even knew existed.

[JohnMalcolm]

Backspace is handy not just for resetting colour. It will reset any field (and things like tick boxes) to default value if pressed while hovering over them

[briost]

There's a third way of creating a new window if you drag in the corner of a window like you would to make a new work place in that window but you hold down shift it will pop out a copy of the window, kinda funky to explain in text i hope you got it!

[Solcommand]

You should know that if you disable the status bar you'll lose the helpful tips that appear in it for various tools, such as when using knife tool for example.

[KEI-umkc]

The biggest blender UI secret is the Pie Menu Editor add on.

[yourpersonalspammer]

video's over and I've already forgotten again. f*ck!

[devriv]

Thanks very much for this Steven. May I trouble you with a small request? Could you please demonstrate how to copy the DIMENSIONS of one object to another very quickly? In 2.79 one could easily hover the mouse over the dimensions panel and click “Copy all to selected”. I do not see that in 2.8+; one has to copy each dimension individually. It’s such a simple idea that it makes me wonder if I’m overlooking something. It’s hard to believe such a simple, useful function did not carry over. Thank you very much in advance. :)

[DarkSoulpony]

I dont speak english natively.. is that an Scottish accent?

[lichtraumzeit]

Hi Steven. I really appreciate your knowledge and experience, but as a non-native English speaker, I find you almost impossible to understand. It would be awesome if your could put subtitles with your vids. Thanks!!!