5 Blender Tools I Wish I Knew when I Started... 

I've literally been googling this question all week you're a life saver

very cool, thank you. also just for fun the bisect tool allows you to make precise cuts so make of that what you will

Oh my gosh no way!!!!! Thank you so much for telling me!!!!!!!

Yes

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you can fix that by hitting ctrl + T ;)

@@That_stupid_guy That's not a fix. That just triangulates the mesh in Blender itself rather than letting the game engine triangulate the mesh on import. One problem with Ngons is that when triangulated it can create really long thin triangles where the edges are close together at at least one end. In turn that can cause smoothing and/or texture issues on the face. It can look fine in Blender but then can look terrible in a game engine. Ngons also create issues on non flat surfaces. The solution is to think ahead when using the knife tool and create topology where quads can still be created. You can get away with using Ngons with no issues but it's better to always work with quads wherever possible. Also worth noting that if you do Triangulate the mesh in Blender it's quite often worth changing the triangulation method. Blender now uses Beauty (the better option - It used to use Clip) by default I believe but has the clip option available and has even more options when you are triangulating quads.

Ngons are perfectly fine for static hard surface models. Period. If it shades good, it's good. End of story. This subject has been beaten to death. Ngons are used daily in game development.

@@SmokyMountainsHauling like i said ... "You can get away with using Ngons with no issues", Specifically on hard flat surfaces ... that doesn't mean they don't create issues though and it's always better to use quads where possible. Also, "If it shades good, it's good." isn't accurate. Just because you don't get any shading/texture issues in a 3D modelling app doesn't mean it's going to look the same in a game engine.

your the kind of person to empty finish the Doritos packet even if its just crums, your saving this world one crum at a time

@Pixelrei thanks... his delivery is not to my taste. thanks

@@becket7656 packet huh? U mean bag…

@@IronKore its more of a cut copy paste tic tok er gone youtube tutorial.. may work on 10 yearolds but theres all adults here in blender…😂

Danke Bitte Gracias Thanks God lol I needed this

Thanks for this! I'm new and don't quite get it yet but I'm keeping this in my notes for when I experiment.

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Me too. I'm constantly trying to rotate the end of a tube without pinching it.

Thanks

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O my god. I can't imagine how you were using blender without it. It is the thing that I learned day one O_o

@@MizawOwO exactly, me too

exactly. the Boolean operations are so much more accurate and fast.

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dont rush learning get keybinds add and save them on notes

Or just duplicate one and hit shift+r.

i cant use shear properly anyways knife is better

This sounds way worse and way more complicated

​@@BabyJesus66 Up to you. I do it this way because it's fast and flexible. For a simple pipe the way it's done in the video; extrude verts where you want the pipe to go, then geo nodes: Mesh to curve node. Fillet curve node, poly 5 verts. 8 point curve circle with appropriate radius. Curve to mesh using circle. Job done and pipe route can be easily tweaked. Took me 30 seconds to setup.

use the scroll wheel; hold it and move your mouse around

Enable X-ray using the icon that sort of looks like an ice cube in the top right corner of the 3d view, or by pressing Alt-Z (option-Z on Mac). OR, with one or more vertices selected, use Select Linked using Ctrl-L (command-L on Mac). This only works if everything in your mesh is linked together, but usually it is.