Starting with Blender

Blender is free and runs on almost anything. Thirty minutes of setup and you are modeling — here is the shortest path.

The five shortcuts

Select, move, rotate, scale, duplicate. Everything else can wait. Muscle memory on these five carries a beginner through the first month.

First scene

Delete the default cube when you need to — but first, move it, rotate it, scale it, and render it. That loop is 80% of all 3D work.

Frequently asked questions