How to scroll animation in the Viewport window
To scroll the animation in Blender without leaving the “Viewport” window – hold the Alt key and turn the mouse wheel.
This type of animation scroll works even if there is no “TimeLine” window open.
Interface
How to make node connections in Blender 2.8 not straight, but curving as before
In Blender 2.8 node connectors in the “Shader Editor” window are straight by default, unlike earlier versions, where they bent curving. To return the usual connections bend, change the following settings:
- Open the “Preferences” window
- Switch to “Themes”
- Expand the “Node Editor” tree branch
- In the “Node Curving” field, set the value greater than 0. 0 means straight lines, the larger – the greater bend. A value of 4 corresponds to the bend that was in Blender 2.7x versions.
Remove doubles in Blender 2.83
In the last Blender 2.83 version, the function to remove doubles and merge vertices is moved to the “m” key code. The “alt + m” key code, used before, now executes the “Split” functions.
Edit Source
For those who want to know “how Blender works” to write their own scripts and add-ons, the developers have provided a very convenient option – the ability to view any element source code in a single click.
To see the source code of any element: open the “Text Editor” window; then simply click on the desired element with the right mouse button and select “Edit Source”.
Add-ons reload through the F8 key shot
Add-ons are not reloaded by pressing the F8 key in the Preferences – Add-ons window in Blender 2.83. The add-ons reload function call with this key shot was no longer tied starting with Blender 2.80.
To bind the add-ons reloading to the F8 key shot again:
- Open the “Preferences” window
- Open the the “Keymap” section
- Expand the “Screen – Screen (Global)” branch
- Press the “Add new” button at the bottom of the list
- In the operator identifier field, type “script.reload”
- Click on the keyboard field and press F8 to bind this key to the specified operator call
- Press the “Save Preferences” button to save new settings
Where did the code completion in the python console in Blender 2.82 disappear
In Blender 2.81 and earlier, you could see the possible code completion by pressing “ctrl + space” in the python console. This key-shot shows nothing in Blender 2.82.
Code autocompletion in the python console was not removed in 2.82, it was moved to the “tab” key.
User interface elements alignment by columns
Interface elements in custom user panels often do not correspond to each other in size. As a result – the overall panel layout does not look beautiful. As an example, let’s create a custom panel and place an operator button and an input text field on it.
Can we make it more accurate?
How to open folders by a single click in Blender 2.8x
When opening files through the “File Browser” in Blender 2.8x, directories (folders) are opened with mouse double-click. This change has been made for better compatibility with the standards (directories are opened by double-clicking in most file managers, for example, in the Windows Explorer), but this is not always convenient.
To make the folders opening by a single click:
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Some Blender tuning
A few settings that can make your work in Blender a little bit convenient.
Viewport window
Remove the default cube. Each time you open a new scene, you delete it. Let’s do it once.
Remove the lamp light source. In most scenes, you will adjust the lighting in a completely new way.
Put the camera in a separate collection and hide it from the viewport (click on the “eye” in the outliner window), now the camera does not interfere with the scene.
How to tune the camera height in the “walk” mode
To change the camera height in the “walk/fly” mode in the 3D Viewport window (enables with shift + ` keycode), you need to on the “Gravity” checkbox in the “Preferences” window – “Navigation” and tune the height with the “View Height” parameter.
