Hi, I'm new to Blender and this forum. At this point I am learning the interface. I wonder if their is a default setting or some thing I could click on to be able to see the object I am working on after resizing it or doing something with it that puts it out of view. Tracing my steps backwards and I'm not entirely sure of how to find it with the undo history either. So, is their any menu or mode that will get me to see the object again? Love this software! Thanks in advance!
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muhukAuthor
You can press
.
on numpad (not the other
.
near alpha keys) to run
View Selected
command. Alternatively you can press
F3
to invoke the search dialog and choose
View Selected
there. Welcome to the community.
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frankcantafio
Thank You for your quick reply and welcome muhuk! I will give this a try tomorrow. It's late where I live!
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frankcantafio
Thank You muhuk. I have a Mac so currently I take the long way. It works!
m
muhukAuthor
Cool. Consider mapping this command to a key though, it is very commonly used.
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frankcantafio
Great! I will consider it and maybe try it later.
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frankcantafio
Geez! I didn't realize how easy it was to do that. I thought I needed to rescript it or something, but I went into system preferences on the Mac and activated the function keys. You were right, it is the F3 key! So much easier now, Thanks!
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frankcantafio
I'm really just some one who will most likely play around with Blender when on vacation, but it is addicting after you can navigate some of the functions. I used to play solitaire when killing time, but now I do Blender. However, I think it's going to be a while before I actually do something with it. I'm having fun! I love that fly navigation. LOL. Also, if your object is out of view I like to go to frame all and then I see it again. Thanks for the tip!
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CybranM
Dislike the UI changes, just added more dead space, especially the top bar in the 3d viewport which is now blocking that entire row instead of just being floating buttons
m
muhukAuthor
So all those creating Blender UI within Blender screenshots I've been seeing was for this. Very well put together.
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Hi, I'm new to Blender and this forum. At this point I am learning the interface. I wonder if their is a default setting or some thing I could click on to be able to see the object I am working on after resizing it or doing something with it that puts it out of view. Tracing my steps backwards and I'm not entirely sure of how to find it with the undo history either. So, is their any menu or mode that will get me to see the object again? Love this software! Thanks in advance!
You can press
.on numpad (not the other.near alpha keys) to runView Selectedcommand. Alternatively you can pressF3to invoke the search dialog and chooseView Selectedthere. Welcome to the community.Thank You for your quick reply and welcome muhuk! I will give this a try tomorrow. It's late where I live!
Thank You muhuk. I have a Mac so currently I take the long way. It works!
Cool. Consider mapping this command to a key though, it is very commonly used.
Great! I will consider it and maybe try it later.
Geez! I didn't realize how easy it was to do that. I thought I needed to rescript it or something, but I went into system preferences on the Mac and activated the function keys. You were right, it is the F3 key! So much easier now, Thanks!
I'm really just some one who will most likely play around with Blender when on vacation, but it is addicting after you can navigate some of the functions. I used to play solitaire when killing time, but now I do Blender. However, I think it's going to be a while before I actually do something with it. I'm having fun! I love that fly navigation. LOL. Also, if your object is out of view I like to go to frame all and then I see it again. Thanks for the tip!
Dislike the UI changes, just added more dead space, especially the top bar in the 3d viewport which is now blocking that entire row instead of just being floating buttons
So all those creating Blender UI within Blender screenshots I've been seeing was for this. Very well put together.