
It renders better and looks better that way. While you can just make a bunch of shapes and bolt them together, it’s much better if you can make the basic shape of the object you are modelling from one mesh. Now that you have a clean area to work in, you can start modelling.

Incidentally, confirming delete usually only requires that you press the return key.

(See a theme developing? Every time you delete, you will be asked to confirm.) Once again, you will be prompted to delete the camera, and you should click OK. We are only going to model, so get rid of the camera, too. You only need a camera if you are going to render a picture. You will be prompted to delete the object and should click OK. Select the cube with the right mouse button. You model, animate and render in this window. The grey window with the grid in it is your movie studio. You just mastered the most difficult thing to understand in this tutorial. If you click the right mouse button, your move will be undone.Ĭongratulations. If you click the left mouse button, your move is usually completed. You move by clicking and holding with the right mouse button. Unlike most other apps, in Blender you select with the right mouse button. The first thing you need to do is figure out what the mouse does.

The process of building simple objects is actually quite easy, but what you are supposed to do is not obvious just by looking at the interface. Around this elementary view is a LOT of controls and numbers, looking less like a graphics program and more like the flight deck of an Airbus. If you have no 3D graphics experience, then opening Blender can be daunting. Obviously, there is a lot more to Blender, but this simple 101 type introduction will enable you to get a grasp of the basics, and you will be able to at the very least build a simple object in this bafflingly complex software.
