CH6-29 sorry for tardiness
You’d think I’d be less busy since i’m currently unemployed but no. I’ve got a temp job helping on a game which means I have to learn to use Blender since I don’t have the money to access Maya on my own.
I have 20 years of experience in 3d programs, mostly in Maya but also Cinema 4d and 3ds Max. Learning to use Blender is like trying to make an elaborate meal you’ve made many times before but you’re in a stranger’s kitchen and half the ingredients are in a different language. It’s been a wild ride, folks.
It’s still better than when I first learned Zbrush. That was like being dropped on an alien planet and told “Good luck.”
If you’re looking to learn 3d my best advice is follow a tutorial to make something. DO NOT start with trying to do your own thing. Learn to make chocolate chip cookies before you attempt to do that three layer, german chocolate cake with ganache that you saw last week on Bake Off.
You are probably far beyond this point by now but it can tend to be something that catches out even experienced users. When the mesh is acting weird the #1 culprit is usually wacky scale. Ctrl-A to apply scale (freeze transforms in Maya).
Because I keep running into this lately: If the view starts acting weird hit numpad period to recenter the view on the selected object/face/vert.
Of all the stuff in Blender to learn these are the two frustrating things I seem to run into every.single.day…even after years of tinkering.
God I have hit that wall so many times in the last couple weeks. Blender’s ability to focus on a mesh and stay focused on the mesh is about as reliable as MY focus on Blender. Thank you for the advice! I appreciate it! I’m still sort of banging into the walls to figure out where stuff is.