Basics Lesson 2: Beyond the lesson

Basics Lesson 2: Beyond the lesson

In this lesson you continued with the fundamental tools and skills to successfully learn:

· An overall workflow for constructing forms using primitive objects.

· Where the primitive object tools are located in the main menu.

· How to create a primitive object as well as reset and edit its creation options.

· How to change between a single view and four view panel layout using layout shortcuts and by

tapping the spacebar of your keyboard.

· How to select objects by clicking them with your mouse.

· How to move and rotate objects using the transformation tools in the Toolbox.

· That tool manipulators can constrain a transformation to the X, Y, or Z axes.

· How to edit an object's transformation node attributes (move, rotate, scale) accurately using the

Channel Box.

· How to rename objects using the Channel Box.

· How to duplicate objects and apply transformations while doing so.

· How to create a project directory.

We suggest you additionally practice the following tasks on your own:

· Creating other primitive object types, with various options so that you can understand the

variations that are possible.

· Practice moving, rotating, and scaling objects, and changing between the various scene views

(single perspective, four view, single side, single top etc.)