Blender - Simple UI Tweaks you'll love

[@talonstride]

It's definitely a walkthrough for Blender 3.1 UI settings so thank you.

[@perfectzer0462]

I really like this " *_Expanded Blender_* " content inside look theme Todor. Keep it up bro!

[@mrhollywood5285]

First class mate ....... some very good info

[@jemjoe8833]

An addon that I use other than these is a pie menu addon. That is super awesome and makes your work significantly faster. We can also disable any pie menu from appearing for an individual shortcut in the addon(I always disable some of them like for save and for select etc). And one other thing is we can use the Ctrl tab for switching modes. No need to enable the tab for the pie menu option. This helps me to use the tab while I am in modelling to switch between edit and object modes and ctrl tab for switching between other modes.

[@CGDive]

Yeah, I used to use the pie menu editor a lot in 2.79. Blender 2.8 got much more streamlined so I didn't need it as much. And at least for my tutorials I have to give it up or many people won't be able to understand what I am doing :)

[@wheany]

Hmm, I was not aware of the "orbit around selection" setting before. That's potentially very useful

[@DanMcLaughlin]

For experienced folks Industry Compatible is probably the better choice I think. Once you extensively start using Marmoset and Unreal - just to name one common use case - you'll go nuts. Those two standardize and you'll keep screwing up as you're used to Blender. Trust me. And when you're starting it's not hard to translate Blender to this one when watching tutorials, and before two long you'll just get the idea and not the mechanics from them anyhow. There are other advantages, I rarely used the tools when I was on the Blender keymap, but in Industry they are all mapped to easy hotkeys, and I use them _all the time now_, especially for cursor placement, that's a game changer. Not many disadvantages really, other than there sometimes are missing capabilities that the Blender keymap has. But no problem, I just easily find out what those are and map them in mine.

[@CGDive]

Yeah, I am sure the keymap must have its fans :) I am glad it's working well for you. Obviously, everything I say in the video is my opinion which is biased. I'd still advise keeping the default shortcuts for your first weeks in Blender but whatever works, I am all for it,

[@DanMcLaughlin]

I actually use a combination of the two, the basis is industry, but I overlay the best from Blender on top of that, such as the interactive edits (inset, move, scale, etc ...) But yeah whatever works, and many great tips in this video

[@DJP_3d]

decently do more of this type of videos

[@Iglum]

Nice ones! Only other things I do is enabled Extra objects add-on and disable navigation buttons and make the x,y,z nav to simple.

[@CGDive]

What do you mean by " x,y,z nav to simple" ? Also not sure what the "navigation buttons" are :)}

[@lightonor9055]

I think navigation viewport buttons in numpad 2-7-4 and 6 rotate viewport around axis!

[@EsayAnimation]

Hello, tell me have you ever had such a thing that when downloading a character / animation from the mixamo site - the site does not respond, it is not possible to establish a connection with the site ?

[@CGDive]

I haven't had this problem, sorry.

[@AngelaLaLa22]

Subbed, this is the king of brain food I need. Im adding this video to a public playlist on my profile if you are a creator who wants to find videos about UE, Blender, and rigging. The videos I add are for free addons plugins etc.

[@CGDive]

Will check out the lists :)

[@HeyBear]

Ohmygod that tab to edit mode - I've been using the pie so long I thought it was default... it's not default?!!? Crazy - looks horrible to use the Tab key without the pie! All Pies should be on by default - can't really understand why they're not?

[@carlosedubarreto]

Very useful tips. Thanks a lot!

[@lightonor9055]

Your contents is gold [tod] 🏅

[@CGDive]

Thanks, my friend! :)

[@Dabbl1ng]

Such a useful video, thanks

[@ism6938]

very cool!

[@Gadgetmawombo]

Thanks these are great settings! Do you know if theres a way to save your complete preferences and pass it to other computers? I use a laptop with Blender sometimes and I have to remember to update my preferences from my Desktop.

[@Iglum]

There is a add-on from Blender that saves the settings to the cloud.

[@andycuccaro]

Since we can't share links on youtube, search for "blender directory layout" and you'll find in the online manual a page detailing where are your prefs stored.

[@CGDive]

I haven't tried the addon that was suggested but there is a manual way: On windows, go to: C:\Users\[your user]\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\[your blender version] and copy the content of the folder. Then replace the same files on your other machine. Do back up your files just in case ;)

[@Gadgetmawombo]

Thanks guys I'll try these.

[@tuanahmadkurniaillahi6864]

the extra shading pie menu in blender 3.4 only add shade smooth and shade flat. is there any way to change it into xray and overaly like in teh video ? ?

[@CGDive]

I tested it in 3.4 and 3.5. It's still the same for me :)

[@tinkerboi]

My settings is Emulate 3 button mouse Developer Extras Python tooltip Right click select Spacebar - tool Tab for pie menu

[@CGDive]

Why do you Emulate 3 buttons? Working with a tablet? And Right click select... meaning that you use the 2.7 keymap?

[@tinkerboi]

@@CGDive Yea, for tablet, even though i barely use it nowadays i uhh.... can't get used to left click select, my right click select muscle memory is too strong

[@CGDive]

@@tinkerboi oh right click. Woah that's wild 😳

[@efsfsesegsgesg8775]

ctrl tab do the same as ur tab in the video

[@CGDive]

Yes 👍

[@Skyerzen]

ctrl + tab gives you the mode pie menu.... just saying...

[@CGDive]

Good point. Doesn't work well for me but I should have mentioned it for completeness.

[@tinkerboi]

@@CGDive tab for pie menu just swap tab and ctrl tab

[@smsbabu143]

Hi do you know what is "control rig"

[@CGDive]

In what context? "control rig" can mean many things.

[@smsbabu143]

@@CGDive for gaming

[@CGDive]

@@smsbabu143 no idea, sorry. I can simply mean too many things and "for gaming" doesn't narrow it down :)

[@smsbabu143]

@@CGDive Ok thank you

[@Kineticartist]

give me more!!!

[@tinkerboi]

You obliterated default cube from startup file How cruel of you This is cube cruelty

[@CGDive]

I'd argue that is the humane thing to do. Delete it once, and save the scene. It's cruel to delete the poor thing every time you open Blender. :D

[@tinkerboi]

@@CGDive Ahh thats true, but that means we won't see the cube for a while then

[@MattScottVisuals]

Thanks for the vid, some great tips there :) I have to say however, that your advice to "keep it simple, keep it safe" sounds like a recipe for disaster! Experiment and be free, learn as much as you can - I bet that's how you got to where you are today.

[@CGDive]

I agree. I am just keeping my own video safe. Would hate to read a comment saying: "I did what you said and blender crashed, my PC doesn't turn on anymore, then my boss fired me and my wife left me" phaha

[@MattScottVisuals]

@@CGDive haha fair enough :)

[@ogkinglyle]

malicious python scrips in blender :O

[@CGDive]

😱😱😱 It's rather unlikely but not impossible.

[@tinkerboi]

Its similar to macros in Microsoft office some malicious people uses docx file to trigger virus or Auto Run in flash drive mainly, this is to prevent blender to automatically run code when you open the file, for example, a malicious person can send a blend file that autoruns a malicious code from the script editor, the code in the script editor then can do anything they want so, what happen is if autorun is on, the code will execute when you open the file, (if it is a malicious code, then that will run too) basicly if you turn auto run on, it will make opening blend file a risk to run unwanted code