0005 Blender Selection methods 2 and manipulate practice Video Lecture | Learn 3D Modelling: The Ultimate Blender Guide - Software Development

alright now I'm going to run you through
some practical applications of what you
just learned and then add a couple more
things to the mix so I'll go to new
reload click here click X on the
keyboard and hit delete and then add
mesh torus okay I'm just going to hit R
on the keyboard make this a little bit
bigger and then hit tab to get into the
vertices or components ok our mission is
this we want to make this flat on this
side and then keep it rounded on the
outside or inside how we do this is we
got to think about how we're going to
select it so it all comes down to
selections in this case let's grab edges
hold alt and shift and highlight those
two edges now if I grab the white
manipulator or the circle I can go like
this and try to get this flat but it's
really hard really hard because there's
no midpoint okay so hold ctrl + Z I get
that now if you hold the shift key while
you manipulate it it's different so
let's practice that first click on the
white then hold shift and now you can
see that I can make very finite
adjustments to the mesh with no midpoint
snap ok again let's practice that let's
hold alt and shift hold shift let's get
these two out again click on the white
then click shift then you have this
perfect I think it's just about right I
think this one just needs a little bit
more of adjustment there we go whoops
and trust me when I say you know I get
it wrong too sometimes as far as like
the clicking it first and then holding
shift that's what you need to do so
practice that okay
now let's look at another thing that we
can use for selections let's say I
wanted to select these two rows right
here okay well I could do that using a
drink I can go like that I can highlight
these two rows or this row and this row
now my point here is let's say I want a
fast method to do that that is on very
weird geometry let's say I want to
select this whole thing going all the
way around I could do that using select
linked flat faces so I use this a lot
you'll see this as we get more and more
complex geometry but know where it's at
and know how to use it
so click on it and then you can limit
the sharpness just like that so a
practical way of using that is like
let's click that one and let's click
that one and go select link flat faces
BAM and let's say I wanted to get a
little bit higher sometimes you have to
just click the arrow so now I have a
selection on the other area so that's a
very quick way to do it alright let's
look at another thing hold shift and alt
let's highlight these edge rings and let
lets go to select inverse that's another
way to do that okay
now practice it a little bit and then
one more thing I want to show let's say
I'm always selecting something always
selecting the same thing over and over
again well here's what you do if I go
like this and say select link flat faces
I highlight this all the time maybe when
I model if I go to vertice go over here
and look for this icon this is object
data and there's a thing called vertex
groups so in this case I'll hit plus and
I can name this group anything okay then
I'll off click on it let's say I wanted
to select that one more time when I'm
designing I can just go over here and
hit select oh and I had to assign it
oops
let's go like that one more time go to
vertex and assign that to that vertex
group now we can go a select let's do
that one more time let's say I want this
inner ring on a separate group highlight
it go to vertex let's make a new group
call it inner ring and then assign it
off click and now let's practice it I
want the outer ring select let's say I
want the inner ring select now I can
have both I can off click and have
either or I can either deselect it too
it doesn't hurt to have these and it
helps out later on trust me when I say
that cool so selecting is very important
practice that for a little bit and then
go on with the next video