Hi folks and welcome to our new group, Modellers. This year we’re going to be mainly looking at the 3d modelling package Blender Version 2.80.

Blender can be installed from: www.blender.org. Please note that it requires OpenGL Version 3.3 or higher and as a result may not work on some older machines

This week we learned:

1. The 3D viewport and moving around in it:
   1. Middle mouse button: Orbit
   2. Shift + Middle Mouse Button: Pan
   3. Scroll Wheel: Zoom
2. Selecting objects with the left mouse button
3. The toolbar tools for moving, rotating and scaling objects
4. Deleting objects with ‘x’
5. Adding new mesh objects from the “Objects” menu
6. Adding a new material slot and a new material and assigning a colour to it
7. Putting the 3D Viewport into “Look Dev” mode so that material colours can be seen

We also gave out copies of a very convenient Blender Infographic which can be found here.