Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Time for action – making reference objects

One of the simplest ways to see what size your boat should be is to have boxes of the proper size to use as guides. So now, you will make some of these boxes:

1. In the 3D View window, press the Tab key to get into Object Mode. Press A to deselect the boat.
2. Press the NumPad 3 key to get the side view. Make sure you are in Ortho view. Press the 5 key on the NumPad if needed.
3. Press Shift + A and choose Mesh and then Cube from the menu. You will use this as a reference block for the size of the boat.
4. In the 3D View window Properties Panel, in the Transform subpanel, at the top, click on the Dimensions button, and change the dimensions for the reference block to 4.666 in the X direction, 9.83 in the Y direction, ...