Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters

Accessing Modeling Tools

There are different ways to access the modeling tools in Blender. You can access all the tools from menus, but most of the tools also have their own keyboard shortcuts to speed up the process. You can access the modeling tools as follows:

3D View header’s Mesh menu: In this menu, you’ll find submenus for vertices, edges, and faces.

Tools Region (T): Most of the main modeling tools are in the Tools Region when you’re in Edit Mode.

Keyboard shortcuts to the 3DView will show these options:

Vertices: Ctrl + V

Edges: Ctrl ...