100+ Tips to Boost Modeling in Blender

In this video, Zach shares over 100 modeling related tips for Blender. Below you can find a list with all tips and the according timestamps. PROJECT FILES Sign up to our free CG Boost Resource Bundle (email required): ✔️ Project files for this and other tutorials ✔️ Blender 2.8 Beginner Course ✔️ Blender 2.8 Shortcut PDF and more OTHER CHANNELS @Josh Gambrell @Gleb Alexandrov @Aidy Burrows 3D @Arrimus 3D COURSES & EBOOKS ⇨ Blender 2.8 Launch Pad course: ⇨ Hard Surface Modeling Course (affiliate): ⇨ 50 Modeling Issues From Hell Course (affiliate): ⇨ Blender Secrets E-book (affiliate): CHAPTERS User Interface 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:07 - #01 Mode Pie Menu 00:06:11 - #02 Viewport Shading Pie Menu 00:06:34 - #03 Toggle X-Ray Shortcut 00:06:52 - #04 Inspect Surfaces Using MatCaps 00:07:44 - #05 Cavity 00:08:45 - #06 Random Colors 00:09:09 - #07 Frame Selected 00:10:05 - #08 Better 3D Viewport Navigation 00:12:53 - #09 Local View 00:14:27 - #10 Align View to Face Normal 00:15:17 - #11 Clipping Region 00:15:53 - #12 Quad View 00:17:42 - #13 Disable the Splash Screen 00:18:16 - #14 Disable Tooltips 00:19:00 - #15 Search Menu 00:19:40 - #16 Math Operators 00:20:22 - #17 Change Multiple Parameters at once 00:20:38 - #18 Resetting Parameters to Default 00:21:11 - #19 Make Fine Adjustments 00:21:42 - #20 Pin Panels 00:22:47 - #21 Reopen the Operator Panel 00:23:36 - #22 Quickly View Online Manual Selection 00:24:42 - #23 Select More/Less 00:25:01 - #24 Select Linked 00:25:47 - #25 Invert Selection 00:26:15 - #26 Checker Deselect 00:26:40 - #27 Pick Shortest Path 00:27:39 - #28 Select Random 00:28:10 - #29 Select Similar Mesh Modeling 00:29:22 - #30 Edit Multiple Objects at once 00:30:14 - #31 Connect Vertex Path 00:30:46 - #32 Edge / Vertex Slide 00:31:56 - #33 Merge by Distance 00:32:42 - #34 Auto Merge Vertices 00:33:37 - #35 Dissolve Selection 00:34:56 - #36 Extrude to Mouse Cursor 00:35:12 - #37 Mirroring in Edit Mode 00:36:12 - #38 Shear Tool 00:36:38 - #39 Move along Normals 00:37:23 - #40 Grid Fill 00:37:56 - #41 Bevel in Edit Mode 00:38:39 - #42 Solidify in Edit Mode 00:39:02 - #43 Boolean in Edit Mode 00:39:36 - #44 Close all Holes at once 00:40:27 - #45 Cut through Meshes (Knife Tool) 00:41:13 - #46 Knife Project 00:42:50 - #47 Bridge Edge Loops 00:43:21 - #48 Holes using Bridge Edge Loops 00:43:47 - #49 Customize Auto Smooth 00:45:13 - #50 Hide in Edit Mode 00:46:11 - #51 Inset Face Additional Shortcuts 00:46:56 - #52 Offset Edge Slide 00:48:01 - #53 Organic Modeling in Sculpt Mode 00:48:53 - #54 Separate by Loose Parts 00:49:59 - #55 Move using Active Selection 00:51:22 - #56 Rotate and Scale using Active Selection 00:52:26 - #57 Individual Origins 00:53:09 - #58 3D Cursor as Pivot Point 00:53:49 - #59 Repeat History 00:54:49 - #60 Bool Tool Add-on 00:56:32 - #61 Loop Tools Add-on 00:57:41 - #62 F2 Add-on Transformation 00:58:16 - #63 Reset Transforms 00:58:35 - #64 Always show Transform Gizmos 00:59:26 - #65 Quickly adjust Origins 01:00:13 - #66 Transform Parents without affecting Children 01:00:54 - #67 Change Distance of Objects 01:01:28 - #68 Snap to Surface 01:02:30 - #69 Duplicate Linked 01:03:52 - #70 Copy Object Data 01:04:22 - #71 Temporary Link Data 01:05:27 - #72 Randomize Transform 01:06:16 - #73 Copy Transform Data to other Objects Modifiers 01:07:24 - #74 Add Modifiers to Quick Favorites 01:08:42 - #75 Apply All Modifiers 01:09:22 - #76 Change multiple Modifiers at once 01:10:13 - #77 Copy Modifiers to other Objects 01:10:39 - #78 Bevel Modifier and Harden Normals 01:11:41 - #79 Custom Beveled Edges 01:13:26 - #80 Multiple Bevel Modifiers 01:16:09 - #81 Clean Hard-Surface Sub-D Modeling 01:17:57 - #82 Beveled Booleans (Weld Modifier) 01:20:05 - #83 Slice Cuts 01:22:39 - #84 Lazy Mirror Modifier 01:23:56 - #85 Quickly Change Mirroring Position 01:24:41 - #86 Quick Array Patterns 01:27:59 - #87 Circular Array Shapes 01:30:19 - #88 Circular Array Duplicates 01:32:06 - #89 Robot Tentacle Arms 01:35:52 - #90 Quad Sphere 01:37:52 - #91 Skin Modifier Modeling 01:39:10 - #92 Multires Modifier Deformations 01:40:08 - #93 Dynamic Mesh Projection Organization 01:42:01 - #94 Quickly Rename and Batch Rename 01:43:04 - #95 Collections Galore 01:43:48 - #96 Move to Collection 01:44:33 - #97 Instancing Collections 01:46:00 - #98 Mirror Collections 01:46:58 - #99 Collection Instances with 3D Cursor Offset 01:48:27 - #100 Parent in Outliner Bonus 01:49:27 - #101 Draw Cables 01:51:44 - #102 3D Sticky Notes 01:56:03 - Outro MY SYSTEM CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X GPU: Nvidia Titan RTX RAM: 128 GB FOLLOW CG BOOST ⇨ Facebook: ⇨ Twitter: ⇨ Instagram: #b3d #modeling #tips