Difference between revisions of "Maya to Blender"
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| + | === First Steps === | ||
| + | Because Blender just went to a radical new version, a lot of the docs are out of date, here's some hints | ||
| + | * Go to Blender.org and download blender for your platform | ||
| + | * [http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.5/Manual] The in progress 2.5 wiki manual. | ||
| + | * [http://www.cgcookie.com/default/] great video tutorials, mostly introductory, mostly free. | ||
| + | * Blender for Dummies 2nd Edition is 2.5 based. | ||
=== Keymaps === | === Keymaps === | ||
Blender has customizable keymaps, you can change them in user preferences: File->User Preferences-> Input, but you can also download and install pre-made keymaps. Here's a good one, that modifies the keys for viewport controls and transformations (and keying): | Blender has customizable keymaps, you can change them in user preferences: File->User Preferences-> Input, but you can also download and install pre-made keymaps. Here's a good one, that modifies the keys for viewport controls and transformations (and keying): | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 1 June 2011
First Steps
Because Blender just went to a radical new version, a lot of the docs are out of date, here's some hints
- Go to Blender.org and download blender for your platform
- [1] The in progress 2.5 wiki manual.
- [2] great video tutorials, mostly introductory, mostly free.
- Blender for Dummies 2nd Edition is 2.5 based.
Keymaps
Blender has customizable keymaps, you can change them in user preferences: File->User Preferences-> Input, but you can also download and install pre-made keymaps. Here's a good one, that modifies the keys for viewport controls and transformations (and keying):
Linky it has the download and also a table to show you what he changed.
- After downloading it you need to save it to your scripts folder.
- Launch Blender
- do help-> system info
- Open a blender text editor, and click on the little text icon next to the 'New' Button in the header, and open system-info.txt
- you should see the file path for your scripts folder, among other things.
- In Explorer/Finder/Nautilus/Dolphin/a terminal/whatever, save the keymap file to that folder.
- relaunch Blender
- File->User Preferences->Input
- click on the middle button that should say Blender by default, and switch it to the new Blender to Maya preset (not the blender default Maya one)
- click on all the buttons that say 'Edit' that are visible underneath
- click on Save User Preferences