Difference between revisions of "A beginner's guide, lesson 1 - The Construction Set Primer"
A beginner's guide, lesson 1 - The Construction Set Primer (edit)
Revision as of 10:37, 14 July 2006
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The fact is that for a beginner using the window can be a pain in the | The fact is that for a beginner, using the window can be a pain in the proverbal. | ||
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Intuition suggests left/right and up/down. But it turn out that when using the tool you are far | Intuition suggests left/right and up/down. But it turn out that when using the tool you are far | ||
more likely want to use the x and y directions. The developers recognised this so moving your | more likely want to use the x and y directions. The developers recognised this so moving your | ||
mouse up and down | mouse up and down moves the object backwards and forwards. It is a pain at first but you soon | ||
get used to it. | get used to it. | ||
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Zoom out a bit and press T. The render changes to a nice top down view. Again you can zoom in and out. Till move the camera to give you a top down view of the selected object. It may however be blocked by objects which are above it. | Zoom out a bit and press T. The render changes to a nice top down view. Again you can zoom in and out. Till move the camera to give you a top down view of the selected object. It may however be blocked by objects which are above it. | ||
Another way to zoom is to hold the V key while moving the mouse (no buttons pressed). This is finer move than the scroll and allows a much closer view. But usually the scroll wheel | Another way to zoom is to hold the V key while moving the mouse (no buttons pressed). This is finer move than the scroll and allows a much closer view. But usually the scroll wheel gets the | ||
job done. | job done. | ||
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In this first tutorial we will look at using: | In this first tutorial we will look at using: | ||
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