Blender/C2/3D-Cursor/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:03	Welcome to the series of Blender Tutorials.
00:07	This tutorial is about the 3D Cursor in Blender 2.59.
00:15	This script has been contributed by Chirag Raman and edited by Monisha Banerjee.
00:25	After watching this tutorial, we shall learn- what is 3D cursor?
00:32	How to add new objects to the 3D view in Blender using 3D cursor and the snapping options for 3D cursor in Blender.
00:46	I assume that you already know how to install Blender on your system.
00:51	If not, please refer to our earlier tutorials on Installing Blender.
00:57	The 3D Cursor is the red and white ring with the cross-hair that you see at the centre of the Blender screen.
01:06	Let us see the 3D cursor in Blender. To do that, we need to open Blender.
01:12	There are two ways to open Blender.
01:15	First, go to the Blender icon on the desktop. Right-click the Blender icon. Left-click Open.
01:27	The second and easier way to open Blender is left double-click the Blender icon on the desktop.
01:42	This is Blender 2.59. Please note that the screen resolution shown here is 1024 by 768 pixels.
01:54	The font size in the Blender interface has been increased so that you can understand all the options given.
02:01	To learn how to increase the Interface font size, please see the tutorial on User Preferences.
02:12	This is known as the welcome page or splash screen. It shows some useful reference links for learning about Blender.
02:20	To remove the splash screen, press ESC on your keyboard or
02:25	left-click mouse anywhere on the Blender interface other than splash screen.
02:32	Now you can see the default Blender workspace.
02:37	The 3D cursor is right at the centre of the screen, surrounded by the cube.
02:43	We can’t see the cursor properly, so we must delete the cube.
02:48	By default, the cube is already selected.
02:51	To delete it, press the Delete button on the keyboard. Left-click Delete.
02:58	There, you might be able to see the 3D cursor better now.
03:04	The primary purpose of the 3D Cursor is to specify the location of a new object added to the 3D scene.
03:15	Go to ADD >> Mesh. Left-click Cube.
03:19	You can also use key board shortcut shift & A to add new objects to the 3D view.
03:27	A new cube is added to the 3D view.
03:30	As you can see, the new cube has appeared on the same location as the 3D cursor.
03:38	Now, let us see how we can add a new object to a new location.
03:44	First, we need to move the 3D cursor to a new location.
03:48	To do this, left-click at any location in the 3D space.
03:53	I am clicking to the left side of the cube.
03:59	Shift & A to add a new object, Mesh. Left-click UV sphere.
04:10	The UV sphere appears at the new location of the 3D cursor.
04:15	Now, we shall see the snapping options for the 3D cursor.
04:22	Go to Object. Go to Snap. This is the Snap menu.
04:29	There are various options here.
04:31	You can also use the keyboard shortcut Shift & S.
04:38	Selection to cursor snaps the selected item to the 3D cursor.
04:45	For example, let us snap the cube to the 3D cursor.
04:50	Right-click on the cube. Shift & S to pull up the snap menu.
04:58	Left-click Selection to cursor. The cube snaps to the 3D cursor.
05:06	Now let's move the cube to the right. Left-click green handle, hold and drag your mouse to the right.
05:17	For keyboard shortcut, Press G&Y.
05:23	To learn more about moving objects in the 3D view, see the tutorial on Basic description of Blender interface.
05:35	Shift & S to pull up the snap menu. Left-click Cursor to Selected.
05:43	The 3D cursor snaps to the centre of the cube in the new location.
05:50	In case you have more than 1 object selected at the same time, say the cube and the UV sphere here,
05:59	Cursor to selected snaps the 3D cursor at the centre of the two objects selected.
06:07	Let me demonstrate. As you can see, the cube is already selected.
06:12	Shift plus right click to select the UV sphere. So now, you have two objects selected at the same time.
06:22	Shift & S to pull up the snap menu. Click Cursor to selected.
06:30	The 3D cursor snaps to the centre of the two selected objects.
06:36	Now, Shift plus right click the lamp. Shift & S to pull up the snap menu.
06:47	Click Cursor to Selected. The 3D cursor snaps to the centre of the 3 selected objects.
06:58	Click on any point in the 3D view to move the 3D cursor. I am clicking to the bottom right.
07:07	Shift & S to pull up the snap menu.
07:12	Click Cursor to Center. The 3D cursor snaps to the centre of the 3D view.
07:22	Press A on the keyboard to deselect the objects.
07:28	Now, right-click the UV sphere. Press A to deselect it.
07:39	Shift & S to pull up the snap menu.
07:44	Click Cursor to active.
07:47	The 3D cursor snaps to the centre of the UV sphere, the last active selection.
07:56	The 3D cursor provides additional benefits when used as a pivot point while modeling
08:03	but we shall look at that in later tutorials.
08:08	Now, try to add new objects to the 3D view in different locations using the 3D cursor.
08:16	After that, explore the snapping options in the snap menu. All the best!
08:26	So, that wraps up our tutorial on Blender’s 3D Cursor.
08:31	This tutorial is created by Project Oscar and supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT.
08:40	More information on the same is available at the following links- oscar.iitb.ac.in and spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro.
09:00	The Spoken Tutorial Project:
09:02	conducts workshops using spoken tutorials;
09:06	also gives certificates to those who pass an online test.
09:11	For more details, please contact contact@spoken-tutorial.org
09:17	Thanks for joining us.
09:19	And this is Monisha from IIT Bombay, signing off.

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