๐น Blender – 200+ Tools & Menus Overview
1. Toolbar (3D Viewport Left)
• Move (G), Rotate (R), Scale (S)
• Transform, Annotate, Measure
• Extrude, Inset, Bevel
• Knife, Loop Cut, Offset Edge Slide
• Poly Build, Rip, Shear, Spin, Smooth, Flatten, Randomize, Trim, Push/Pull
→ ~25 tools
2. Header Menus (Viewport Top)
● View: Perspective, Camera View, Local View, View Selected
● Select: All/None/Invert, Box/Circle/Lasso Select
● Add: Mesh, Curve, Surface, Metaball, Text hi Light, Camera, Armature, Empty, Lattice, Speaker, Force Field, Grease Pencil
● Object: Transform, Set Origin, Parenting, Groups, Shade, Relations
● Mesh/Edit: Vertices/Edges/Faces Tools – Merge, Split, Duplicate, Delete, Clean Up, Normals Flip, UV Unwrap
● Curve/Surface: Control Points, Bevel, Extrude, Reshape
● Sculpt: Brush tools – Clay, Inflate, Smooth, Grab, Pinch, Snake Hook, Flatten
→ ~40–50 options
3. Top Menu Bar
• File: New, Open, Recover, Save, Import/Export formats, Link/Append
• Edit: Undo, Redo, Preferences, Operators, Purge All, Duplicate Everywhere
• Render: Render Image/Animation, View UV/Image Editor
• Window: Toggle full screen, Toggle region visibility
• Help: Manual, Python Console, Reporting, Support
→ ~25–30 options
4. Properties Panel Tabs
A. Render Properties – Engine choose, sampling, light paths, performance
B. Output Properties – Resolution, frame rate, file format
C. View Layer Properties – Layer management, passes
D. Scene Properties – Units, gravity, keying sets
E. World Properties – Background, ambient lighting
F. Object Properties – Transforms, relations, motion paths
G. Modifier Properties – (Mirrors, Subsurf, Boolean, Array, Solidify, Bevel, Displace, Cloth, Fluid, Cloth, Wave, Armature… 30+)
H. Particle Properties – Emitter/Hair, settings
I. Physics Properties – Rigid Body, Soft Body, Cloth, Collision, Fluid, Smoke, Force Field
J. Object Constraint Properties – Copy, Track To, Limit, IK, Armature
K. Object Data Properties – Curve, Lattice, Mesh, Text specific settings
L. Material Properties – Surface, Volume, Wire, Settings
M. Texture Properties – Texture slots
N. Texture Paint Properties – Brush, stroke, masking
O. Particle Edit Properties – Brush tools
P. Physics Settings continued
Q. Viewport Display & Custom Properties
→ 15 tabs, each with 5–15 sub-options = ~150 settings
5. Modifiers
• Mirror, Subdivision Surface, Boolean, Array, Bevel, Solidify, Decimate, Weld, Screw, Skin, Wireframe, Displace, Lattice, Simple Deform, Laplacian Deform, Corrective Smooth, Data Transfer…
→ ~40 modifiers
6. Animation Editors
A. Timeline – Playhead, markers, keyframes, start/end frames
B. Dope Sheet – Action name, channels, key manipulation
C. Graph Editor – F-Curves, handles, extrapolation, key types
D. NLA Editor – Track strips, action stacking
E. Video Sequence Editor – Strips for video/audio, effects, transitions
→ ~50 editing options across tools
7. UV/Image & Node Editors
A. UV Editor – Unwrap, Pack Islands, Pin, Stitch, Conform, Snapping
B. Shader Editor – Nodes: Diffuse, Glossy, Mix, Image Texture, Bump, Principled BSDF, Math, Attribute, Add, Color, Mapping, Texture Coordinate…
C. Compositor – Render Layers, Blur, Glare, Color Balance, Rotoscope, Keying, Mask, Defocus, Normalize, Mix…
→ ~60+ nodes and utility tools
8. Sculpt & Paint
• Sculpt Tools (30+): Clay, Draw, Inflate, Grab, Snake Hook, Thumb, Smooth, Flatten, Scrape, Pinch, Mask, Buffer, Layer…
• Texture/Sculpt/Sculpt Mode options
• Vertex/Weight Paint – Brushes, weights, gradient, post-processing options
• Grease Pencil – Draw, Sculpt, Vertex, Weight tools
→ ~80+ paint & sculpt options
9. Misc & Add-ons
• Grease Pencil Tools, Text Objects, Metaballs, Force Fields
• Python Console, API, Add-ons (Importers like .fbx, .obj, render addons…)
• Viewport Overlays, Snapping, Pie Menus
→ ~60+ interface & workflow options
TOTAL:
Toolbar (25) + Header Menus (50) + Top Bar (30) + Properties (~150) + Modifiers (40) + Animation (~50) + Node Editors (60) + Sculpt/Paint (~80) + Misc (60) = **~545 unique options**
(Note: Options counted includes tool buttons, menus, operators, nodes – exact count varies by version & enabled add-ons.)
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