Blender Guide

1. Blender Laboratory Activity
Guide
Lab 1 – Basic Setup, Navigation, and
First 3D Scene
Presented by: [Your Name]

2. Lab Objectives
• Learn to navigate Blender’s interface.
• Manipulate basic objects.
• Create and render a simple 3D scene.

3. Part 1 – Launch Blender &
Interface
• Open Blender to see the default cube, camera,
and light.
• Identify interface areas: 3D Viewport, Outliner,
Properties Editor, Timeline.

4. Part 2 – Basic Navigation Controls
• Rotate View: Middle Mouse Button (MMB)
drag.
• Pan View: Shift + MMB drag.
• Zoom: Scroll wheel or Ctrl + MMB drag.
• Focus on Object: Numpad . (period).

5. Part 3 – Object Selection &
Transformation
• Select: Left-click (Blender 2.8+).
• Move: G key (lock axis with X/Y/Z).
• Rotate: R key (lock axis with X/Y/Z).
• Scale: S key (lock axis with X/Y/Z).

6. Part 4 – Edit Mode & Simple
Modeling
• Switch to Edit Mode (Tab key).
• Select a face (press 3 or face select icon).
• Extrude: E key to pull out faces.
• Loop Cut: Ctrl + R to add cuts.
• Practice: make a table, chair, or house.

7. Part 5 – Adding New Objects
• Press Shift + A → Mesh → Sphere, Cylinder,
Cone, etc.
• Move, rotate, and scale the new object.

8. Part 6 – Materials & Colors
• Select object → Material Properties (red
sphere icon).
• Click New → change Base Color.
• Switch to Material Preview mode to see the
color.

9. Part 7 – Lighting & Camera
• Move/rotate the light to change lighting
direction.
• Select camera → Numpad 0 for camera view.
• Adjust camera to frame the scene.

10. Part 8 – Rendering
• Render Properties → choose Eevee or Cycles.
• Press F12 to render.
• Image → Save As to export.

11. Part 9 – Save Your Project
• File → Save As → name your file.
• Save as .blend format.

12. Student Task
• Create a 3D table scene with at least 2 objects
on top.
• Apply colors and materials.
• Set up camera and lighting.
• Render image and save both .blend file and
render.