Blender Zoom To Object Without Numpad

Steps to enable number pad emulation.

Blender zoom to object without numpad. You could use the menu item 3d view header view view selected that is the same command as pressing numpad. I m working on a pretty complex tutorial and when i began i was able to use the middle scroll wheel to zoom right in and out of my model. Local view shows only selected objects. Have you ever been in blender and all of a sudden you can no longer zoom into your objects.

One is mapped to numpad. When you first launched blender the default scene actually already has a camera object. On the your keyboard s numeric keypad. You can also press on the numeric keypad to get a local view of the selected object pressing again will pop you back to the scene view.

Blender artists is an online creative forum that is dedicated to the growth and education of the 3d software blender. Put a check mark next to emulate numpad. To be able to work in the three dimensional space that blender uses you must be able to change your viewpoint as well as the viewing direction of the scene. For use with keyboards without a numpad where the standard number keys are used in their place.

This adjusts your 3d view to focus on the selected object. I have no idea why but blender users find such idiosyncrasies charming. Ctrl button opposite view if possible. To show all non hidden objects in the 3d view press home.

Possibly the best solution for you is in the user preferences under the interface tab then check the two boxes for auto depth and rotate around selection. Navigating in the 3d space is done with the use of both mouse movement and keyboard shortcuts. In maya f is there to get the full view of the obect selected or to get the full view of the unselected objects. Zoom the selected object.

Click save user settings to save the settings for the next time blender opens. Home will zoom and center the view so all objects are in view. And the other one is mapped to ctrl numpad. Hi i m still fairly new to blender and i have an issue with the middle mouse scroll wheel zooming in and out.

Yeldho yeldho april 23 2018 4 54am 1. Without knowing the specifics of the maya feature try pressing. For view selected we re looking for 3d view 3d view global there are two options for the same thing here. Center the camera on selected object s button the configuration.

Now it seems that it will not scroll right in and i can t get close at all before the zoom seems to slow down to a stop. Just like in the real world the camera object inside blender is used to direct the view so blender knows what to display when performing the final rendering. View selected shows local view of selected objects. This video shows how it happens and how to get out of it.

After enabling number pad emulation the number keys at the top of the keyboard will work as if they are number pad keys but they will no longer be able to select the visible layers.