LESSON 1 | BLENDER VIEWPORT NAVIGATION

󰳓 Blender Beginner Training Guide: Lesson 1
🧊 Lesson 1: Viewport Navigation
Objective: Learn to navigate and control your view within the 3D workspace.
🔍 Why It Matters:
Understanding how to move around the 3D viewport is fundamental to any task in
Blender—whether you’re modeling, animating, or sculpting.
🖱 Navigation Controls:
Action Shortcut Description
Zoom In/Out Scroll Wheel Zoom in or out of the scene.
Rotate View Middle Mouse Button
(MMB) + Move
Orbit around the scene or selected
object.
Pan View Shift + MMB Move the view side to side or up and
down.
Smooth Zoom Ctrl + MMB A smoother zoom method for precise
control.
Orbit Around
Selection
Alt + MMB Rotate the view around the currently
selected object.
Frame Selected Numpad . (Period) Focus on the selected object or
geometry