Talk:Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Putting Hat on Person

In my opinion most of this chapter could be deleted because the basic rotation/location/scaling operations have been explained before already. What new in this chapter is the Putting it on (i.e. making parent) and the adding color (which doesn't belong in this chapter though)

Why doesn't my text show up on the discussion page? :-?

"Putting it on" section no longer accurate?
Under version 2.37a (still a problem with 2.42a too), the model is already created as one object; it appears to be impossible to select just one group, such as the hat or the head, in object mode.

Solution: i) While in EDIT MODE select all the vertices for the Hat then press the PKEY. In Seperate menu simply select "selected". The Hat and the Man will now be seperate objects. ii) With the hat still selected press f9 and in the mesh pannel click on center new, this will give the hat its own center point.

Alternative solution: Before creating the hat, deselect the man by pressing AKEY. Then create the hat as normal.

Pictures?
It could be useful getting some pictures in this area. It gives a good guide for what to work towards. Without images some of the things don't quite workas explained and arn't as easy to correct without it.

Confusing
The tutorial up until now was really clear and easy to follow. This chapter sort of hit me like a brick wall. I have the man's body, his head, and his hat. How do I attach his head to his body first? I don't want his head to act like his hat (able to move separately from his body).
 * Is it possible that you added the head while you were in object mode rather than edit mode? If this is the case I don't know how you would 'combine' the objects (head and body) but if I find a way I will come back and post here. Aineolach (talk) 17:15, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Color the hat?
Tried to follow the same steps to color the hat but couldnt get the same material options to come up...is coloring the hat beyond the scope of the tutorial at this point?
 * For anybody that's confused after reading this the coloring section was removed on 22 February 2007.Aineolach (talk) 17:18, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Selection -> Center as way to move object center (pink dot)
This method doesn't seem to work for me the way it is implied. "Or you could hit SHIFT+SKEY, select Selection → Center. " From the text I got the understanding that this would move the dot to the cursor, but this function doesn't seem to do that. Maybe it's just me but if this is supposed to facilitate moving the object's center I think it needs to be reworded.

Merge with previous page
Hi guys, I think the content required for this page is just too little to merit it's existence. I propose we merge it with Creating A Simple Hat, the previous module. What do you think? --JamesNZ (discuss • contribs) 02:39, 27 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure! - 2600:1700:DAC0:9840:EC35:A1D3:F895:95A0 (discuss) 20:23, 3 February 2019 (UTC)