[Bf-funboard] Re: Reset Rotation ( ALT and R ), the most used keys in Blender

[Alex Fraser]

Option 2 (Go to a top/left/front viewport) for me, 100%. I didn't know
about Alt+R.

On the other hand, it might be handy to align it to the view sometimes.
Is there another way to do that?

Cheers,
Alex

On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 12:00 +0200,
bf-funboard-request at projects.blender.org wrote:
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:43:32 +0100
> From: Mal <mal at candomultimedia.com>
> Subject: [Bf-funboard] Reset Rotation ( ALT and R ),	the most used
> 	keys in Blender
> To: bf-funboard at projects.blender.org
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> Hi all bf-funboarders!
> 
> I've been noticing that a lot of the tutorials ( including the one I'm 
> putting together ) require that new users almost always ( well, always 
> so far! ) require that, after they add a new object, they have to now 
> clear the rotation on the object.
> 
> Every time you add an object, what percentage of the times do you either...
> 
> 1) Clear the rotation ( ALT+R, or select from menu ) on it ( after 
> hitting TAB first of course... this is a separate topic, but shouldn't 
> ALT+R clear the rotation, even within edit mode? )
> 2) Go to a top/left/front viewport, and create it there - this requires 
> a bit of thinking... made a bit easier now, thanks to the on-screen 
> axis, but still.
> or...
> 3) You actually want the object to be orientated to the 
> non-top/left/right view.
> 
> 
> For me, the percentage would be...
> 
> 1) 99%
> 2) 1%
> 3) 0%
> 
> It will be interesting to hear the workflow of other Blender users, with 
> regards to adding new objects into the scene.
> 
> Normally I add an object, immediately come out of edit mode, immediately 
> clear the rotation, and then move the object into the correct place.
> 
> Regards...
> Mal