Week 1: Online Tutorial

Things learnt from the tutorials 1 - 11

Mouse Navigation:

• The camera speed can be changed.
• Navigation can be done through the WASD Keys. 
• Alt + left mouse = pivots camera
• Select object + "F" Key = pivots camera around selected object
• Alt + mouse scroll = tracks camera
• hold Shift to move with the camera

Placing Objects:

• Click and drag to add objects
• "W" key to move objects
• Right click to place the last placed object

Moving objects:

• "E" key to Rotate
• Click between axis to move between two axis
• Clicking the globe in the top right corner will allow you to move things on the object space. You can switch between world and local.
• You can change the grid snap and the "smoothness" of the snap
• 1 UR unit = 1cm
• The white dot in the middle of the red, green and blue axis can be used to move the object in all 3 axis.

Rotating Objects:

• "E" key to rotate.
• You can rotate on a local and world space
• Numbers can be manually entered for precise rotation.

Scaling Objects:

• "R" key for Scale
• You can click in between two axis to scale in both directions.

Customisation:

• You can move and delete panels
• Right clicking can hide the tabs. An orange triangle means there's a hidden tab

Software Comparison - 
Unreal Engine seems to have some similarities to Rhino, but there are a lot more short cut keys for the numerous actions you can do. Putting the actions down to keyboard keys makes things simple and easy to use, but there is a lot to remember in terms of which key belongs to which action.