I bet you didn't know about all of these! XRG81 did a great job at compiling this video.
XRG81 writes:
Various examples of using the 3D Cursor in Blender.
Music: First Snow in Mitte by Aamu
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Bart Veldhuizen
I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Head of Community at Sketchfab.
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which is the tool used to close the box with a arc in 1:57???
That's mentioned at 0:54 of the video - it's called the spin tool. Shortcut is Alt R - also found in the toolshelf (T)
The settings are remembered from the last operation it's likely already been set to 180 degrees in the angle.
You can also do something a little similar by using the awesome loop tools addon with the bridge command (but you'll need to select the 2 edges instead of the 1 as with the spin tool here.)
Hope that helps.
I thought this was a good collection of general 3d cursor examples too :D
Aidy
Those were awesome!!!
I was wondering when this would finally get some BN notice. :D
It's just one of those videos everyone should check out. Even long-timers like myself.
Ah, I was wondering why my YouTube channel was getting a sudden burst in activity. Thanks!
Did I miss something, or is this video almost useless? Yes, it's a video of somebody doing useful stuff in Blender... but with no keyboard shortcut overlays or any commentary to say *how* he's doing all those things, it hasn't taught me anything.
Sorry you didn't find it helpful. It's not really intended to be a tutorial; I made it in response to someone wanting examples of what the 3D Cursor is used for a few months ago.
I wish cursor position changes were put on the undo stack.
Actually, this would be a simple matter if that cursor was seen by Blender as just another object. Maybe even a script that would make one special empty follow the cursor and vice versa would be enough.