Learn Blender with a poster infographic

Here is my contribute to the best 3d opensource application. An infographic poster map to help finding the way in modeling 3d objects with Blender 3d. Everything on a single sheet of paper! You'll find the basic commands plus some very useful tricks. You're invited to comment and to suggest missing keys.

The png high resolution image is free for you. It's readable and good to print. But if you really love this map you can offer me a beer and obtain the high res vector pdf version (See below). In any case I'm glad if it's a useful learning resource. Good work!

I'll update the infographic in the future, as Blender 3d evolves. Share it and follow me on twitter and facebook for updates

History log

17/03/2020: ver. 2.31: Graphic improvements, viewport render, default value backspace restore, duplicate and merge vertices

20/01/2020: Added active selection colors, Bool tool modifier, improved layout.

28/11/2019: Grab is move! Fixed some terms. Added shorcuts and hints from Blender 2.81. Origin transform, remesh and mesh cleanup, sculpt select, added many hints.

05/10/2019: Oppps! Massive layout redefine. More graphics added. Central focus is now on the "tab modes" pie menù. "Organize" section added. Object rename and batch rename (coming in 2.81). 2d grease pencil tips added. And more...

30/08/2019: Commands fixes. Added plugin connections. Some graphic elements refined.

18/08/2019: Complete poster redesign, following the awesome new 2.8 Blender release. Free raster image is now bigger than ever and horizontal, as many of you requested.

16/05/2018: Added custom orientation and group instance tip

06/04/2017: Rendering speed up tips, hierarchy size and importance refined, added some new icons.

02/11/2016: Added animation section, revisited TAB pie menu icons, more connections and colors, minor fixes. Higher resolution for the free png version!

29/09/2016: Added new functions from Blender 2.78; New mustload add-ons: Carves, Archimesh, Measure It; edit mode select region; more connections; minor fixes.

12/09/2016: various fixes, snap and modifiers icons added.

03/09/2016: Shrink-fatten function, added modeling icons! .

23/08/2016: Totally revisited layout, better size hierarchy, colored section, added connections between functions, modifiers added, tips added.

31/05/2016: added icons, optimized element sizes, added more tips, some elements fixed.

18/07/2015: better hierarchy graphic layout, more icons, added new shortcut from 2.75, node basic config.

25/04/2015: added navigation mode, clip view, layout refinements.

10/04/2015: added modeling shorcuts, fixed some errors, layout refinements.

18/03/2015: added "copy attributes" (so useful), layout tweaks, better readability, legend improved

21/02/2015: added shorcuts for grease pencil, tweaked some layouts, uploaded png version.

08/01/2015: added new shortcuts from Blender 2.73

06/01/2015: added materials shortcut and node wrangler, better layout

29/12/2014: added sculpt mode, more icons, and snap shortcut

20/12/2014: added must-load addons

How it started

Passion, patient, and this rough skecth. My first map was an A4 ink note. I found it so useful I decided to illustrate as best as I could, and it was so precious at first I wasn't able to model anything without it. So useful that when I lost it for some days, I decided it was the moment to draw it in illustrator in the final version you see. Similar experience I did for the Roman Architecture course, with tens of sheets resuming lessons.

This map took hours to assemble: if it's precious for you, I'll appreciate if you offer me a beer by paypal; i'll send you the latest vector version of the infographic map. See below!