Learn Blender 3 - Apply and Reset Transformation Values

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Reset (Clear)

• Reset transformation values to default.

  • Translation (move), and rotate back to zero
  • Scale back to one.

• Transform side bar on the right of the 3D viewport

  • Hotkey: n

• Reset is called clear in Blender

  • Located in 3D Viewport menu:
    • Object -> Clear -> Location
      • Hotkey: alt + g
    • Object -> Clear -> Rotation
      • Hotkey: alt + r
    • Object -> Clear -> Scale
      • Hotkey: alt + s

• Can reset all by right clicking in the transform side bar and choosing Reset All to Default Values for Move (Location,) Rotation, and Scale individually.

  • Can do the same thing in the Properties editor.

• Hotkeys for manipulators

  • Select Box
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar -> b
  • Select Circle
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar -> c
  • Select Lasso
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar -> l
  • Tweak
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar -> t
  • Move
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar -> g
  • Rotation
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar -> r
  • Scale
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar -> s
  • Transform
    • Hotkey: Shift + Spacebar -> t

Apply

• If you transform the object, in either translation, rotation, scale, you can choose to apply that transformation to the object.
  • This means that the transform "resets", so move and rotation are at zero and scale at 1, but the object stays "the same".
• Hotkey to for apply transformations menu:
  • Hotkey: Ctrl + a
  • You can choose your options afterwards.
• There is a technical reason this is important that is really important in other disciplines, especially rigging, but modeling and animation as well.