********************************** Introduction to the Blender Manual ********************************** Our aim to provide a complete and concise reference manual. Target group - People educated in computer graphics, who understand the basics of 3D and/or know other 3D software. The manual has as a goal to provide - Insight in Blender's way of working, its internal (technical) design -- in order to understand options and tools. - Detailed functional description of all features, tools and options in Blender. Conventions =========== .. note: these conventions are for people reading the manual. we have more detailed list of conventions for authors under the writing style section. Keyboards --------- Hotkey letters are shown in this manual like they appear on a keyboard; for example: :kbd:`G` refers to the lowercase ``g``. :kbd:`Shift`, :kbd:`Ctrl`, :kbd:`Alt` are specified as modifier keys. :kbd:`Ctrl-W`, :kbd:`Shift-Alt-A`, ... indicates that these keys should be pressed simultaneously. :kbd:`Numpad0` to :kbd:`Numpad9`, :kbd:`NumpadPlus` refer to the keys on the separate numeric keypad. Other keys are referred to by their names, such as :kbd:`Esc`, :kbd:`Tab`, :kbd:`F1` to :kbd:`F12`. Of special note are the arrow keys, :kbd:`Left`, :kbd:`Right` and so on. Mice ---- This manual refers to mouse buttons as: :kbd:`LMB` Left Mouse Button :kbd:`RMB` Right Mouse Button :kbd:`MMB` Middle Mouse Button :kbd:`Wheel` Scrolling the wheel. .. _about-user-contribute: Contribute ========== The Blender Manual is a community driven effort to which anyone can contribute. Either if you found a typo or if you want to improve the general quality of the documentation, there are several options for helping out. You can: #. Fix problems, improve the documentation and write new sections -- see how to :doc:`contribute `. #. `Report problems `__ in the documentation. #. Get involved in discussions through the `mailing list `__ and ``#blenderwiki`` :ref:`IRC channel `.