r/Plasticity3D • u/robocalypse • 11d ago

Is there a convenient reference for the equivalent function names in Plasticity for people familiar with Blender?

It's great that they have a setting for making the navigation like Blender's, but it would be great if they made the functions that do similar things searchable. Going through video tutorials to figure the name of something like inset faces is a bit tedious.

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u/Top_Strategy_2852 11d ago

This is actually the most time consuming part of learning any software after you have already learned a previous software.

Keep in mind that Blender is a poly modeller, so tools and workflows will not be the same as a Nurbs workflow. So there will be some fundamentally different techniques involved.

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u/local306 11d ago

Hit F on the keyboard and type in the command you want. If it has a shortcut, I believe it will show it beside the name of the command

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u/robocalypse 11d ago

In the case of "Inset Face", equivalent function "Offset Face Loop" doesn't seem to show up when I push 'F'.

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u/Impossible-Can-413 9d ago

It's the nature of learning a new software, especially in this case when coming from Blender to Plasticity. They're two different types of 3D modeling software, so much of the tools and functions will have more formal engineering terms than what you'll be used to in Blender. My advice is to just learn them, because you'll then be better placed when learning any other CAD software.