For Dummies Blender, 2nd Edition 978-0-470-58446-0 User Manual
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Part I: Wrapping Your Brain Around Blender
Figure 1-5:
Creating a
new area
and then
removing
that area.
Remove an area
Create a new area
Maximizing an area
When working in Blender, you also occasionally need to maximize an area.
Maximizing an area is particularly useful when you’re working on a model or
scene and you just want to get all the other areas out of your way so that you
can use as much screen real estate as possible.
Maximizing an area is particularly useful when you’re working on a model or
scene and you just want to get all the other areas out of your way so that you
can use as much screen real estate as possible.
To maximize any area, hover your mouse cursor over it and press
Shift+spacebar. You can toggle back to the tiled screen layout by pressing
Shift+spacebar again. These options are available in almost all editor types
by choosing View
Shift+spacebar. You can toggle back to the tiled screen layout by pressing
Shift+spacebar again. These options are available in almost all editor types
by choosing View
➪Toggle Full Screen from that editor’s header or by right-
clicking the header and choosing Maximize Area from the menu that appears.
If the area is already maximized, then the menu item will say Tile Area.
If the area is already maximized, then the menu item will say Tile Area.
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