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Introduction to modeling tut "Creating and Transforming Objects"
By Oliver Villar Diz, published on his site blendtuts.
This tutorial is a great combination to start out with - Oliver's description:
Things you'll learn:
- Use of the 3d Cursor
- 3 ways of creating objects
- Use the transform manipulators
- Transforming Shortcuts
- Precise Transforms
- Aligning Objects
Level of complexity: Beginner
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