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Blender 5.0 Manual
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Blender 5.0 Manual

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Object Modes

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The Mode select menu.

Modes allow editing different aspects of objects. While Object Mode allowsyou to position/rotate/scale them, Edit Mode allows changing their geometry,Pose Mode allows posing them, and so on.

You can change the current mode using theMode selector in the 3D Viewport header.Which modes are available depends on the object’s type. The complete listis shown below.

Apart from using the selector, you can also pressCtrl-Tab to bring upa pie menu around the cursor for faster access. (If the selected object is anArmature, this shortcut will insteadswitch between Object Mode and Pose Mode.)

PressingTab will toggle Edit Mode for objects that support it.

Modes can affect many things in Blender:

  • Each mode changes the header and Toolbar to show its own unique set of menus and tools.This also means it affects the available keyboard shortcuts.

  • Modes can completely change the look of the viewport. For example, Weight Paint modewill shade the object to show its vertex weights, which are not normally visible.

  • Modes can affect other editors. For example, theUV Editorcan only be used if the 3D Viewport is in Edit Mode. In theProperties editor, too, certain buttons and panelscan only be used in certain modes.

Object Mode List

Blender’s Modes

Icon

Name

Details

Object Mode

The default mode, available for all object types.Allows editing position, rotation and scale, duplicating objects, and so on.

Edit Mode

A mode for editing an object’s shape(vertices/edges/faces for meshes, control points for curves/surfaces,points/strokes for Grease Pencil, etc.).

Sculpt Mode

Provides an alternative toolset for editing an object’s shape (only for meshes).

Vertex Paint Mode

A mesh-only mode that allows you to set your mesh’s vertex colors (i.e. to “paint” them).

Weight Paint Mode

A mesh-only mode, dedicated to vertex group weighting.

Texture Paint Mode

A mesh-only mode that allows you to paint a texture directly on the model, in the 3D Viewport.

Particle Edit Mode

A mesh-only mode dedicated to particle systems, useful for editable systems (hair).

Pose Mode

An armature-only mode, dedicated to posing.

Draw Mode

A Grease Pencil-only mode, dedicated to creating Grease Pencil strokes.

Sculpt Mode (Grease Pencil)

A Grease Pencil-only mode, used to deform and shape existing strokes more organically.

Edit Mode (Grease Pencil)

A Grease Pencil-only mode, dedicated to modifying individual strokes and points of Grease Pencil objects.

Vertex Paint Mode (Grease Pencil)

A Grease Pencil-only mode, dedicated to adding color the vertices of strokes directly.

Weight Paint Mode (Grease Pencil)

A Grease Pencil-only mode, dedicated to assigning vertex weights to stroke.

Note

The cursor becomes abrushinPaint and Sculpt Modes.

We will not go into any more detail on mode usages here,because they are dealt with in their own sections.

Hint

If you are reading this manual and some button or menu option is referencedthat does not appear on your screen, it may be that you are not in the propermode for that option to be valid.

Switching Objects

Reference

Mode:

All Modes

Shortcut:

Alt-Q

If you enter a mode such as Weight Paint for an object and then select anotherobject, Blender will typically switch back to Object Mode.This means that, if you want to weight paint the other object too,you have to enter the mode a second time.

There is a way of avoiding this, however. Once you enter a mode, theOutliner will show a dot nextto other objects that also support it. By clicking such a dot, you canswitch over to another object without leaving the mode.

Alternatively, you can hover over the other object in the 3D Viewportand pressAlt-Q.

See also

Lock Object Modes forpreventingaccidental mode changes.

Multi-Object Editing

Edit Mode and Pose Mode let you work with multiple objects even moreeasily than described above, as they can have multiple objects in the modeat the same time.

There are two ways of accomplishing this:

  • If you’re not yet in the mode, you can simply select all the objectsand enter it.

  • If you’re already in the mode, you can bring other objects into itby clickingCtrl-LMB on the dot in theOutliner.Removing objects from the mode works in the same way.

Some points of note:

  • TheProperties Editor editor will only ever show the details(shape keys, UV maps…) of the active object, not of all the selected ones.

  • Selecting any element from an object will make it the active one.

  • There are limits to the edits you can make.For example, you can’t create an edge that connects vertices fromdifferent objects.

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