Blender Tutorial: Donut and Coffee

• Level 1:
  • Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPrnSACiTJ4
    • Zoom in to selected object:
      • pie menu (^ on a German keyboard) → “View selected”
      • Num .
  • Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaT-uG5wgUw
  • Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qjqqfkH6E
    • Orthogonal view:
      • Use the colored coordinate thingy in the upper right corner, or
      • Use the pie menu (^ on a German keyboard), or
      • Use the number pad, or
      • Use alt and middle mouse drag
    • X-Ray mode: Upper right or Alt-Z
    • Duplicate Shift-D (Esc to cancel movement)
    • Turn selected part into own object p (like partition (not penguin!)
    • Clip Start: in Properties Sidebar (right) → View (top part)
  • Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSgsaNSQ6s
  • Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OTX3ZdYvEA

Other observations:

• Blender uses Alt for a lot of stuff, and my window manager does, too. so the window manager gets into the way.