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Exercise: Getting to Grips with Co-ordinates.

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• Create a Sphere in the centre of the front viewport.

• Take note of the Transform Gizmo. 

• Scale it up if you wish using the + and - keys (in between 0 and Backspace).

• On the Top Menu bar, there is a drop down menu that is currently set to View.

• Click on this menu and you will be able to select from a list of co-ordinate systems.

• We only really need to try the View, Screen, World and Local Co-ordinate Systems.

• Using the Select and Rotate Tool and the Transform Gizmo, try transforming the Sphere along different axis using different co-ordinate systems.

• Rotate the View using the Arc Rotate Tool and see how this affects your co-ordinate systems.

• Try rotating the Sphere again.

• Try using the Select and Move Tool as well.

• Play around with this until you feel comfortable using co-ordinate systems.