Time for action – seeing the top view, front view, and right-side view
You will start by returning Blender to its default setup. To go back to the default scene. You don't have to quit as you did at the start of this chapter; there is another way. The steps are as follows:
Move your cursor to the upper-left corner of the Blender window as shown in the previous screenshot. Left-click on File. A menu will drop down. Left-click on New. Another menu will appear asking you to Reload Start-Up File. Click on that and the default Blender file will be loaded.
Press the 7 key on the NumPad. This gives you the Top view.
Press the 1 key on the NumPad. This gives you the Front view.
Press the 3 key on the NumPad. This gives you the Right side view.
What just happened?
You loaded a fresh copy of the default Blender scene and then used the NumPad to control from which direction you were viewing the scene. When you pressed the 7 on the NumPad, Blender displayed the Top view. When you pressed the 1 on the NumPad...