Time for action – adding a template
Now, get started by putting up the templates so that they can be seen within 3D View, executing the following steps:
- Open a new file in Blender.
- Press 3 on the NumPad to get the Right view in 3D View and press the 5 on the NumPad for the Ortho view.
- Press N to display the Properties panel in 3D View.
- Scroll down to the Background Images subpanel of 3D View's Properties panel, as seen in the next screenshot.
- Click on the triangle that is to the left of the subpanel to open it.
- Check the checkbox by the text Background Images, so that the background image can be displayed.
- Click on the Add Image button.
- Click on the Open button and load the image
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from this chapter'sImages
directory in the download pack. - Click on the dark All Views button next to Axis:, and select Right from the pop-up menu, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Press 7 on the NumPad to see the Top view in 3D View.
- Click on the Add Image button in the Background Images...