Learn the Basics

User Interface

• Tool > Preferences: player controller input choices
• Camera pivot - rotate around objects
• Increase or Decrease the Scroll Wheel Sensitivity
• Keep a Property Panel Pinned
• Multi-Select in the World, Hierarchy, Browser
• Play-Time, Pause-Time, Present-Time

The Universe

• The Core Simmetri Object
• Structure Of A Simmetri Universe
• Spaces
• How Light Works
• Bringing It All Together

Entities

• Mirror
• Rope Entity
• Volumetric Text
• Rounded Cylinder Entity
• Rounded Box Entity
• Capsule Entity

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3D Models

• Importing Models from Google Poly

Playable Actors

• Car
• Movable Ball Actor - Make and Control
• Adding Camera Track and Chase to Player Actors

Interaction

• Interacting via Inputs: Player Controllers

Emitters

• Emit When Moved: Emitter "Moving" Property
• Node Emitter - the most creative node
• Particle Emitters: Overview
• What to Emit? - Change the Sample Property
• Emitter: Clone as Instance vs Copy
• Emit from Set

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Physics

• Constant Force
• Adding Physics (RigidBodies) to Imported Models
• Keep Objects Fixed in the Air
• Change Gravity

Creating / Constructing: Tips and Tricks

• Object-Relative Transforms: Local vs World Transform Frame
• Human Scale Helper, "Grid View," Align to Grid
• Advanced: Fusing and Mesh Modifying
• Hotkeys to Toggle Between Move, Rotate, and Scale
• Lock an Object in Place
• Change an Object's Scale

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Terrain

• Terrain: Overview

The Look of the Environment

• New Horizons, Different Skies: A How To
• Horizon Spaces
• Change the Atmosphere
• Change the Time of Day
• Add an Ocean
• Turn On the Night Sky

The Look of Things: Materials, textures and more

• Lights
• Working with Transparent PNGs
• Make a material from a JPG
• Translucency
• Changing Object Color
• Smoothness

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Animation

• Animating with Pulses
• Animation Basics
• Animation Level 2: Units + Timelines
• Spinning Sky Wheels: Animating with Signals

Cameras & Viewports

• Exposure Layer: Viewport
• Making Additional Cameras And Switching Between Them
• Making Additional Cameras And Automatically Switching Between Them
• Automatically Switch Between Cameras

Displays and Video Outputs

• Output 360 Video