@dillenbata3
I’m familiar with the tilde key but haven’t really used it much so far (for no reason other than initial preference, I guess). I didn’t realize it may make my life easer with some of the tutorials I’m following. I’m going to keep your notes handy and see if I can navigate some of my future ones a little easier until I get my replacement mouse/num pad.
My first Blender project (like a lot of us beginners) was the donut from Andrew Price. I watched his new 4.0 donut tutorial recently and he actually uses the walk/fly mode and some of the other options you noted above, so I will definitely give it a go. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I realize it took a lot of your time to type this all out, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it. Also, I don’t mind the option overload because I’m like a sponge right now. Better for me to learn different ways to approach this stuff now, before I get “set in my ways” like we all tend to do.
Thank you so much for your willingness to help me once again 😁