The 3D Cursor is a feature of Blender that usually causes some confusion among artists with no prior experience of the software. No other 3D tool has anything that looks like the 3D Cursor, but they should consider adopting a similar solution.
Where is the 3D Cursor? If you take a close look at the 3D View window, you will find a little crosshair icon, which is the 3D Cursor, shown as follows:
Figure 3.1: The 3D Cursor
In Blender, the 3D Cursor is a helper that will mainly give you a visual reference for the following:
- Creating objects
- Aligning objects
- Working as a temporary pivot point
- Setting origin points for objects
Whenever you create a new object in Blender, it will appear at the 3D View at the exact location of the 3D Cursor.
You can click and drag the 3D Cursor at any object surface, and Blender will try to align the orientation of the cursor with...