Areas

Every workspace has different functionality so, their areas are packed with contents depending on their functionality.

Outliner(Lime), Properties(Turquoise), Timeline(Red), 3D Viewport(Rose)

For Example: Blender’s default startup shows the “Layout” workspace in the main area, which has different functionality from other workspace tabs.

Layout Workspace(Default)

The “Layout” workspace in the main area.

Sculpting Workspace

In sculpt mode, instead of dealing with individual elements (vertices, edges, and faces), an area of the model is primarily changed using brushes.

sculpting workspace tab

As you’ve seen from the above example, areas are different for different workspaces.

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