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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
For real. For me, the num pad is a necessity for Blender and CAD software. But for everyday use and gaming, I'd be just fine without it.
gpt
Definitely for Blender! I just bought a new laptop, and overlooked the numpad. It's all fine except for Blender. You can set it to change the view with the numrow, but then you can't switch between vertex/edge/face selection mode using the numrow. 

So I set those to shift+1/2/3, but instead of it toggling one off while toggling another on, it keeps both on... In 15 years of using blender I didn't know you could have vert/edge/face enabled all at the same time. 

It sometimes makes things easier, but mostly sucks. 

As an Autocad draftsman I don't even touch the numpad.

My big thing in blender (and photoshop) is never having to take your hand from the mouse, while being able to access all shortcuts. Autocad is my damn enemy because of its shortcut format (my work uses Macs so the Autocad problem is compounded).