Time for action – making a face from an edge
This short exercise will introduce you to what some 3D modelers have called the most powerful tool available to modelers, the humble extrusion.
- Select two vertices along the bottom side of the shape you made, as shown on the left-hand side of the preceding screenshot.
- Tap the E key, and then move the mouse to create another face as shown on the right-hand side of the preceding screenshot.
What just happened?
We discovered that if you press the E key when you have two vertices selected in Edit Mode, then Blender will create a new face. This is called an extrusion. You built a face, and extruded another from ...
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