Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Time for action – extruding to make the inside of the hull

The first step here is to create an inside for the hull. You will extrude the face without moving it, and shrink it a bit. This will create the basis for the gunwale:

1. Create a new file and zoom into the default cube.
2. Select Wireframe from the Viewport Shading menu on the header, as discussed in Chapter 4, Modeling with Vertices, Edges, and Faces.
3. Press the Tab key to go to Edit Mode.
4. Choose Face Selection mode from the header. It is the orange parallelogram, as seen in Chapter 4, Modeling with Vertices, Edges, and Faces.
5. Select the top face with the RMB.
6. Press the E key to extrude the face, then immediately press Enter.
7. Move the mouse away from the cube. Press the S key to scale the face with ...