Time for action – displaying normals
Displaying the normal does not affect the model, but sometimes it can help you in your modeling to see which way your faces are pointing:
- Press Ctrl + MMB and use the mouse to zoom out so that you can see the whole cube.
- In the 3D View, press N to get the Properties Panel.
- Scroll down in the Properties Panel until you get to the Mesh Display subpanel.
- Go down to where it says Normals.
- There are two buttons like the edge select and face select buttons in the 3D View header. Click on the button with a cube and an orange rhomboid, as outlined in the next screenshot, the Face Select button, to choose selecting the normals of the faces.
- Beside the Face Select button, there is a place where you can adjust the displayed ...
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