Blender Master Class

Modifiers

Modifiers allow you to procedurally and nondestructively perform operations on your models. They are fundamental to creating just about anything in Blender. Some modifiers generate new geometry, replacing or adding to your mesh, while others deform existing geometry according to certain rules or offer ways to plug simulations and other more complex entities into your scene.

We’ll focus mainly on modifiers that generate and deform the meshes they are applied to because they’re the most useful for creating models. Some of the most important ones for modeling are listed in Table 4-3. In particular, the Mirror and Subdivision Surface modifiers are used in practically all organic modeling. The effects of the most commonly used generate modifiers ...