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Blender 3D Basics

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Blender 3D Basics

Overview of this book

Blender is by far the most popular open source graphics program available. It is a full featured 3D modeling, animation and games development tool used by millions all over the world ñ and it's free! This book is for those looking for an entry into the world of 3D modeling and animation regardless of prior experience. Blender 3D Basics is the entry level book for those without prior experience using 3D tools. It caters for those who may have downloaded Blender in the past but were frustrated by its lack of intuitiveness. Using simple steps it builds, chapter by chapter, into a full foundation in 3D modeling and animation. Using Blender 3D Basics the reader will model a maritime scene complete with boats and water, then add materials, lighting and animation. The book demystifies the Blender interface and explains what each tool does so that you will be left with a thorough understanding of 3D.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
3
Controlling the Lamp, the Camera, and Animating Objects
Index

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.

  1. Select two vertices along the bottom side of the shape you made, as shown here on the left.

  2. Press the E key, and use the mouse to create another face as shown on the right.

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. The last two Time for action sections seem too simple perhaps. You built a face, and extruded another from it. But, this is often how modelers create objects, such as automobiles, which often have fluid lines and no definite edges for much of their surface. Making faces and extruding them, you can make just about anything.

Note

For your reference, the file 6907_04_making a face from an edge.blend, which has been included in the download pack, has the face being...