How to make faces

Modeling starts with making faces. There are some ways to make faces and I will introduce them to you here.

1. [Create] command

mouseClick four times on the 3D view, and a new face is created. Or, mouseclick three times and mouseclick the right button, and a new triangle is created.

When you mouseclick near the existing vertex, a vertex of the new face is shared with the existing face. It is certain to share vertices while pressing the Ctrl key.

2. [Pull] command

[Create] command requires some mouseclicks , and it's a little troublesome. When a face has already existed, select a line and mousedrag it in [Pull] command. It is very easy to make a triangle or a quadrangle that contains the first selected line.

3. [Primitive] command

You can make a basic shape like a cube, a sphere, a cylinder and so on by [Primitive] command.

4. [Blob] command

You can create smooth faces like pulling against each other when you use  [Blobs] command.

You must polygonize them after putting blobs.

5. [Armature] command

A surface object along a centerline is created easily by [Armature] command.

6. Patches

It can make smooth patches from polygons in real-time.

Select the [Menu > Panel > Object Panel] and push a [Property] button. A setting dialog is shown, so select 'Spline Type1/2' or 'Catmull-Clark' in 'Patch' group, and push a OK button. Polygons are displayed as smooth patches. It is possible to operate as before, you can edit an object easily.

If you want to convert patches to polygons, select [Menu > Object > Freeze] and freeze them with checking a 'Patch'.

Please see Patches for details.