Sitemap #5 – SECTIONS – Modeling

Modeling

Introduction

• Modes
  • Edit Mode

Meshes

Introduction

• Modeling Modes

Structure

• Vertices
• Edges
• Faces
• Normals
  • Properties
    • Advanced Smooth Shading & Sharp Edges
  • Custom Split Normals
    • Enabling Custom Split Normals
    • Editing Custom Split Normals
    • Importing Custom Split Normals
• Topology
  • Loops
  • Poles
  • Non-Manifold

Primitives

• Common Options
• Plane
• Cube
• Circle
• UV Sphere
• Icosphere
• Cylinder
• Cone
• Torus
• Grid
• Monkey

Tools

• Toolbar
• Tool Settings
  • Options
    • Transform
      • Mirror
      • Topology Mirror
        • Example
      • Auto Merge
    • UVs
• Types
  • Extrude Region
    • Details
  • Extrude Manifold
    • Example
  • Extrude to Cursor
    • Creating Faces
  • Loop Cut
    • Usage
    • Tool Settings
    • Options
  • Poly Build
    • Tool Settings
    • Controls
  • Spin
    • Tool Settings
    • Options
    • Example
      • Angle
      • Duplicate
      • Merge Duplicates
      • Recalculate Normals

Selecting

• Introduction
  • Selection Modes
    • Multiple Selection Modes
    • Switching Select Mode
      • Expand/Contract Selection
  • X-Ray
  • Select Menu
  • Known Issues
    • Dense Meshes
    • N-Gons in Face Select Mode
• Select Random
• Checker Deselect
• Select Sharp Edges
• Select Similar
  • Face Regions
• Select All by Trait
  • Non-Manifold
  • Loose Geometry
  • Interior Faces
  • Faces by Sides
  • Ungrouped Vertices
• Select More/Less
  • Select Next/Previous Active
• Select Loops
  • Select Edge Loops
    • Select Edge Loops (All Boundaries)
  • Select Face Loops
  • Select Edge Rings
  • Select Loop Inner-Region
  • Select Boundary Loop
• Select Linked
  • Linked
  • Shortest Path
  • Linked Flat Faces
• Side of Active
• Select Mirror
  • Example
• By Attribute
  • Usage

Editing

Introduction

• Accessing Mesh Tools
  • Menus

Mesh Tools

• Transformation
  • Move, Rotate, Scale
    • Transform Panel
      • Vertex Data
      • Edge Data
  • To Sphere
    • Usage
  • Shear
    • Tool Settings
    • Usage
  • Bend
    • Usage
    • Known Limitations
      • Adjust Last Operation Unsupported
  • Push/Pull
    • Usage
  • Warp
    • Usage
      • Cursor Position & View
    • Example
  • Randomize
  • Shrink Fatten
  • Skin Resize
• Mirror
  • Axis of Symmetry
  • Pivot Point
  • Transformation Orientations
• Duplicate
• Extrude
  • Extrude Faces
  • Extrude Faces Along Normals
  • Extrude Individual Faces
  • Extrude Manifold
  • Extrude Edges
  • Extrude Vertices
  • Extrude Repeat
  • Spin
• Merge
  • By Distance
• Split
  • Selection
  • Faces by Edges
  • Faces & Edges by Vertices
• Separate
• Bisect
  • Controls
  • Examples
• Knife Project
  • Options
  • Examples
  • Known Limitations
• Knife Topology Tool
  • Usage
  • Tool Settings
  • Controls
  • Known Limitations
    • Duplicate Vertices
    • Unconnected Cuts
• Convex Hull
• Symmetrize
• Snap to Symmetry
• Normals
  • Flip
  • Recalculate
  • Set from Faces
  • Rotate
  • Point to Target
  • Merge
  • Split
  • Average
  • Copy Vectors
  • Paste Vectors
  • Smooth Vectors
  • Reset Vectors
  • Select by Face Strength
  • Set Face Strength
• Shading
• Set Attribute
• Sort Elements
• Clean Up
  • Decimate Geometry
  • Fill Holes
  • Make Planar Faces
  • Split Non-Planar Faces
  • Split Concave Faces
  • Delete Loose
  • Degenerate Dissolve
  • Merge by Distance
• Deleting & Dissolving
  • Delete
  • Dissolve
    • Dissolve Vertices
      • Examples
    • Dissolve Edges
    • Dissolve Faces
    • Dissolve (Context-Sensitive)
  • Limited Dissolve
  • Collapse Edges & Faces
  • Edge Loops
    • Example

Vertex Tools

• Extrude Vertices
• Extrude to Cursor or Add
  • Creating Faces
• Bevel Vertices
  • Options
• New Edge/Face from Vertices
  • Methods
    • Isolated Vertices
    • Isolated Edges
    • N-gon from Edges
    • Mixed Vertices/Edges
    • Edge-Net
    • Point Cloud
    • Single Vertex Selection
    • Dissolve Existing Faces
• Connect Vertex Path
• Connect Vertex Pairs
• Rip Vertices
  • Examples
  • Limitations
• Rip Vertices and Fill
• Rip Vertices and Extend
• Slide Vertices
• Smooth Vertices
• Laplacian Smooth
• Blend from Shape
• Propagate to Shapes
• Vertex Groups
• Hooks
• Make Vertex Parent

Edge Tools

• Extrude Edges
• Bevel Edges
  • Usage
  • Options
  • Examples
• Bridge Edge Loops
  • Examples
• Screw
  • Usage
  • Limitations
  • Options
  • Examples
    • The Spring Example
    • Clockwise & Counterclockwise using the Spring Example
    • Bending the Profiles using the Spring Example
    • Creating Perfect Screw Spindles
    • A Screw Tip
• Subdivide
  • Options
  • Examples
    • One Edge
    • Two Tri Edges
    • Two Opposite Quad Edges
    • Two Adjacent Quad Edges
    • Three Edges
    • Tri
    • Quad/Four Edges
    • Multiple Cuts
• Subdivide Edge-Ring
• Un-Subdivide
• Rotate Edge
• Edge Slide
  • Usage
    • Even Mode
    • Limitations & Workarounds
• Offset Edge Slide
• Loop Cut and Slide
  • Usage
  • Options
• Edge Data
  • Edge Crease
  • Edge Bevel Weight
  • Mark Seam & Clear Seam
  • Mark Sharp & Clear Sharp

Face Tools

• Extrude Faces
• Extrude Faces Along Normals
• Extrude Individual Faces
• Inset Faces
  • Options
• Poke Faces
• Triangulate Faces
• Triangles to Quads
• Solidify Faces
• Wireframe
• Fill
• Grid Fill
• Beautify Faces
• Intersect (Knife)
• Intersect (Boolean)
• Weld Edges into Faces
• Shade Smooth & Flat
  • Shade Smooth
  • Shade Flat
• Face Data
  • Rotate Colors
  • Reverse Colors
  • Rotate UVs
  • Reverse UVs
  • Flip Quad Tessellation
  • Clear Freestyle Face

UV Tools

• Unwrap
  • Options
• Smart UV Project
  • Options
• Lightmap Pack
  • Options
• Follow Active Quads
  • Options
• Cube Projection
  • Options
• Cylinder Projection
  • Options
• Sphere Projection
  • Options
• Project from View
  • Options
• Project from View (Bounds)
• Reset

Properties

Object Data

• Vertex Groups
• Shape Keys
• UV Maps
• Color Attributes
  • Creating a New Color Attribute
  • Color Attribute Specials
• Attributes
• Normals
• Texture Space
• Remesh
• Geometry Data

Vertex Groups

• Introduction
  • Usage
• Vertex Groups Panel
  • Editing Vertex Groups
• Assigning a Vertex Group
  • Creating Vertex Groups
    • Vertex Groups Panel Controls
  • Deleting Vertex Groups
  • Locking Vertex Groups
  • Working with Content of Vertex Groups
    • Assigning Vertices to a Group
    • Checking Assignments
    • Removing Assignments from a Group
    • Using Groups for Selecting/Deselecting
    • Finding Ungrouped Vertices
• Vertex Weights
  • Vertex Group Categories
    • Deform Groups
    • Other Groups
  • Weight Table
    • Set the Active Group
    • Display Weights in Edit Mode
    • Edit Weights in Edit Mode
    • Change a Weight
    • Pasting
    • Deleting
  • Tools
  • Locking

Geometry Data

UVs

UVs & Texture Space

• UV Maps
• Texture Space
  • Editing
  • Accessing

Unwrapping

• Introduction
  • About UVs
  • Getting Started
    • Workflow
• Seams
  • Mark Seam
    • Seams from Islands

Tools

• Toolbar
• Rip
• Grab
  • Tool Settings
    • Brushes
    • Brush Settings
      • Falloff
    • Options
• Relax
  • Tool Settings
    • Brushes
    • Brush Settings
      • Falloff
    • Options
• Pinch
  • Tool Settings
    • Brushes
    • Brush Settings
      • Falloff
    • Options

Editing

• Transform
  • Axis Locking
• Randomize
• Mirror
  • Copy Mirrored UV Coordinates
• Snap
• Merge
• Split
• Unwrap
• Pin & Unpin
• Invert Pins
• Mark/Clear Seams
• Seams from Islands
• Pack Islands
• Average Island Scale
• Minimize Stretch
• Stitch
• Align
• Align Rotation
• Copy UVs
• Paste UVs
• Show/Hide Faces
• Export UV Layout
• Proportional Editing
• UV Options
• 3D Viewport
  • Rotate UVs
  • Reverse UVs

Workflows

• Layout Workflow
  • Transferring UV Maps
  • Multiple UV Maps
  • Optimizing the UV Layout
    • Combining UV Maps
    • Iteration & Refinement
  • Refining the Layout
    • Reusing Textures
• UDIMs
  • Workflow
  • File Substitution Tokens
  • UDIM Tiles

Using UV Maps

• Using the Test Grid
  • Modifying Your Image Texture

Mesh Analysis

• Overhang
• Thickness
• Intersections
• Distortion
• Sharp Edges
• Known Limitations

Retopology

• Using the Poly Build Tool
• Remeshing
  • Voxel
  • Quad

Curves

Introduction

Tools

• Toolbar
• Types
  • Draw
    • Tool Settings
    • Options
  • Curve Pen

Curves

Structure

• Splines
  • Control Points
• Spline Types
  • Poly
  • Bézier
    • Handle Types
  • NURBS

Primitives

• Bézier Curve
• Bézier Circle
• NURBS Curve
• NURBS Circle
• Path
• Empty Hair
  • Selecting
    • Selection Modes
    • Operators
  • Editing
  • Properties
    • Attributes
    • Surface
• Fur

Selecting

• Select Menu
• Select Random
• Checker Deselect
• Select Linked
• Select Similar
• (De)select First/Last
• Select Next/Previous
• Select More/Less
• Pick Shortest Path

Editing

• Transform Panel
• Curve
  • Transform
    • Radius
  • Mirror
  • Snap
  • Spin
  • Add Duplicate
  • Split
  • Separate
  • Toggle Cyclic
  • Set Spline Type
  • Show/Hide
  • Cleanup
    • Decimate Curve
  • Delete
• Control Points
  • Extrude Curve and Move
  • Make Segment
  • Tilt
  • Clear Tilt
  • Set Handle Type
  • Recalculate Handles
  • Smooth
  • Smooth Curve Tilt
  • Smooth Curve Radius
  • Smooth Curve Weight
  • Hooks
  • Make Vertex Parent
• Segments
  • Subdivide
  • Switch Direction
• Other
  • Set Goal Weight
  • Add Vertex

Properties

• Shape
• Geometry
  • Bevel
    • Round
    • Object
    • Profile
  • Start & End Mapping
  • Examples
    • Open 2D Curve
    • Closed 2D Curve
    • 3D Curve
    • Taper
• Path Animation
  • Example
• Active Spline
  • Poly
  • Bézier
  • NURBS

Curve Display

Curves (New)

• Tools
  • Toolbar
  • Draw
    • Tool Settings
    • Options
• Primitives
  • Empty Hair
  • Fur
• Selecting
  • Selection Modes
  • Operators
• Editing
  • Curves
    • Transform
    • Radius
    • Duplicate
    • Delete
  • Control Points
    • Extrude Curve and Move
    • Tilt
    • Clear Tilt
• Properties
  • Properties
  • Attributes
  • Surface

Surfaces

• Introduction
  • Visualization
  • Conversion
• Toolbar
• Structure
  • Control Points, Rows and Grid
  • Weight
  • Preset Weights
• Primitives
  • NURBS Curve
  • NURBS Circle
  • NURBS Surface
  • NURBS Cylinder
  • NURBS Sphere
  • NURBS Torus
• Selecting
  • Select Menu
  • Select Random
  • Checker Deselect
  • Select Linked
  • Select Similar
  • Select Control Point Row
  • Select More/Less
• Editing
  • Transform Panel
  • Surface
    • Transform
    • Mirror
    • Snap
    • Spin
    • Add Duplicate
    • Split
    • Separate
    • Toggle Cyclic
    • Set Spline Type
    • Show/Hide
    • Cleanup
    • Delete
    • Example
  • Control Points
    • Extrude Curve and Move
    • Examples
    • Make Segment
    • Examples
    • Smooth
    • Hooks
    • Make Vertex Parent
  • Segments
    • Subdivide
    • Switch Direction
• Properties
  • Shape
  • Active Spline

Metaball

• Introduction
  • Visualization
• Toolbar
• Structure
  • Technical Details
  • Type
• Primitives
  • Options
• Editing
  • Deleting Elements
  • Conversion
  • Object Families
  • Examples
• Properties
  • Metaball
  • Active Element

Text

• Introduction
• Selecting
• Editing
  • Cut
  • Copy
  • Paste
  • Paste File
  • To Uppercase
  • To Lowercase
  • Insert Unicode
  • Special Characters
  • Toggle Bold, Italics, Underline, Small Caps
  • Kerning
  • Delete
  • Inserting Text
    • Accent Characters
  • Converting to a Mesh or Curve
  • Assigning Materials
• Properties
  • Shape
  • Texture Space
  • Geometry
    • Extrusion, Taper & Bevel
  • Font
    • Transform
  • Paragraph
    • Alignment
    • Spacing
  • Text Boxes

Volumes

• Introduction
  • Rendering
  • Limitations
• Properties
  • Grids
  • OpenVDB File
  • Viewport Display
    • Slice
  • Render

Empties

• Primitives
  • Plain Axes
  • Arrows
  • Single Arrow
  • Circle
  • Cube
  • Sphere
  • Cone
  • Image
• Editing
• Properties
• Usage

Modifiers

• Introduction
  • Categories
  • Interface
    • The Modifier Stack
      • Active Modifier
  • Example