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To make it easy to view this object, toggle the visibility of other object(s) in the
world-space by clicking the (corresponding) “eye” image-button in the
Outliner
win-
dow.
Now, we discuss how to make this cube look like a tank (at least somewhat!). The
easiest way to do so is by extruding any lateral surface of a cube and then scaling-
down the extrusion. The way this is exactly performed in Blender, however, is a little
different.
After editing the
tankFence3.blend
file (for material name), rotate the grid to
get a configuration similar to
Figure 4-31
.
Recall that you can do so by middle-click-
ing and then dragging the mouse to rotate the grid.
Figure 4-31
.
Configuring the grid surface
After obtaining a configuration similar to
Figure 4-31
,
zoom in. Then, from the
3D
View
header, select the
Face
select-mode. This allows you to select any face for ex-
trusion. Select the front-face, pointed by the (crosshair) cursor, as shown in
Figure
4-32
. You can lasso-select this face or right-click on it to select it.
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