Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Extra credit
Now that you've learned the basic modeling tools challenge yourself to make your
own mug shape, either by modifying the existing model or starting from scratch.
Make a mug that is more of a goblet or make a mug with extruded tentacles. Perhaps,
something that is more irregular and less symmetrical. The possibilities are endless.
Summary
And that's it. This thimble-sized mug taught a majority of the basic tools that will
continue to be used in future 3D modeling projects. Some of those tools are:
• File operations such as saving and creating new directories
• Adding basic objects (
Shift
+
A
)
• View rotation with the number pad
• Scene navigation with the middle-button on the mouse
•
Wireframe
and
Solid
view modes (
Z
)
• Selection operations such as
Circle
(
C
) and
Box
(
B
) select
• Manipulation operations such as
Grab/Move
(
G
),
Rotate
(
R
), and
Scale
(
S
)
•
Edit mode
(
Tab
) for manipulation of the individual elements that make
up a shape
• The
Extrude
(
E
) operation
• The loop-cut (
Ctrl
+
R
) operation
• Object modifiers such as
Multiresolution
and
Boolean
operations
• Exporting STLs for print
