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2.
The ring is now perfectly serviceable, but there's no harm in making it a
little more appealing. Enter the
Edit Mode
(
Tab
). Again, notice that without
applying the modifier, its effects are undone while in
Edit
mode. Loop
Cut (
Ctrl
+
R
) the cylinder around the
middle-click
and
left-click
twice when
selecting, so the slice does not slide up or down:
3.
Scale
(
S
) the newly sliced ring slightly outwards. The scaled ring of
points should not extend more than 1 mm (one small grid square in the
background) larger than the top and bottom disks of the ring shape:
Scaling is an operation for which precise measured adjustments like this are
very difficult to accomplish. This is one of the places where Blender falls
short as a CAD tool. Just something to keep in mind when designing.
