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660 Chapter 8: Modifiers
Note:
In previous versions of the software, this
command was called Divide.
Extrude—Lets you perform manual extrusion via
direct manipulation in the viewport. Click this
button, and then drag vertical ly on any polygon
to extrude it.
Extrudingpolygonsmovesthemalonganormal
and creates new polygons that form t he sides of the
extrusion, connecting the selection to the object.
Important aspects of polygon extrusion are:
• The mouse c ursor changes to an E xtrude cursor
when over a selected polygon.
• Drag vertically to specify the extent of the
extrusion, and horizontally to set the size of the
base.
• With multiple polygons selected, dr agg ing on
any one extrudes all selected polygons equally.
• You can drag other p olygons in turn to extrude
them while the Extrude button is active. Click
Extrude again or right-click in the active
viewport to end the operation.
Chamfer box showing extruded polygon
Extrude S ettings—Opens the Extr ude Faces
dialog (page 1–1073)
,whichletsyouperform
extrusion via interactive manipulation.
If you click this button after performing an
extrusion,thesameextrusionisperformedonthe
current selection as a preview and the dialog opens
with Extr usion Height set to the amount of the last
manual extrusion.
Outline—Lets you increase or decrease the
outside edge of each contiguous group of selected
polygons.
Outline is often used after an extrusion or bevel to
adjustthesizeoftheextrudedfaces.Itdoesn’tscale
the polygons; only changes the size of the outer
edge. For example, in the following illustration,
note that the sizes of the inner polygons remain
constant.
Click the Outline Settings button to open the
Outline S elec ted Faces dialog, which lets you
perform outlining with a numeric setting.