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3 Tumble the camera in the perspective view so you can view both the
upper inner edges of the face shield as well as the lower inner edges.
4 Click-drag the top inner edge of the face shield to indicate the start of
the split (see image below). Drag the mouse to position the vertex until
it stops at the right side of the edge.
5 Click-drag on the lower inner edge of the helmet mesh to indicate the
end of the split (see image). Drag the mouse to the right until the vertex
stops at the right side of the edge.
6 Press the y key to split the face.
7 Press the g key to select the Split Polygon Tool again, and then continue
to split the face shield vertically at the other locations specified in the
image below. Remember to press the y key after each split and then the
g key to select the tool again.
When you are finished the n-gon for the face shield will be split into four
or five new polygons (depending on how you've constructed your mesh).
One polygon on the side of the face shield will still be five-sided. To correct
this, you'll also split the face shield horizontally. Splitting the face shield
horizontally will also let you modify its shape afterwards.
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