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To delete the faces on the left half of the mesh
1 In the top view, right-click on the mesh and select Face from the marking
menu that appears.
2 Drag a bounding box around the faces on the left half of the helmet mesh
to select them.
3 Press the delete key.
The selected faces are deleted.
You now have half as many components in your model. When you near the
completion point of the model, you will copy the finished half across the axis
of symmetry to get the complete model.
Selecting components by painting
You can delete some of the faces that are not needed on the front and lower
section of the helmet mesh using the Paint Selection Tool. This is useful when
you need to select components that are in an irregular region and are not
easily selected using the bounding box.
To select faces for deletion using the Paint Selection Tool
1 In the Toolbox, click the Paint Selection Tool icon.
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