(Solved) Blender: don't know how to extrude this

bitinn

Say I have this piece of mesh:



Say I want to extrude the selected faces and result in this:



The second picture is done through a much more involved process: first I convert the curve edge to actual curve, and then fill the curve with the shape I want, and eventually I get to the resulting mesh.

But I believe there should be a easier way, say extrude or bevel, currently neither get me to the second picture, not exactly at least. I would love to see some tricks on this (please attach a screenshot.)

Thx in advance!

goekbenjamin

1. select all faces (like in your pic)


2. press e (for extrude) than just click (without moving it)
3. while the faces still selected go to the left side of the window under, Tools->Transform-> "Shrink/Fatten" (move the cursor as you wish)
4.

hope this helps

VertexPainter

Alt+E -> Region (Vertex Normals)

bitinn

goekbenjamin said:

1. select all faces (like in your pic)


2. press e (for extrude) than just click (without moving it)
3. while the faces still selected go to the left side of the window under, Tools->Transform-> "Shrink/Fatten" (move the cursor as you wish)
4.

hope this helps

I think there may be a misunderstanding, I followed your steps, and got this:



But it's not quite what I want, what I want is to create something like this (of course, my corner is bending inside)

bitinn

VertexPainter said:

Alt+E -> Region (Vertex Normals)

I have tried it already, it's extruding inside, that's not quite what I wanted (see explanation in previous reply)

goekbenjamin

@bitinn
hmmm than i am not quite sure what ypu want to make?

this image from:
bitinn-> "I think there may be a misunderstanding, I followed your steps, and got this:"

looks like this:
bitinn -> "Say I want to extrude the selected faces and result in this:"

Maybe you can elaborate a bit whats wrong with the result?

bitinn

Oh wait, I think I got it now, I just need to:

1) dissolve the upper edges

2) bevel with offset + segment of 2 + profile of 1

3) clean up duplicate vertices with "remove doubles"

And done:

Nosslak

Just selecting the top faces and doing an inset (I) would've worked too. Might need to remove a few unwanted edges but it's generally the easier way to do it.

goekbenjamin

blind me!
i can't see the differences in the pictures XD....

VertexPainter said:

Alt+E -> Region (Vertex Normals)

@VertexPainter wasn't aware of this, this is great, thanks!