Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Time for action – controlling the visibility of vertices

As horrible as this looks, it's not bad. Only selecting the visible vertices gives you one way to control the vertices on which you are working. It's a tool, but it's no good unless you have control over it:

1. Press Ctrl + Z to undo deleting Suzanne's vertices.
2. Press 1 on the NumPad to select the Front View.
3. Now, look at the 3D View header. There is a button that controls the visibility of the hidden and back-facing vertices, edges, and faces. It is highlighted on the right-hand side of the following illustration. It is just to the right of the three buttons that control whether you are working on vertices, edges, or faces. Left-click on it so that it turns light grey. You'll notice that you ...