Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters

Selecting Vertices, Edges, and Faces

The first thing you need to do to access these mesh elements is to enter Edit Mode through the Interaction Mode selector on the 3D View header, or press Tab on your keyboard. Once you’re in Edit Mode, you’ll be able to select vertices, edges, and faces. In Figure 6.2, you can see their icons on the header.

Figure 6.2 The 3D View header and its icons for selecting vertices, edges, and faces

Tip

If you press Shift while you click on the element icons, you’ll be able to select two types of elements at once. For example, in the Vertex selection mode, hold down Shift and left click the Edge icon and you’ll be ...