The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics, 8th Edition

5 Editing Objects

• 5.1 The Mesh Object
• 5.2 Edit Mode Selecting
• 5.3 Selecting Vertices, Edges and Face
• 5.4 Manipulating Selected Vertices, Edges and Faces
• 5.5 Creating Vertices by Subdivision
• 5.6 Adding and Deleting Vertices, Edges, or Faces
• 5.7 Center Points
• 5.8 Joining and Separating
• 5.9 Creating Vertex Groups
• 5.10 Proportional Vertex Editing
• 5.11 Inset Faces
• 5.12 Parenting

Editing Objects

Editing or modifying one of the basic shapes (Primitives) in Blender is the process of Modeling.

Creating a model begins by introducing a Primitive to the Scene. Blender's Primitives are Mesh Objects, that is to say, they are constructed with surfaces formed by a mesh. The mesh can be imagined as a fishing net or a piece of chicken coop wire with strands ...