How To Use Blender Knife Tool
By jan van den hemel on march 10 2020 videotutorials.
How to use blender knife tool. You can make cuts other than loop cuts in blender. Blender is open source software this beginners tutorial shows how to use the new knife tool to cut mesh faces edges and add vertex plus bonus tips. This feature is accessible with the knife by pressing k. When using knife the cursor changes to an icon of a scalpel and the header changes to display options for the tool. Click on one or more points to create a new vertex at this location and blender will automatically create edges between each of them.
You can draw connected straight lines by clicking lmb marked with small green squares. With the knife activated have a look in the header region of the 3d view and notice the helpful tips. To use knife project first while in object mode select the cutting object then add to that selection with shift lmb the object to be cut. Surrounding red squares mean that there is a cut already in that position so no additional. The knife project tool is a really useful but lesser known tool in blender.
Jan van den hemel writes. The knife is one of blender s modal tools meaning that once you press k you re in a knife mini mode. This quick tip shows you how to use it. To use the knife tool in blender press tab to go into edit mode then press k on your keyboard. It lets you cut things out of surfaces according to the angle you are viewing them from.
The knife project tool is handy when you need to cut complex shapes like text out of a curved surface. Now enter edit mode and press knife project found in the toolbar. This one minute video shows you how to use it to your advantage.