How To Use Blender Knife Tool
Daily blender tip how to use knife project 2.
How to use blender knife 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. The knife is one of blender s modal tools meaning that once you press k you re in a knife mini mode. Red squares are already defined cuts. You can also find the knife tool in the left side toolbar. To use the knife tool in blender press tab to go into edit mode then press k on your keyboard.
This feature is accessible with the knife by pressing k. This one minute video shows you how to use it to your advantage. You can make cuts other than loop cuts in blender. 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.
It lets you cut things out of surfaces according to the angle you are viewing them from. This quick tip shows you how to use it. The knife project tool is a really useful but lesser known tool in blender. With the knife activated have a look in the header region of the 3d view and notice the helpful tips. Jan van den hemel writes.
When using knife the cursor changes to an icon of a scalpel and the header changes to display options for the tool. You can draw connected straight lines by clicking lmb marked with small green squares. The knife project tool is handy when you need to cut complex shapes like text out of a curved surface.