To create more
edges for detail on the hand, follow these steps:
1. With the hand selected, click the Cut Tool button. Now click the first edge (use
Figure 4.86 as a reference) at the first knuckle on the index finger. A new vertex is
created where you clicked. A dotted line will track along with your cursor until you
click a second edge.
2. Click the opposite edge from your initial one to add a new edge next to the first segment
on the index finger. Right-click to exit the tool.
3. Using the same sequence of commands, add new edges to the knuckle areas shown in
Figure 4.86. You may want to add the new edges in a Nonperspective viewport.
4. Right-click to exit the tool.
Figure 4.86
Add new edges
where shown to
add detail to the
knuckles.
While working with the Cut tool, turn on Ignore Backfacing in the Selection rollout to avoid
selecting edges on the back of the hand by accident.
Working with the Cut tool in a Perspective viewport may be a bit difficult; the newly created
edges may appear to jump around the hand or won??™t place correctly. In the Orthogonal
views, it is simpler to read where the Cut tool is placing edges. With the Cut tool, you can cut
across any number of faces.
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