How To Use Blender Knife Tool
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.
How to use blender knife tool. To use the knife tool in blender press tab to go into edit mode then press k on your keyboard. The knife is one of blender s modal tools meaning that once you press k you re in a knife mini mode. Click on one or more points to create a new vertex at this location and blender will automatically create edges between each of them. Now enter edit mode and press knife project found in the toolbar. 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.
By jan van den hemel on march 10 2020 videotutorials. The knife project tool is handy when you need to cut complex shapes like text out of a curved surface. Surrounding red squares mean that there is a cut already in that position so no additional. This one minute video shows you how to use it to your advantage. You can make cuts other than loop cuts in blender.
The knife project tool is a really useful but lesser known tool in blender. When using knife the cursor changes to an icon of a scalpel and the header changes to display options for the tool. This feature is accessible with the knife by pressing k. Daily blender tip how to use knife project 2. Jan van den hemel writes.
This quick tip shows you how to use it. You can draw connected straight lines by clicking lmb marked with small green squares. Red squares are already defined cuts.