The extrude tool is considered one of the most powerful tools in Maya, Can be used to extrude faces, edges and vertices (Best used on faces).
- Select a face and press CMD + E (MAC), or CTRL + E (Windows) to extrude the face
- A small box will appear, it can sometimes be useful to increase the division count
- Keep faces together:
– This is an option in the dialog box that appears after creation a new extrusion
– When checked and extruding multiple faces the extruded faces will all be connected
– When unchecked and extruding multiple faces the extruded faces will be separate (Think teeth or jet engine outlet flaps) - Offset Value: The size of the extruded face
- Local translate: How far the extrusion will go
Extruding Edges
- Same as Faces
Extruding Vertices
- Extruding a vertices creates additional vertices
- Can be useful for creating spikes, try this out and understand how it works
