Efficiency of using Inset

Question

Hi,

was there any specific reason you used the Inset tool instead of removing the top face alltogether and then Extruding the entire cup out- or inwards?

Obviously that would have to happen before you model the handle, but is there a downside to extruding the entire mesh like that?

It would save the time it took to readjust the inner edgeloops to match the outer ones, no?

Answer 1 · 2018-04-30T17:09:36Z

Jonathan Lampel replied April 30, 2018 5:09pm

Sure, if you did that before making the handles, it would be faster! I can't think of any downside that would have.

Answer 2 · 2018-10-05T03:28:00Z

replied October 5, 2018 3:28am

Does that mess up the normals? It looks to me like if you extrude the back face of a plane then the normals end up backwards, but I'm not sure.

Answer 3 · 2018-10-05T17:39:41Z

Jonathan Lampel replied October 5, 2018 5:39pm

It might initially, but you can correct them pretty quickly with Ctrl+N (Make Normals Consistent).