Knurled Surface Blender 2.5 Workflow

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Published 2011-05-15

This video shows steps in creating a knurled surface using Blender 2.5

Keys to this technique is the use of:
1. The Extrude Individual command to extrude faces normal to the cylinder, and
2. The Individual Origins for the Pivot Point when scaling the newly extruded faces.

Try using the above steps on any object, like Susan to see what happens. Subdividing a toroid and knurling is worth doing as well.

All Comments (10)

@ronaldagee7417 6 years ago

Thank you. Was having trouble with this one for about 15 minutes before finding your video.
@Leownification 6 years ago

Thanks! Really cool tips I didn't know about using individual origins, great video.
@Geddiz 9 years ago

Just what I needed, thanks.
@masterj2001 7 years ago

Thank you so much! Really helped :)
@aldondourf 7 years ago

thank you thank you thank you.... and thank you....
@lunatic_3521 7 years ago

wow what a nice trick to know :D damn
@lorIorIor 10 years ago

cool cool cool
@PhilR0gers 5 years ago

Sadly, this doesn't work in later versions of Blender because the sub-divide doesn't produce triangles, but it's a clever way of doing it.
@XPERIA80 5 years ago

Not working in new blender. The low quality video is not helpfully for a beginner.