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How To Easily Create a 3D Cup Using Blender
A short tutorial for those who just started experimenting with 3D design.
Introduction
If you just started your first experimentation on Blender, then I feel you! I am exactly in the same place and I can relate with the side of your head which thinks that this software is a whole mess!
But…
This reason is not enough to stop you from creating — or modeling if you prefer it this way— a 3D cup on Blender. So, by the end of this short tutorial, you will learn how to do it really quickly and thus you’ll be more than proud of your 3D skills as a beginner.
Ready for this crazy ride? Go!
Step 1: The very basics
If you didn’t open the software yet, then what are you waiting for? By selecting General from the “New File” column, you’ll jump into the 3D viewport — the powerhouse of Blender.
Here it is!
If you want to delete the cube or the other stuff (camera and light) on the screen, press A on your keyboard, then X and click on Delete.
Now that your screen is crystal clear, it’s time for creativity!
Step 2: First steps of creation
The first thing you have to do is to select Add < Mesh < Cylinder. Now that the cylinder is on your screen, go to “Edit Mode” (up left), press Tab on your keyboard, and then Face Select; it’s on the right side of Edit Mode.
The reason why we choose this is because we want to select the bottom of the cup, as you can see below:
After selecting the bottom, press S and move the mouse to fix the scaling, and afterward do the necessary adjustments so as to take the shape of a cup. Of course, most cups don’t have this conic shape.
