Go into Edit Mode and pick one face

WhereThe top bar: the row of words that begins File, Edit.

DoDownload p0-14-start.blend from Files above and open it. Then choose File > Save As and save it under the name below, in a folder of yours. Open an exercise file and keep the start file safe (P0-07) shows how.

Typemy-edit.blend

You should seeThe 3D view shows a box, a bar and a disc. The Outliner, the list at the top right of the window, lists Bar, Box and Disc, and the title bar, the strip above File and Edit, begins my-edit.

It worked whenThe title bar begins my-edit.

WhereThe 3D view: the box in the middle of it.

DoClick the box once.

You should seeThe box has an orange outline. Edit Mode works on the active form, so the box must be the one.

It worked whenThe box is outlined and the words at the top left of the 3D view name the Box.

WhereThe header: the box reading Object Mode, at the left of it.

DoClick the box reading Object Mode, then click Edit Mode (marked 1) in the list that opens.

You should seeThe list holds the modes a form can be in. After your click the box reads Edit Mode, the 3D view shows the box’s edges and corner points, and the header has new words and three small buttons beside the box.

It worked whenThe box at the left of the header reads Edit Mode.

WhereThe 3D view. Move the pointer off the header and into the dark area.

DoPress 1, 2 and 3 on the number row, one after the other.

You should seeEach key changes what a click will pick: 1 a corner point, 2 an edge, 3 a face. The mode switch (marked 1) now reads Edit Mode, and the three small buttons beside it (marked 2) show which pick is on. After 3 the third is lit.

It worked whenAfter 3, the third of the three small buttons is lit.

WhereThe 3D view: the pointer stays over it.

DoPress each key in the table, then click the place beside it.

You should seeA click now picks what the key chose: one corner point, one edge, one face. The sheet shows each pick. The top face stays orange at the end, and the next step adds to it.

It worked whenOne face of the box, the top one, is orange.

WhereThe 3D view: the right-hand side of the box.

DoHold Shift, click the side of the box that faces right, then let go of Shift.

You should seeThat side turns orange too. The top stays orange: Shift adds to what you picked.

It worked whenTwo faces of the box are orange, the top and the right-hand side.

WhereThe 3D view: the top of the box.

DoClick the top face again, with no Shift.

You should seeThe side goes grey again and only the top face stays orange. A click without Shift picks only what you click.

It worked whenOne face of the box, the top one, is orange.

WhereThe 3D view: the pointer stays over it.

DoPress Tab.

You should seeThe box at the left of the header reads Object Mode again, and the corner points and edges are gone. The box is outlined as a whole.

It worked whenThe box at the left of the header reads Object Mode.

If it goes wrongTab does nothing: the pointer was over the Outliner, and a key goes to the area under the pointer. Move it over the 3D view and press Tab again.

WhereThe 3D view: the pointer stays over it.

DoPress Tab once more.

You should seeYou are back in Edit Mode, and the top face is still orange: Blender remembers what you picked.

It worked whenThe box at the left of the header reads Edit Mode, and the top face is orange.

WhereThe 3D view: move the pointer over it.

DoPress Ctrl+S.

You should seeBlender writes your copy at once, with no question, because the file already has a name. An asterisk, *, in the title bar marks changes that are not saved, and it goes now. Save your work and get it back (P0-12) says more about saving.

It worked whenThe title bar begins my-edit, and no asterisk stands in it.