Exercise 7.2 Using Backdrop Images for Modeling
1. With the same backdrop image (the CurvyA_bkd) loaded into the bottom-left
view, select the Pen tool from the Create tab. Then, click the Maximize Viewport
button (Figure 7.6) at the upper-right corner of the viewport at bottom left. This
expands your view to full screen. You??™ll click it again later to return to a Quad view.
Figure 7.6 Use the Maximize Viewport button to make the bottom-left view full screen.
2. Press . (period) a few times to zoom into the view. Or click, hold, and drag on the
Zoom tool at the top right of the viewport.
3. With the Pen tool, click with the left mouse button to create points, evenly spaced,
about 60 in all. Click the points around the curvy A, as shown in Figure 7.7 (on
the following page).
Figure 7.7 Use the Pen tool to click around the outline of the A; each click creates a point in
a polygon.
4. The Pen tool instantly creates polygons by connecting points in succession as you
click them. Click the Pen tool button again to deactivate the tool, and then click
the button in the top-right corner of the viewport to return to Quad view.
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