Difference between Inset and Extrude+Scale

posted to: The Inset Tool

Hello. Is there a difference between:

Insetting a face and
Extrude (leave the Transision as is) and scale down the newly created loop?

It seems to me that's the same thing.
Will I expect surprises later on because eventually internal processing is different as it seems to be now?

While the Extrude Tool is a macro consisting of duplicate an Edgeloop and moving it in a second step,
Inset could be also a macro consisting of duplicate an Edgeloop and scaling it in a second step?
Is my assumption right?


Thank you.

  • cgyuhv replied

    nothing

  • Ingmar Franz(duerer) replied

    Blender's "Inset" is nothing else than a "Face Extrusion".

  • Antonino Bascone(nino180) replied

    Danke. Habe ich mir gedacht. Die machen ein hype darum...

  • Ingmar Franz(duerer) replied

    Of course, the "Last Operator Panel" offers you some settings to manipulate a face extrusion easily in one place and pressing "CTRL"  during the "Inset" operation allows extrusions into the depth.

    PS: Ich habe nicht mit einer Antwort auf Deutsch gerechnet 😉 (engl.: I didn't expect an answer in German 😉).