In the video, Jonathan is using a lot the combo Extrude+Alt-S (which extrudes along normals).
I didn't know this existed and I was using a lot this: Extrude, S (without alt), then locking some axis to achieve exactly the same.
What is the difference between these? I guess Extrude+Alt-S is a lot more reliable for achieving what is shown in the video?
For example, scaling using S (no-alt) with the transform orientation set to normal, and locking the Z axis would achieve the exact result as Alt-S? What I would like to know is whether I should use one or the other (or it depends).
Thank you in advance.
Hi Martin, yeah in that case Alt+S works really bad.
So Extrude+S and playing with the axis is more reliable? Or it just depends on what you want to achieve?
Thank you!
Yes, it depends on the use cases, in other words what you want to achieve. I normally don't pay much attention and see what works best very easily. Meaning I'm not always mindful on where the normals are pointing, I just try ALT + S and if the things becomes a mess then I extrude and scale locking an axis.
In other cases I can clearly see the direction of the normals and I go oh, I can scale along thse normals and is going to work fine. So you just develop a sense of just trying it out and not being way too mindful of it, you're just trying to reach the goal of modeling what you're after.
In that case I will rely on testing a bit each time I need it, thank you for the replies!
That is very illustrative, thanks for the reply Jonathan!
