Blender 3D: Noob to Pro - UBI

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Do this for the configuration of the dots on that side. So for example, 5 would look like this:
11. Select one of the edges of the dents to check the size is 0.34.
Remember the dent radius was 0.17. We need to use this value to lower the centre point of the dents down. Select all the 5 centre points at once to save time and move them
inwards by 0.17. The side I put the 5 dents on here was the top so I move the vertices inwards by pressing GKEY, ZKEY, -0.17 and hitting ENTER. I then get this:
12. TAB out of Edit Mode. If you haven't done this already, hit Set Smooth in the Editing panel and turn on subdivision surfaces
It should look something like this:
In 2.41, you will need to use "Add Modifier" on the Modifiers tab, to add a SubSurf modifier.
13. On a die, the edges of the dents are usually sharp so we'll use subsurface creasing to do that.
Go back into editmode and with the edge select mode on, select all the perimeters of the dents like so (it may help to turn off subsurf for the moment):
Press SHIFT+EKEY to enable creasing and move the mouse until the display says crease is at 1. After pressing SHIFT+EKEY, you can then set crease values in the information
box that you get by pressing NKEY when objects are selected. This can be useful to check if all the edges have the right crease because it gives you the average crease value and if
it is less than 1, there is an edge wrong.
14. Repeat steps 10,11 and 13 for all the sides of the die. REMEMBER, a die is numbered so that opposite sides add up to 7. In my example, that means I put 2 on the bottom etc.
Once you finish, if you turn on subdiv level 2, you will get something like this:
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