It’s my first attempt at creating an object and I want to take a cylinder with no ends on it. I then want to squeeze the middle and then I want to squash it so that it is no longer a circle looking from above. Finally I want to duplicate it 4 times in a circle so that I end up with 5 spokes for a wagon wheel.
(Creating the wheel hub and wheel rim would come next)
I could not see how to subdivide the vertical edges of the mesh cylinder without automatically subdividing the corresponding circumference edges
I could not see how to subdivide the vertical edges of the mesh cylinder without automatically subdividing the corresponding circumference edges
In edit mode use a loop-cut with Ctrl+R. Hover the mouse over the edge you want to cut and you will see a purple line where the cut will happen. Use your mouse scroll wheel to add multiple cuts.