Subdivide and Hollow Side

I use Blender 2.40 and am learning using the older Blender 2.3 guide which is not proving to be a problem.

However, what I am having difficulty with is the following:

Basic cube
Subdivide once so now it is ‘4’
B Box select two left side cubes
X to remove using Vertices selection

Now when I look at the two remaining boxes on the right side, the cube is hollow on the left side where I removed the two cubes.

Appreciate any help, thank you.

Switch this button on just before you box select

http://mediawiki.blender.org/uploads/c/cd/Limit_selection.PNG

you will then be able to select the back verts as well as the front ones

If i undertand you right, you want closed Cubes…

If so, you have to Select the vertices around the Opening and hit the f key to create a face.

Where do I find those buttons at? I think that’s what someone in another thread was telling me to do, but I don’t see those buttons anywhere… I just upgraded to 2.40.

they apear on the bottom of the 3dView if you are in edit mode (select a object and hit TAB)

Now I see them, had to make a new file though, I was working with lattice, and I guess it doesn’t come up if you have that selected or something. Kinda wierd, but thanks, I got it now!