“Push / Pull” white or blue sides

Now that we have seen the difference between a blue and a white surface, I would just like to say something about the “Push / Pull tool.

I had told you in Lesson 17 (see tip 2) when we Push / Pull we use a second figure, the last clicked push / pull command will repeat.

Well that’s true, but.

When you have first performed push / pull command on a white surface, then double-click the push / pull option on a blue surface, the push / pull action will be performed in the opposite direction.

Logical?

Maybe not for those just starting to work with the push / pull tool, but is actually quite logical for those who are used it for a while.

It it clear?

I’ll try to explain.

We have the white surface, which shows on the outer side of a plane.

We have the blue plane as the inner side of a plance.

The white area is, in the example, the bottom, the blue area i s the top.

When I pull the blue side up, that means I push the white side down. Do you follow?

 

Example:

When I have drawn something with the “Square” tool, or any tool that orients itself on the red and green axes, the white area is below and the blue area is at the top.

This is now mandatory, unless you change the color with the “Reverse Faces” option, then it’s different, but we are not going to complicate it now, it is, blue top, white bottom.

 

Now, when you pull the square up with the push / pull tool, it does not mean that you pull the blue side up. No, you draw a new plane up where the top is white.
The blue area where you started pulling, stays in place.

This becomes clear when the upper surface of the cube is removed. The blue plane is still in place.

 

So what have I done when I drew the rectangle? With the Push / Pull toll, I have drawn up a new white plane or in other words pushed down the blue box.

 

Now draw up a square plane on top of the cube, this means that it is the blue side, and when we double click on it, it will be pushed down.

It may seem complicated, but if you just think, it is very logical.

 

Otherwise, you need to try this.
Draw a square in the “standard color”, and another way by which you change the color is by using the “Reverse Faces”.
Use the push / pull tool to draw a square (1), and double click the second square with the push / pull tool to repeat the action (2).

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