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Forum Archive › Why do you use helper edges, instead of just extruding and scaling? › Reply To: Why do you use helper edges, instead of just extruding and scaling?
I’m not exactly sure what you mean…helper edges maintain a sharp edge for use with subdivision surface smoothing (subsurf). Extruding and scaling doesn’t serve the same purpose. Though I may be misunderstanding the question.
