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So I'm watching this tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVPcT0dJmoY

And at 42:37 he instructs us to "Extrude outward". I'm not sure how to do this, because just scaling seems to not do what he's doing.

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  • $\begingroup$ click e for extrude and then s $\endgroup$
    – nadine
    Commented Apr 10, 2022 at 21:05

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You can't really extrude outwards, it's actually a two step operation composed of an extrude and a scale commands.

Select the desired geometry and press E to extrude and immediately after Right Click to cancel the operation.

It will look like it did nothing, but it actually created duplicate faces that are now overlapping the original.

Now just scale it outwards by pressing S. You may optionally press . (period key) before scaling and change the transform pivot to the 3D cursor scale outwards relative to its position, instead of the selection center.

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  • $\begingroup$ This is incorrect. See my answer. $\endgroup$
    – Lukáš Řádek
    Commented Dec 25, 2023 at 11:29
  • $\begingroup$ That is the Extrude Along Normals operator, which only works for 3D shapes that have normal information. It doesn't work on 2D shapes like the one illustrated in the video. $\endgroup$
    – Duarte Farrajota Ramos ♦
    Commented Dec 25, 2023 at 14:22
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You can actually extrude outwards or inwards. You just have to extrude each face along its normal. Just select the faces you want to extrude and instead of pressing E for "Extrude", press Alt+E for Extrude context menu and select "Extrude along Normals"... and that is it.

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Just extrude like normal and press S to scale, based of on what he's doing.

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