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I've got a cube and I want to transform it into the object shown in this picture: enter image description here

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I'd do it backwards:

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  • Create a circle
  • Use Box Select to delete the lower half of the circle
  • Select all of them and extrude upward
  • Flatten the upper half with SY0RETURN (might be another axis for you)
  • (alternatively just extrude the side verts, select everything and fill the whole thing with F)
  • Extrude the entire shape to give it depth.

There's another way of doing this....

Take a cube and give it more resolution. Either with a Loop Cut or by subdividing the lower edges.

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Then use the Proportial Editing Tool, set the falloff to spherical, select the middle edge and move the mouse up, restricting it to one axis. Doesn't always give a perfect circle though. More like an ellipse.

Luckily there's another way of doing this...

Again use a cube that has enough resolution at the bottom, put a cylinder under it (use one with enough verts, 1024 segments are fine) and use a Cast Modifier on the Cube. Apply the modifier and get rid of the cylinder.

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There are many ways to do this, but this is what came to mind:

Use the Loop Cut and Slide tool to split the cube vertically. Move the middle bottom edge up to the center of the cube (this would be exactly 1 unit in the Z axis if your using the default cube). Use the Bevel tool on the same selected edge to get the concave bottom (amount set to 2, segments to taste).

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  • $\begingroup$ Another, maybe better way (nicer topology & all quads) would be to use multiple loop cuts, hide everything but the button faces and use proportional editing to move the bottom faces in the concave shape $\endgroup$
    – bstnhnsl
    Commented Nov 2, 2018 at 18:53
  • $\begingroup$ I actually suggested that, too. Problem with that is that you don't get a truly spherical result unless you go full half circle. It gets kinda ellipsy $\endgroup$
    – Haunt_House
    Commented Nov 2, 2018 at 19:09
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You could also use the boolean modifier using a cilinder to help you out, select the cube, then the cilinder, open the modifiers tab, click boolean and follow the gif: enter image description here

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You have to select difference on the tab, and then hide the cilinder (select it and press H)

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