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4) Let's begin modelling. First the cup. Click the Create tab, then Shapes -> Rectangle. You see the cursor changes to tell you it's ready as shown in
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
5) Now click near the bottom of the cup and drag up and to the right as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5.
6) In order for us to modify this rectangle, we must first convert it. As it is a shape object, what we do is change it to an editable Spline. Do this by
first clicking on the modify tab (circled red) then right clicking 'rectangle' and choosing
'Editable Spline' as shown in Figure 6.