When you are modelling, it’s easy to extract a piece of mesh from an object, but how do you do it when you simply want to copy and paste a section of the mesh as a new object. You can always duplicate the object and remove the area you don’t want, though there is a much more faster way to achieving this process. Here is a quick Blender 2.8 guide how you can duplicate an area as a new object.

1. Within Edit mode by pressing the Tab key, and select the mesh area you want to duplicate.

2. Press Shift D to duplicate the selected faces, edges or vertices.

3. With your [...]