Knobs have knurls. A knurl is that hatch pattern found on cylindrical surfaces. They are easy to create on a lathe and, believe it or not, it is easy to model in Blender. Here’s how.
These instructions are for Blender 2.8
Start with a cylinder. Shift-A, Mesh, Cylinder
Set the cylinder parameters to a radius of 1 with a depth of 2 and 60 vertices. Select nothing for Cap Fill. Continue reading “Blender Tutorial: Knurl Mesh”