Deleting polygon faces

Learning Resources > Tutorials > Getting Started with Maya > Subdivision Surfaces > Lesson 1: Modeling a subdivision surface >

In the next steps, you delete a face in order to create a hole in the wrist where you might choose to attach an arm. Though you won’t create and attach an arm in this lesson, it’s useful to learn the technique for future use.

To create a hole at the wrist by deleting a face

In the scene view, right-click LeftHand and select Face from the marking menu.
Select the face at the wrist and press Delete to create a hole where you could attach an arm.
Scale the four vertices that surround the hole and scale them inward to narrow the wrist region of the hand.