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Tagged with edges selection-tools
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How to select multiple vertices in order?
I can manually select multiple vertices in order and press J to connect them with edges.
But I don't want to manually select vertices. I need whatever selection method available to select them in ...
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How to select all polygons within a selected edge perimeter?
Is there an easy way to select all polygons within a selected edge boundary? Selecting each polygon manually would be a pain.
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How do I select only one of two identical objects, on top of each, in edge or edit mode?
Ok, so as shown below, I have these two cubes, and I'm in edge mode. What I'm trying to do is just select the entire Cube .001 so I can use the Alt + S scale tool to scale it down, while keeping it ...
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After applying modifiers, I cannot select faces or edges
I imported a .stl file into Blender and I edited it in the Geometry Node Editor.
I want to measure the area of certain faces, but I cannot see or select the faces or edges as before. Since the model ...
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Edge selection behavior, how to make it like Maya?
The Image clearly describes my problem with Blender, how can I change this to work like it does in maya? I have looked extensively in preferences, and I can't find anything.
I want box select to ...
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Measuring edge angle relative to faces normals (negative angles allowed), and automatically select similar
Ive got a mesh, and Im wanting to select all acute edges with angles relative to their adjacent faces to a certain degree. But it seems that even if a connection between two faces is flexing inward, ...
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Box select doesn't select short edges
When I do a box select on an object in edit mode where I only want to select the visible edges, after selecting and zooming in, I see it hasn't selected a bunch of ...
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How Can I Select A Single Edge Among Linked Duplicates?
I duplicated a bunch of cubes to model buildings and I used the linked duplication method, Alt + D but when I tried to select an edge of a cube in Edit mode (while in Edge Selection Mode), it selects ...
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edit mode grab tool doesn't work as expected
I thought this would have been a common problem to encounter but I hasn't seen any questions about it being asked.
It may have been me clicking the wrong shortcut but my grab tool doesn't work as ...
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How do I use the alt left-click shortcut to select an edge loop without making the closest vertex active?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm a beginner to Blender.
At 6:55 in Part 1, Level 3 of the Modelling - Blender Beginner Tutorial by Blender Guru, he uses alt left-click to select an edge loop of ...
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Unintentional edge and face selection
So I'm trying to follow a tutorial on YouTube to design a basic sword. I'm able to follow his steps about halfway until I get to the step at time code 12:13. When I delete those faces at the top, my ...
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How to select outer edge of selected faces?
For example, when faces like below are selected, is there any fast way to switch the selection from the faces to the edges that are marked as blue? (Deselect the faces, select only the outer edges.)
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Cannot select anything but an edge highlighted in pink
When I opened a project that was left for a couple weeks, I was stuck in the situation as shown in the picture, where I could not select any other vertices or edges other than the edge highlighted in ...
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Is there any way to select a smoothing group?
I have a mesh with designated sharp edges here and there, broken into few "smoothed" areas. I wonder if there is any way to select polygons within a "smoothed" area, that is surrounded by sharp edges? ...
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How do you select the inside vertices of an object faster?
I've been seeing some tutorials and they all make two mouse clicks and somehow manage to get a clean selection of the inside vertices with no use of Alt or the B key which is what I usually have to do....
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