Questions tagged [edges]
An edge is a line segment connecting two vertices. An edge always connects two vertices by a straight line. The edges are the “wires” you see when you look at a mesh in wireframe view. They are usually invisible on the rendered image. They are used to construct faces.
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Is there a simple way to cut a face or add an edge to an existing face?
Subdivide takes a single face and divides it into quads. I only want to add a single edge to the face off to the side.
Most of the answers I found on the internet recommend using the Knife tool but ...
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Smooth shaded model has odd shading
I'm currently working on a model of an X-wing that I'm intending for use in a game and running into a bit of trouble with the shading of the mesh. The upper nose is rounded off where the sensor cone ...
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Modeling Waffle Shape of Cone
So I have completed a model of an ice cream cone, but I'm stumped on how to achieve the waffle pattern. What would be the best way to go about this?
Is Sculpting with an alpha good? Or can you ...
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How to introduce an edge where two faces intersect [duplicate]
I'm looking for a way to introduce a cut to a plane where it is intersected by another plane.
The plane is a single face for simplicity.
Here's the setup:
Add a plane
Add another plane and rotate ...
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Extrude edge along roof angle
I'm trying to extend an edge from the existing roof face axis.
How can I do this? I want it to go all the way down to the lower part of the building. It must connect there (I want a edge there too so ...
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Alt + left-click not working anymore in Blender 2.8?
I don't know why but it seems Alt+LMB is not working for edge loop selection in blender 2.80. Is it a bug? Or is there's a new shortcut for that?
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How to control which edge loop is selected?
Sometimes when I'm in edit mode, there will be maybe 3 or 4 possible edge loops I can select. About 95% of the time it selects the edge loop which I don't want.
Is there anyway to control which edge ...
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How to deal with bad contiguous edges for 3d printing
I was trying to model my object for 3d-printing and faced this problem. I use 3D Printing Toolbox in Blender v2.79. And checking ...
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Cycles nodes: is it possible to get distance to nearest edge?
I want to create a procedural texture that will be based on the geometry of an object. How can I get distance to the nearest edge for the current pixel of an object in Cycles nodes? I hope it is ...
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How to merge two unconnected edges into a single one
There are several questions on merging connected edges and edge loops, but I can't find the simplest case where we just have two edges:
and want them to be merged like this:
I don't have a ...
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Make quad face from where two edges will meet?
I can't seem to figure out the right term, but basically I have a mesh like this:
and I want to make a face, but when I press F I get a triangle like this:
When I want it to make a quad like this:
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How to convert edge selection to outer edges only?
I have a selection of edges. I would like to convert my selection to the outer edges only. How do I do this automatically.
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How to make an edge loop that is parallel to one of the sides of the face loop?
How to make an edge loop that is parallel to one of the sides of the face loop?
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Geometry Nodes Terrain LOD system. Stiching holes on LOD borders
Currently I'm trying to develop an LOD (Level of detail) system for a terrain mesh based on geometry nodes.
I use a Separate Geometry node to split a grid into circular LOD regions and subdivide the ...
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How to select edge rings between two edges?
Holding Ctrl you can select the Shortest Path between two selected egdes.
This essentially allows you to select a range edgeloop.
Like so:
Ctrl+Alt+LMB will allow you to select and edge ring like so:...
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