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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How to make a perfectly flat bottom for 3D-printing topographic relief?
I'm trying to print a topographic relief, I'm close to the end but I can't find a way to have the back of my object perfectly flat without changing the top.
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Geometry nodes, how to select the boundaries of mesh islands?
is it possible to select only the outer boundaries of these meshes using geometry nodes?
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Modeling a curve edge of a plane
I'm new to blender and trying to model the blade of my helicopter and can't figure out how to make an edge curved (for the red tip and selected edge). The object is a plane, with one loop cut. I ...
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Custom hard edges in Blender
Currently this is my method to get nice hard and soft shaded edges in Blender.
I "shade smooth the whole object. I then go ti it's object data, activate Auto Smooth and set a desired angle." This ...
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Bridging multiple edges at a time
I try to create a face between two edges, but it always gets a strange looking result.
I worked for years with another cad application called "Vector". In this App if you select edges, the software ...
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line segments with edges into a curve
I want to give these line segments a continuous cylinder shape, like a Spaghetti noodle. My aim is to make this path visible in render mode. At the moment you are not able to see it in render mode ...
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How can I delete edges/edge loops that are on a mostly flat surface using geometry nodes?
Here is an example image. I want to have one big face here instead of the many edges - is there a way to delete them using geometry nodes?
In Edit Mode I would use Limited Dissolve for this, but with ...
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Subsurf Modifier artifacts
So I was messing with Subsurf modifier to create a certain sword and then some weird artifacts began to appear (cape-like). I've tried adjusting the Crease, but couldn't achive what I wanted. Basicly, ...
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Turning a complex 3d object into a 2d contour
I am trying to automate generation of a 2D plan from a 3D ship.
For that I need to get a contoured object in some projection. To accomplish that I make the object flat, but there are a lot of ...
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Blender 2.74 loop tools make circle disappear
I have the loop tools addon enabled and when I click the circle button with these verts selected, it just disappears. Why is that?
You can see the selected options in the bottom screenshot. It is ...
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Can't bevel an NGon
I want to achieve a uniform bevel on the top surface of my model as shown in the first image below, but the bevel is spoiled by 2 'extra edges' joining the top edge loops (image 2).
No matter what ...
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Any feature in Blender which can show front edges and back edges differently like in Sketchup
I have asked on question here: Why the inner edge line segments are drawn in freestyle render output , but it looks like Blender's freestyle render does not works quite well, as it has bugs.
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Blender knife tool options
So I'm 3d modeling a logo and there's one oddly shaped part that needs to be extruded. I am trying to use the knife tool to cut it out, but every time I finish it deletes the face. In the operator I ...
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Why is the dribbling icing inside of Donut instead of being on the top?
I'm following the Blender Guru tutorial and I've done everything as described in the tutorial, but as I pressed E to add the dribbles for the icing two issues happened:
1) It seems way more sharp ...
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How to dig an elliptical hole in blender (iphone)
I am a beginner,
My view builds a phone model, I don't know how to make the speaker part
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