How does the bend tool work?

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How does the bend tool (⇧ ShiftW) work? I couldn't find any mention of it in the wiki or in the new documentation.

When I tried to use it, I failed:

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It seems to use 3D cursor position, as well as the angle and distance from the mouse cursor.

What do the Radius and Bend Angle do? How do they affect the result?

What is an example use-case of this tool in action?

I remember Campbell himself made a feature video about this on youtube. fyi — Leon Cheung, Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 8:21

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:57:43Z

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The Bend Tool rotates around the 3D cursor and bends the selected parts of a mesh toward the mouse cursor position.

The tool is explained in this video.

Start position (white cross indicates position of mouse cursor)

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End position and effect:

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For predictable results use the bend tool in the orthographic modes.

Start position with 3D cursor at center:

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Similar result:

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answered Jan 5, 2015 at 8:36

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$\begingroup$ Is there way to accurately set mouse curor location for the usage of Bend tool? $\endgroup$
– Leon Cheung
Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 8:51
$\begingroup$ Yes. Press Shift + S for setting 3D Cursor Position. $\endgroup$
– 00Ghz
Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 12:25
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$\begingroup$ @LeonCheung unfortunately no, that is why I prefer the spin tool. $\endgroup$
– stacker
Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 12:57
$\begingroup$ @LeonCheung Precisely move the 3D cursor $\endgroup$
– David
Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 15:17
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$\begingroup$ @David I think Leon Cheung wants to precisely set the mouse cursor location, e.g. via keyboard inputs. $\endgroup$
– gandalf3
Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 20:42

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