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I am trying to make a curved pipe out of this line below : enter image description here

I made that line by deleting vertices from a cube

I wanted to curve those angles through bevel mode but when I press Ctrl + B, that crosshair appears instead of bevel interface.

Pressing Ctrl + Shift + B does absolutely nothing either

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks in advance :)

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  • $\begingroup$ Yes I don't know why ctrl shift B doesn't work right away, anyway you can switch to vertex bevel in the Operator box (on the bottom left of the 3D view) $\endgroup$
    – moonboots
    Jan 28, 2021 at 11:53
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    $\begingroup$ Convert the object to a curve and use the bevel in the geometry controls. $\endgroup$
    – susu
    Jan 28, 2021 at 13:09
  • $\begingroup$ The 'Crosshairs' are preparatory to creating a Render Region, which is the default keymap for Ctrl-B in Object Mode. For some reason, Blender thinks you're in Object Mode? $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Jan 28, 2021 at 18:38
  • $\begingroup$ i assume he already converted it to a curve. Then Blender also comes up with crosshair instead of beveling....in edit mode. $\endgroup$
    – Chris
    Jan 28, 2021 at 18:59
  • $\begingroup$ You should see blender.stackexchange.com/a/209468/86891 $\endgroup$
    – Gorgious
    Jan 28, 2021 at 21:17

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Edges that are not connected to faces cannot be beveled.

The Bevel Edges tool works only on selected edges with exactly two adjacent faces.

Read the manual: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/meshes/editing/edge/bevel.html?highlight=bevel

You could convert the mesh to a curve and bevel it there, or use another curve as bevel object.

Please read this comprehensive post on how to create pipes:

How to aproach the modeling of duct work, piping, wiring?

Additionally:

In Object Mode, ⎈ Ctrl + B will create a Render region, it has nothing to do with bevels or modeling.

Read:https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/3dview/navigate/regions.html#render-region

You need to be in Edit Mode to use the bevel function with the keyboard shorcut ⎈ Ctrl + B.

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Did you try to do this in object mode? You should do it in edit mode. Select the vertices in edit mode, then press Ctrl+B, or Ctrl+Shift+B. The thing that happened when you did Ctrl+B was box select. Try doing it in edit mode.

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For curved piping using curves adjusting them then there is an option for depth so that you can give make it solid using a cube is not good lol

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  • $\begingroup$ How comes that making pipes from cubes is not good? That's crazy! $\endgroup$
    – PolyMad
    Jan 28, 2021 at 15:56

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