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I now watching tutorial on the low poly airplane creation from PolygonRunway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkaVtOkLJoI

I stuck with creating the stone. He firstly created the cube on 15:13, then applied modifier with CTRL + 1 then ... IDK what happened and what he actually pressed but it looks like transform applied to cube "natively" and modifier just disappeared.

Looks like he pressed CTRL + A but when I press it, nothing happens.

How do I repeat this? Because of without this trick I can't cut it with Bisect tool as he shows on 15:17. I got some uneven ugly surface instead of straight cut.

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You may want to play that section back slowed down. What he has actually done:

  • Added a subdivision surface modifier (Shortcut: Ctrl–1)
  • Applied it (Shortcut Ctrl–A)

but what is hard to see is that he has moved the mouse from the 3D viewport to the Modifiers panel, where the Ctrl–A shortcut causes the modifier to be applied.

You can accomplish the same thing by clicking the down arrow on the modifier and selecting "Apply" from the menu:

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  • $\begingroup$ What a weird feature of blender. I would never have idea. Thanks! $\endgroup$
    – Michael
    Commented Jun 23, 2022 at 17:28
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    $\begingroup$ @Axel all of Blender's shortcuts are sensitive to what window the mouse is over when you type them. This is common in many programs that have multiple windows/areas and huge sets of shortcuts. $\endgroup$
    – Marty Fouts
    Commented Jun 23, 2022 at 17:31
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CTRL + A is Apply, but your Mouse have to be on top of the modifier panel not on the 3d Viewport

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  • $\begingroup$ You'll also see a blue outline round the modifier settings to show which modifier is selected. $\endgroup$
    – John Eason
    Commented Jun 23, 2022 at 18:35

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