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I have two faces of mesh that I am using with bridge edge tools:

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However, when I go to use the tool, it ends up like this:

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I could go and manually close the 3D mesh. But I am curious as to why this happens in the first place?

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    $\begingroup$ That's curious.. I've copied your mesh as closely as I can, and can't yet reproduce this behaviour. Could you share your file on blend-exchange.com ? $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Apr 29 at 6:47
  • $\begingroup$ I have uploaded my file to this post. Thanks for taking a look. $\endgroup$
    – CodeZealot
    Apr 29 at 7:24
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    $\begingroup$ select contours only $\endgroup$
    – lemon
    Apr 29 at 7:34
  • $\begingroup$ @lemon Dooooh! .. the muscle-memory took over and I didn't even explore the 'wrong' option. $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Apr 29 at 7:44
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    $\begingroup$ @RobinBetts This is in the documentation (just checked by curiosity): docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/modeling/meshes/editing/edge/… $\endgroup$
    – lemon
    Apr 29 at 7:49

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If you execute Bridge Edge Loops on faces, the operation will empty the region-boundaries. (This makes it convenient to tunnel through manifold meshes):

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If instead, you select a boundary edge, and ShiftG Select Similar > Amount of Faces Around an Edge, then you're bridging edges, not faces:

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.. the faces are then 'not involved' in the calculation.

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