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I have a bunch of connected edges as a base mesh. What I want is to split my edges by angle, convert theses edges to a curve and trim that curve by a certain distance. Split Edges node works, but does not give me the result I want. How can I split edges in the marked areas? Thanks!

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  • $\begingroup$ You want to split only the marked areas, or do you want to keep the presented splits as well? $\endgroup$
    – Markus von Broady
    Sep 6 at 12:47
  • $\begingroup$ I cannot tell if the Split Edges node is working, because at the moment it is not responsible for the splits in your example, it is the fact that spline control points can only have a maximum of two connections, so wherever the mesh is branching, the Mesh to Curve node creates separate splines. And you can plug the Spline Length node directly into the Math node, no need for the Capture Attribute there. $\endgroup$
    – Gordon Brinkmann
    Sep 6 at 12:52
  • $\begingroup$ @GordonBrinkmann Yep, you are right, after removing theses nodes i still get the same result. Do u know maybe how i can split marked points and keep presented splits as well? $\endgroup$
    – retr0
    Sep 6 at 12:56
  • $\begingroup$ Split Edges node changed after B3.6. Which version do you use? $\endgroup$
    – Markus von Broady
    Sep 6 at 12:57
  • $\begingroup$ @MarkusvonBroady Blender 3.6.2 $\endgroup$
    – retr0
    Sep 6 at 12:58

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Blender 3.6.0

After taking my selection setup from your previous question, all you need to do is add 7 nodes:

The algorithm is to delete the selected points, and then on another copy of the geometry, split all edges and merge back only the points not deleted in the other copy (recognized by "Geometry Proximity" - if the distance is greater than $0$ - the point was deleted). Convert back to curve and trim.

Blender 3.6.2

Theoretically minor versions shouldn't introduce breaking changes, but apparently here it's the case and it hurts - to add in salt to injury, it doesn't automatically convert the old behavior to equivalent nodes in the new version (like it did with e.g. Transfer Attribute node). So this is how I implemented the old behavior of Split Edges node with all edges selected:

Result:

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    $\begingroup$ Oh, nice... I didn't find the way to do that. +1 $\endgroup$
    – Gordon Brinkmann
    Sep 6 at 14:17
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    $\begingroup$ Thanks a lot for you help! $\endgroup$
    – retr0
    Sep 6 at 14:42
  • $\begingroup$ They don't half put us through it.. what is the new behaviour of Split Edges? (I'm lazy) $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Sep 6 at 16:25
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    $\begingroup$ @RobinBetts I didn't test it thoroughly, it seems it resembles more (or is exactly as) the modeling operator in edit mode. But I think it has been reverted in Blender 4.0 (no reason to try and test, it's alpha, so could be changed again). $\endgroup$
    – Markus von Broady
    Sep 6 at 16:33

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