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Can't add loop cut with Ctrl+R [duplicate]

When I try to add a loop cut by pressing CtrlR only a dot shows on my object instead of whole loop cut line. What am I doing wrong to cause this problem?
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Why is the loop cut tool stopping at one face? [duplicate]

I'm having an issue with a loop cut in the image below. The face I'm having the issue is the following: For other hand my intention is to have the part in blue in the below image totally straight and ...
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How come edge loop select does not work? [duplicate]

I try an Edge loop select in the following object. But Blender 2.79 does not select anything, are there any hidden parameters which can influence edge loop select? (I try this from the Select menu ...
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My edge loops is not complete [duplicate]

When I attempt to create an edge loop, it stops at the corner of the mouth. I want it to continue into the upper lip. Does anyone know why this is happening?
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Problem using Loop Cut and Slide [duplicate]

I'm following a tutorial for beginners and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong despite a lot of time trying to figure it out. When using the Loop Cut and Slide tool it is behaving differently for ...
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Loop cut interrupted [duplicate]

I have pressed CTRL + R to create a loop cut which is interrupted at the left side of the front wall. I am not sure why my loop cut stops instead of going all the way round. I have uploaded a ~.blend ...
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Why can I not Loop Cut my plane? [duplicate]

Why can I not Loop Cut my plane? The yellow dots appear on the side... I just don't understand it. I guess it can only be really understood with the blend file, so I have uploaded it here: Thank you....
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Why can't I loop cut this face? [duplicate]

everybody. I'm new to blender and I think I got one of those beginner problems. I am trying to make a goat and one of the faces won't let me loop cut it. It just skips the face. I would be glad if ...
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Edge loop stops and doesn't go around the whole object [duplicate]

Please see this picture: I made a gun scope, and I need to add some edge loop for sharpen edge while applying subdivision modifier. But problem is, you saw the picture, edge isn't connected, so I ...
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How to fix loop cut creation? [duplicate]

The yellow line is where it wants to create the loop cut. I'd like to have it go around the torso. I've tried another method with edge slide, but it didn't work because it made spikes to where the ...
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Loop cut doesn't make a full loop [duplicate]

I'm trying to model a room. For this I created walls around the room by basically extruding a cube three times and then attaching the ends. I want to now make a loop cut around the wall to make holes ...
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Loop cut is skipping one face in particular [duplicate]

The loop cut is skipping one face in particular (the circled one) and then continuing to the other side. I tried removing doubles and that didn't work. I tried selecting the n-gons and that didn't ...
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Loop cut not loop [duplicate]

Why my loop cut is not a loop? I am trying to make a loop cut with the loop cut tool but it doesn't make it though the entire object.
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Can't do loop cut or ring on my mesh [duplicate]

My problem is that I can't ring or loop-cut a set of polygons that are co-planar. This is the sort of thing that's happening, as you can see I can only affect 2 faces at a time. I've cleaned up the ...
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Loop cut and slide didn't complete the loop [duplicate]

Not only that, the object is no longer manifold, and I haven't been able to fix it. Look at the right side of the loop.
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How to leave identical ammount of space between each CTRL+R Cut? AND why can I only do 1 cut? [duplicate]

When you've cut something with ctrl + r, but not every cut leaves the same ammount of room inbetween each of the cuts, how do you fix that? (see picture with half assed arrow drawings) And Why am I ...
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Loop Cut & Slide wont work over a face [duplicate]

So I am trying to make a building in Blender for my University Project. I have made the outside of the building and now I am trying to add windows with frames at the front. One side of my building has ...
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Loopcuts will not affect all contiguous faces [duplicate]

This is what happens. Loopcuts will not wrap the object around but are placed only on two of the four faces.
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To align Face center with the nearby faces of an object in Blender 2.93.1 [duplicate]

While modeling, the face center of certain faces got misaligned. It disables loop cut through all the faces that were selected. All the faces are rectangles. You can view it here: I tried to reset by ...
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How to get a good edge flow [duplicate]

See the image below: why does the edge flow stop here? I know the face is a bit distorted, but is this the reason, or is there something else happening? The below is it fixed not sure why its fixed ...
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Problem with Loop Cut (2 faces selected with a cut in the middle)? [duplicate]

on the left it's good because I created extrusions even if I think it's not the right solution but on the right it's impossible to detach the 2 sides [enter image description here]
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How to get rid of those edges? [duplicate]

How to get rid of those edges? When i try to disolve them loop cut stops working properly.
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Loopcut won't go through [duplicate]

Hi I'm a new at Blender can anyone help me? I'm practicing to create an anime character, I clicked Ctrl + R to make a line to connect on the hand (as picture) but doesn't work, it doesn't go through ...
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Can't do a loop cut or anything else with new version [duplicate]

I can't even do a simple loop cut with the newest version of blender. Same goes for a lot of other functions because of an extra box that appears at the bottom left of the screen.I can't click a ...
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Why Loop cut not cutting completed [duplicate]

Image 1 Image2 When I do Loop Cut as in image 1, its not coming like image 2.. what can be problem , I have removed doubles , manifold geomertry, etc. nothing works fine for me.. I have uploaded ...
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why only one tooth of the gear is selected when control R is pressed [duplicate]

when I am selecting gear teeth for loop cut only one gear tooth is getting selected
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why not complete line? [duplicate]

when I set ctrl+R the vertices dont appear around of model,please explain
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Loop cut being cut off? [duplicate]

I'm trying to create a loop cut across this whole face but it's stopping early?
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Loop Cut Not Working On Face [duplicate]

Soo I was modeling when I came across a face that a loop cut didn't work on. I googled it and everyone was saying it would be like an interior face behind the normal face but it was the only face. ...
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Why can I add a horizontal loop cut, but I can't add a vertical loop cut [duplicate]

In the images I'm trying to add a loop cut vertically through the rectangles, however, it only allows me to add a horizontal loop cut. The mesh is only a plane and I am using the mirror modifier. I'...
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Some areas won't let me loop cut? [duplicate]

I'm having a few issues with Blender.. 1. I'm trying to make a loop cut in this area: But it won't let me make a loop cut there! There are other areas that I want to do loop cuts as well. I noticed ...
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Why can't I add cuts to a shape? [duplicate]

I am trying to add cuts to a shape to give it a bent shape. The object is the back pane of a foldable chair. But when I try to select the shape (L) and add cuts (ctrl + R), the cuts I add do not ...
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How would I add a loop cut here [duplicate]

I need to create a complex geometry at one place on my model, so I would not use the knife tool I would add loop cuts but it doesn't let me to. I already deleted the faces and created them again ...
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Loopcuts ignore surface on messed up mesh [duplicate]

I recently started my first real project in Blender. An AK47. Most parts I managed to model decently. Now I reached a point where I don't know what to do. I got stuck on the parts that are complex and ...
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How to loop cut a hexagon into 8 parts [duplicate]

I'd like to cut a hexagonal cylinder into 8 parts. I don't understand why the cut isn't going all around it, but instead it is just on one face. Anyone know how to fix this?
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Loop cutting parts of an object instead of the whole object in Edit Mode [duplicate]

I have the below objects in two different versions of a blender file I'm working on. However when I click loop cut in Edit Mode with nothing selected, in one version (left image) I can cut the object ...
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How do I create an edge on a non-standard shape? [duplicate]

I am trying to create a horizontal line around a corner but Blender won't allow me to do cuts with crtl+r. My intent is to make 4 edges so that i can make it go inward (it's supposed to be the lid of ...
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problem in creating a loop cut [duplicate]

i am trying to create a loop cut over the wall with a extended cube. But it is not working. here is the my file link; https://pasteall.org/media/9/d/9d0e476691bb2663e54948a09ffcf999.blend can anyone ...
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Edge Loops "get broken" [duplicate]

I am learning blender and can't understand why edge loops "get broken" (May be a specific name for it). Taking the picture below as example: When I try to create an edge loops it stops on the top ...
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Cant loop cut after bevel one side [duplicate]

I am a Blender beginner and when trying to model super basic shapes I already run into problems: I beveled one edge and now I cant do a loop cut on this side anymore: On the other side it is working: ...
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Why does merging faces with 'F' cause loopcuts to be messed up? [duplicate]

I tried recalculating normals on the in and outside which did not help. If you look closely the angled face on the tip was made the same way with connecting vertices to become faces with F. The loop ...
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Can't add Loopcuts to Filled in planes? [duplicate]

I'm trying to add a loopcut to a filled in part of my mesh. why won't it work?
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why does loop-cut-and-slide ignore some faces but not others?

why does the loop-cut-and-slide operation ignore certain faces but happily cut others?the model is symmetrical so it is a bit strange to pick 3 faces that won't get cut. I tried applying it to see if ...
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Why can't I use Loop Cut on certain parts of my mesh?

This is a recurrent issue for me and it's been bothering me for quite some time. I can't seem to add vertices with Ctrl+R on some faces on my meshes, and it's always the faces which I have filled in ...
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Why do you need to have quads?

Why do you need to have quads? Is it for animation for when you put bones in and move something around like an arm, or is it something else? If say a plate with no moving parts or a ball would it ...
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how to make a limit for the loop cut tool

are there any way for making the loop cut not going to certain vertex group in the mesh ? as you see in the image when i click on ctrl + r the loop cut go through all the character from her head to ...
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Problem with creating edge rings on a model

I always mess up my model in blender. At some point I manually add vertices on edges with subdivide and then I connect them with J, and sometimes I have to fill faces with F. As you can see my model ...
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Why does my loop subdivide not extend around the whole shape?

I am createing a model which has a cylinder shape extruded inwards, and wanted to create some sharper edges around it. I tried using the loop subdivide tool (Ctrl + R) but the "loop" part of it is ...
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Why can't I make a vertical loop cut on this object?

I'm very new to Blender. I've got a cube object which I've manipulated with intrusion and extrusion. I'm now trying to make a vertical loop cut, but it is only being applied to the inside of my object....
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Is it possible to add a loop cut and slide like this [duplicate]

I am try to make a model of a knife, and i am using the loop cut and slide option. this is what i managed to do before i ran into a little problem now i want to make it so that the purple line that ...
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