Questions tagged [edit-mode]
Use this tags for questions about operations performed on objects when they are in edit-mode, rather than any of the other modes, such as object , sculpt and weight painting.
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Knife tool does not snap to vertex/edge/etc
Snap to Vertex is on. I have also tried snapping to the grid and the edge. When I hover over the vertex nothing is happening.
I've dissolved the double vertices. Nothing happens if I select the start ...
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How would I keep the edge of this material smooth/rounded?
I'm assigning different colors to specific Face Loops for my tire here. You can see how the assigned materials smoothly wrap around the circular tire with a Subdivision Surface modifier. Those white ...
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Close this thing
i'm a blender beginner and i wanted to make a gun for practice, the only problem is that when i was modeling i had a problem so i removed the wrong part and now i have to close this hole but i dont ...
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Bridge edge loop problem
Hello im trying to use bridge edge loop to make a hole but instead it covers it entirely.
I have tried it on the other side and it works fine.
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How can I access and modify a boolean attribute in edit mode?
Re Manually setting custom attributes per edge / vertex / etc
TLDR : In edit mode, the regular interface to access and edit attributes, ...
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Correctly removing double vertices
A lot of times I come across models with double vertices. The best method I've tried is selecting non-manifold vertices and then merging by distance. However, this method sometimes merges boundaries ...
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Align cursor rotation to normal
In edit mode, I'm trying to move a number of faces in the direction of the normal of one of the selected faces.
I figured that one way to do this is to set 'Transform Orientation' to 'Cursor' and ...
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How do you merge unused verticies to a ring of verticies
Ok, so I am a bit new to blender and am struggeling with a problem. I am making a file holder with a screw on cap and that is working fine. The problem is that I used a seperate mesh to make the ...
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What is the best method to snap the vertices of an edge loop to a curved face in a single operation?
I'd like to project the vertices of an edge loop onto a curved face to adjoin two separate pieces into one mesh. What is the best method to extend the vertices along its relative axis onto a curved or ...
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Random height in face mode
In edit mode I have number of faces which I want to elevate randomly. How can I do it without selecting every face and draging to change the height ?
For vertices there's randomize vertices. Is there ...
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Flatten a Center Mesh on X and Y but not Z
Hello to the clever minds at Blender StackExchange,
I currently have a script which generates rock-walls from simple block shapes.
There is one issue which is occasionally there are gaps which can be ...
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Character's leg/armor touch during posing for walk cycle
Posing my character doing a walk cycle is causing his leg to touch. File: https://we.tl/t-4aF7llTR5x
I suspect it's because these vertices are connected but I'm not sure how to disconnect them ...
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Transparent mesh on Edit Mode
Well, I updated Blender to 4.1 and when I enter on Eidt Mode to start modeling ocurrs this:
Note that X-Ray and Wireframe are turned off and if I click anywhere in the scene it becomes normal. How ...
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Why doesn't "selecting similar faces by area" work in my case?
When trying to select faces by same area, all the faces get selected instead only the similar ones.
I don't understand if I'm doing someting wrong or if the option has limitations/bugs?
See the ...
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How to fix overlapping faces
I want to model a pen (with a special shape). To do this, I made the basic shape of the pen and put ellipses with a subdivision modifier and a shrinkwrap modifier on top. (I don't know if this is the ...
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How to highlight a vertex in Edit Mode?
I'm working on an addon, and I have an operation that manipulate vertices in some way.
The problem is that after this manipulation I want the user to easily see which vertices were effected by the ...
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How to mirror knife cuts on existing mesh?
I have an existing mesh model with bones, UVs, animation etc. and I want to change the mesh slightly without causing too much destructive change.
The above shows the head with the -x and x direction ...
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How to Create Pointy Oval Shape?
I have a main character which has this pointy oval shaped
Right now I am having a lot of trouble to create the eye and body shape I just can't figure any way to do it and after searching.
I came here ...
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Why can't I edit 2 separate meshes at once in edit mode in Blender 4
I can't select 2 meshes (not joined) and go into edit mode and edit them together anymore in Blender 4. This was something Blender added several versions ago and now it seems to be gone. Is there ...
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Blender file Mac to Window
I'm a student and often it happens to me to work at school where we use macs and at home where I use my computer which has Windows 10 installed. Today I opened at home a file I started at school and ...
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How to subdivide keeping the form of the curve_
I've made the modeling of an object, and now I would like so subdivide it. When I go to edit mode, Edge, subdivide. It creates the line between the two nearest vertex but all in the same surface; I ...
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How do I use proportional editing while face projecting?
After a bit of research, I realize this result (the image below) of using both face project and proportional editing at the same time is intentional, but has anyone ever found a workaround for this?
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Toolbar and Sidebar not showing, handles still visible
When i loaded up my project today my toolbar and sidebar wouldn't show, despite them being enabled in the view menu. (i.e pressing N & T does not work) If i open a new project they show up. The ...
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Parts of an object are disappearing in Object Mode
I am working on a 3 storey building and I needed to move the columns a meter to the right. I used edit mode to move the faces and everything was smooth, but when I switched back to Object mode all the ...
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Why is the conversion from vertices to curve creating issues with the geometry?
I created a structure by converting the vertices to a curve.
However, the object looks like this:
How come there are issues with the geometry?
Here is the file:
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3DMap object created using GIS addon is set up so that other objects cannot be displayed
I create 3DMAP with Blender.
I loaded a glb file in Blender, but it is not displayed.
I loaded VRgallery, which is marked in blue on the right. I have pasted the following.
Imported and selected ...
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Model folds in on itself when i try and rotate it in edit mode?
Im trying to rotate my model 90 degrees to that the symmetrize function works correctly, but it ends up with bizzare results when i try and do so?
The same thing appears to be happenning with other ...
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How to create a fence by adding loop cuts to existing cylinder shape
I want to model the safety fence on a floating dock which is constructed with steel tubes welded together.
I have created the top and sides and now want to model the extra tubes as per the image below....
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Proportionally editing the highlighted area
I'm in the process if trying to create a screen for a project im working on but Im having trouble of proportionally editing.
I just want the highlighted areas to be edited, so that the highlighted ...
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Edge length measurement overlay selected but no lengths display
Hello Blender community,
I am using Blender 4.0.2.
I am attempting to view the lengths of some of the edges on my object. I am in Edit mode using edge selection (Hot key 2). I have checked the "...
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Select in edit mode not working when clicking fast
I just jumped to Blender 4.0 recently and one thing really bothers me. While in edit mode and with part of the geometry selected, I can't select any of that selected part if I'm clicking too fast. ...
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In editing mode, all edges are visible through the model, how can I fix it? [duplicate]
How can I make sure that in the Edit Mode in the model the edges are not translucent?
I am in Solid mode, I used the Solidify modifier
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Why does this mesh look different in object and edit modes?
I have a mesh without any modifiers and applied scale:
But when I'm trying to use edit mode, it looks different:
Where could the problem be?
Here's the blend file:
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Fix Snapping Rotation in Edit Mode
I'm using Blender's snapping feature to add hex bolts to an object, in edit mode.
I've turned on snapping, Snap with Center, Snap To Face, and Align Rotation to Target. But for some reason the bolts ...
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How can i move a bone in edit mode without it affecting the Weight paint?
I got this rig, where I have all the weight paint done. It's good, but the bone position just isn't right. Is there a way I can move these bones in edit mode without it affecting the mesh?
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Fixing vertices that have been deleted or moved
What is the easiest way of returning a vertice to its original location if it has been moved out of place (without using undo) and replacing a deleted vertice (again without using undo)?
I have ...
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Why do some faces not emit hair?
I am trying to create a bit of a fuzz feeling to my object. However, when I want to add Hair by using the Particle system, the hair are not distributed equally over the faces, as you can see in the ...
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Topology when the head has less edges than the body
So, I created the head and body separately, not noticing that the number of edges at the base of the head was less than that in the body. If I try to Create more edges by adding edge loops, some ...
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How do I reduce width of one face and maintain geometry
I am modelling steps used by passengers to board a float plane.
The first 'step' is more of a small platform with the rear edge is narrower than the front edge.
I have created the first step with a ...
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I cannot see my selections when editing linked instances
fairly new to 3D and Blender.
I am following Chamfer Zones intro to Blender (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2U0MiZSV9A&ab_channel=ChamferZone) and about an hour in the video it shows the ...
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How to create a thicker bottom of a bottle
I'm quite new to Blender, I've done few things but none of them was so complex regarding modeling of the object in the edit mode as the one I need to seek advice on: so I'm trying to follow this ...
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While in Bone Edit mode, is it possible to change individual bone's Viewport Display to different types/styles?
Ex: Some bones would look Octahedral while others are B-Bone's. I know I can use custom shapes for different bones in Pose Mode but it seems in Edit Mode you're only allowed one type. I like ...
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How can I easily create an object which has some edges at 45 degrees?
I am creating a model of the boarding steps used on docks to assist passengers to enter a floatplane.
I have started with a cube and used extrude, edge loop cuts and boolean modifier to get where I am ...
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How to Select/find all Unweighted Bones on an armature?
I'm working with Blender to create models for use in Unreal engine, and UE shows bones that do not have vertices weighted against them as greyed out. Is there a similar feature in Blender? I want to ...
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How can I preserve Material Preview while in Edit Mode?
Material Preview displays just fine when in Object Mode, but in Edit Mode it's as if the Viewport Shading is set to Solid instead: the faces of the mesh show as grey instead of the material. How can I ...
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How to copy symmetrically
I want to first bring the center of the top face of vertical bar to the intersection point of the edges as I marked #1 (right now it is slightly off as I did it manually), and then copy the vertical ...
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How to fix faces and uv map?
Trying to model a conversation heart in blender and everything was going well until it was time to mark the seams and i saw that the top part of the heart where the text is has multiple faces when I ...
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Move a vertex programmatically from Python
I am trying to move vertices programmatically, but whatever I do, there is no effect.
I am using this simple script on the default cube in Blender 2.93 (for use with luxCore)
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Shading issues in the Mirror and Subdivision Modifier
After removing the bevels I created, it still seemed to be having that pinching. In addition, I tried to make sure the center of the mesh is completely flattened out. Let alone, I still have trouble ...
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Prior Blender question / answer with spacebar results, for me causes animation playback
I'm new to Blender, currently using version 4.0.
The answer at Face problem in cube, edit mode on the first paragraph says
Go into edit mode, and press A to select all the vertices. Press the ...
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