Questions tagged [knife-tool]
The Knife Tool cuts new edges into meshes, adding vertices to user-defined points regardless of existing topology. The Knife Project Tool projects the topology of one object onto another, using the current view angle. Use this tag for questions pertaining to the Knife Tool and the Knife Project Tool.
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Problem cutting object - results in polygon
[Translated]: I can't cut the object normally, instead I have a polygon. How can I fix this so that it no longer exists?
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Easiest way to cut out outline from mesh
How do I cut an outline/silhouette out of a mesh?
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remove all interior vertices inside the outlining shape
create new vertices/edges around border of outlining shape
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How can I cut this mesh into the object while it retains it's shape?
I've been modeling this Daihatsu Midget for a while now and I got to this part but I don't know how to "cut through and paste" these objects into the rear panel.
What I have:
What I would ...
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Is there an easier way to cut out holes in this object to match the image I'm referencing?
I am trying to cut wholes in my object, but I've noticed it's very time consuming and I would like to get the computer to do it so that it's easier, faster, and more accurate... The screenshots below ...
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Can't thicken flat cube [closed]
I have a mesh that is a cube, and I am unable to thicken it... I'm also trying to cut holes in it as well, so I need to be able to do that... It's the gray mesh shown in the screeenshot:
Here is the ...
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Shade issue when making the windows after knife project
I have a shade issue when making the windows of a private jet after used knife project. I used data transfer, weightend normal but it didn't work.
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Using float numbers in knife's angle constraint
how do I use float numbers (0.5, 22.5, etc) in the angle constraint when using the knife tool? Whenever I try typing 22 and then the .5, it just resets and goes to 5 instead.
I'm using Blender 3.2.0
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How to remove this protruding mass inside a self-intersecting object?
Inside view of the object with the protruding edge that I want to remove.
Outside view of the object. The tubular portion intersects the body and results in the protruding mass that I want to remove.
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Cut a mesh with knife tool and separate
I am pretty new to blender, trying to cut a mesh in different pieces. I know I can cut a mesh and then separate the mesh using the bisect tool, but I don't want to cut the plane, I want to separate ...
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How can I get a clean intersection for inner wall corner? [duplicate]
I'm creating a modular kit for a game level. I started out by making a regular wall, and I'm now trying to use it as the basis to create the corners. The wall has a pivot located at one of the bottom ...
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Blender 3.4 knife tool not working
The knife tool is not snapping to verticies when cutting, and also when I make cuts it will only make some cuts (see example). I dont have any duplicate faces or vertices, does anyone know whats ...
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How to subdivide this n-gon shape to avoid artifacts?
I have this object which I filled with flat N-gon faces such as this highlighted face.
And then I raised it using Propertional Editing.
As expected it would ...
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Knife tool wont fully cut through,
I'm new to Blender.
I've been working on a cloth simulation project and when I get to the step where I need to use the knife tool to simulate tearing cloth, the tool doesn't fully work.
It seems as if ...
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Cutting in a plane using an image as a mask
I would like to create independent tortoiseshells meshes from a boolean mask. The boolean mask would be used to cut in the plane automatically.
The method I am using at the moment is to use the cut ...
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I have a problem with the knife function
I'm going to execute the knife command by hand drawing (to make a curve), but the cut is directed towards the cursor. Anyone know how to disable this snap? Thanks.
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Can someone please explain to me why the knife tool is not working on some of the faces [closed]
I have been stuck here for a while and I couldn't figure out why the knife tool is not working on some parts of the mesh.
This will clear a lot of confusion for me so please help me out here.
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Is there easier way to fill this hole automatically?
Hello, I want to fill this hole like this :
Not like this :
I usually use "F" to fill hole and Knife tool to make it be along with edge lines manually,
But if there is easier way to fill ...
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some vertices won't snap when using knife tool
I try to cut through my face by just selecting vertices with knife tool, but it snaps only on one vertex so obviously i am doing some beginner mistake here.
What do i have to do that it snaps to all ...
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Blender 3.3.0 Cut mesh with another mesh using knife project doesnt work! Help!
I just started to learn blender two days ago, so i might be wrong in may ways to use blender. So I have a geographical 3d mesh which shows a highway beyond a car tunnel. What I wanna do is cut this ...
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Cut straight line with knife tool
Im trying to create a face in order to extrude upwards to create a wall for my church building. In order to do that I figured I make a cut with the knife tool like so:
Ideally that line would be ...
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Boolean Tool is not cutting properly
I am currently trying to make a 5 gang box faceplate for 5 drok meters to measure power. I was able to use the boolean tool to cut out the screw holes and one of the meter inserts. However, when I use ...
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Knife tool, Subdivide faces, edge select do not work in blender at all to make a rudimentary split face
I dont understand why something that should be so simple in any 3d modeling software doesn't work in Blender
All I want to do is splice these faces to add a door to my floor plan
I tried using the ...
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Sometimes I am unable to make the most simple cuts with knife
I am unable to cut a face with 4 vertices and a simple and "one-way going" topology.
I had issues with it before, so I had to cut something a couple of times before it worked. After I cut ...
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Strips cut on video mode
I don't know if you already tried to edit a serie of videos on blender. It's very hard because of the mosto common tool isnt there.
WHAT WE DO:
I'm pointing player cursor on a place in strip, cutting ...
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Dissecting equal sized parts of cylinder
I am trying to create a cylinder that is dissected into 10 equal sections (filled layers!) to be printed later on. Essentially like in the picture but without those gaps in between, so far I have not ...
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Knife tool bugging out in certain areas
I'm using the knife tool to cut out landmass shapes on a simple plane object. Most of the time it works fine, but on certain areas, I get this weird ghosting effect with the cursor rapidly shifting ...
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How can I dig a hold between two object?
I have two models. Is there a way to make an Edge in one model by using another model's shape?
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Is there any difference between selecting knife tool in the tool menu and pressing hotkey "K"?
So I have been trying to use the knife tool, and I want to start my cut on an exsisting vertex.
I noticed that if I click knife tool in the tool menu, I get a knife cursor, and I cannot start cutting ...
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Shortcut for changing constraint angle of the Knife tool?
In Blender 2.93 I could enable the Knife tool's angle constraint by pressing C shortcut. By default, it was snapping to 45°. In Blender 3.0 default angle constraint changed to 30°. I know that I can ...
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Problems with the knife tool/vertices when rendering with cycles
Hello! I've had this problem with the knife tool for 4 consecutive models, each time I encountered it I looked online and couldn't seem to find anything to help since I'm pretty much new to blender ...
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Knife tool won't go away
I'm pretty new to blender but I've nearly got the hang of it. Unfortunately, I keep running into the same problem: whenever I use the knife tool, it won't go away! No shortcuts are working and I can't ...
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Draw some Groove on Object [duplicate]
I'm designing a Sause Bottle In blender Lately. But I just Faced a Roadblock.
As you can see in Reference Photos Below, there is some Grooves on The Top of The Bottle And I just Cant Pull it off!
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Is there a way, maybe by an add-on, to subdivide mesh faces, in edit mode, at a fixed step?
I wish to subdivide (vertically and/or horizontally) aligned faces but with different dimensions (i.e. I can have 2 or more vertically aligned faces with the same width but each with a different ...
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Knife Project outlines shape but does not actually cut
I'm trying to use Knife Project to cut a shape in a cylinder. For now I'm testing on the cube. I've used this answer as a guide. I added the mesh cube, then added a curve circle. I grabbed the circle ...
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blender knife tool artifacts
so im working on a scroll and wanted to a add paper cut to the scroll, i did it by using the knife however when i turn back the subdiviosn modifier (i also have the solidify modifier) back the cut ...
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Intersect faces between 2 objects without join or boolean modifier?
I'm kind of lost in my research, in a scene I'm trying to modify an object that intersects another object.
Let me explain, so I go with the example I've seen many times with 2 cubes among each other.
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Is there a way to animate knife tool cut (or similar effect)
I am trying to get an effect where in edit mode a plane is cut with some pattern from the edge and then the pre-built animation will reenact that cut from original plane to that final form, following ...
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Undo bisect tool?
First time using blender and experimenting with ref to manual and YouTube. Haven’t been able to find out if it is possible to clear/delete a bisect. I’ve been able to alt click to highlight the bisect ...
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Mesh artifacts after Knife project
I used a Knife projection tool to cut the cockpit window out of a fuselage. But after that, I get some artifacts. (These weird lines coming out of the window.) Cannot understand what is the cause for ...
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How to define geometry from intersecting planes?
Is there a way to create a 3d shape by using intersecting planes? The image shows 6 planes that define an enclosed cuboid. I tried joining the planes, then using the knife tool with self-intersection, ...
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Applying the knife cut tool
is there a way to apply the cut used by the knife tool with another button rather than hitting the Enter key? can I change that? thank you in advance :D
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Help with using the knife tool
I've been working on a Blender tutorial for making a pencil, and I'm trying to use a knife tool for a part of it. I want to create a new loop that goes around the outside of the model, but it doesn't ...
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Removing intersecting and internal geometry
I was trying to follow this tutorial made in Blender 2.71.x but I haven't figured out how it can be done in 2.93.x yet. He pulls out the self intersecting geometry
but when I try and do it, it says ...
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Cutting Shapes Into Another
I'd like to cut a complex pattern into another shape, to produce a square shape with holes of the pattern. However the knife project in both new and older versions of Blender either fails to work at ...
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Knife project that's not along view axis?
The knife project tool cuts a mesh by projecting a curve along the view axis. Is it possible to do the same thing using the normals of the curve instead? Imagine engraving text onto a mesh modeling a ...
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How to intrude / extrude a cube (or other irregular shape (knife tool) onto a uniform shape such as a dodec or icos?
In this case a dodecahedron. Using the Regular Solid Tool, I can create a dodecahedron, but, at it's easiest, it then has to be able to rest flat on the grid, which, as it's designed isn't easy, ...
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Is it possible to clip half an object indirectly similar to section plane in SketchUp
Hello beautiful artists,
I was wondering if I could clip a finished 3d model to view only a portion of the model without really messing with the object mesh directly. The idea is quite similar to the &...
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Rotate view with active knife tool not possible with Maya settings
I am using Blender 2.93 with Maya modelling settings (alt + left mouse button for tumbling). It's not possible to rotate the view while using the knife tool. How can I fix this problem? Thanks for any ...
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blender object doesnt scale, new vertices appear instead
Im new to blender and this happens when I try to scale extrude etc. The object itself doesnt transform and new vertices appear istead.
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