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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How to project the outline of an object when viewed from a particular angle onto another object and use that outline to cut through the object
is there any way to generate a cut throw an object (target) so that the whole projection of another object (template) fits ?
For example something like in the image: I have some 3d models (templates - ...
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How do I cut edges with the knife tool on one mesh and make it match the edges of another one?
I'm trying to cut a mesh (the head) with the knife tool so I can connect the second mesh (the white headband) to it easier but I'm having an issue. I want to make the knife cut I'm making match the ...
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Knife Angle constraint wrong cuts
I cut with Knife tool > angle constraint(relative) with 30 degrees increments and it works kind of weird. Should it work like that?! https://drive.google.com/file/d/...
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Normal/face bug total mistery
Original question go further in the post to see the edit 4 behaviour
(Hello, i have a problem with my meshes they suddenly appear to have weird bug with normal only when i move my camera on axis like ...
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Trying to delete bad face, can select edges but not face
I am using knife project onto an object to make recessed portions. On the edge of object, I would like to inset and do a negative extrude, however, I end up with a thin face I cannot get rid of with ...
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Why is the Knife Tool not snapping to specific verticies?
I wanted to make arches for a car. I'm trying to cut the mesh verticaly (like on the second photo), but the knife doesn't snap to the verticles on the arches. Although, it does snap to verticles on ...
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Help trimming extruded faces at intersection going through seperate object
I'm new to blender. I'm having a problem removing a couple parts of a MakeHuman model. I am trying to remove the mouth cavity and eye sockets. Then I want to close up the holes. I'm starting with the ...
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How to wrap a 2D shape and Knife Project toward a cylinder axis?
I'm trying to make a technical drawing of an air compressor nozzle for 3d printing.
Drawing the cylinder is trivial, but I cannot figure how to implement the cutout, or at least how to do it ...
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Object in edit mode acting weird - see through, knife tool not working right
So one of my objects and only this one, has this issue pictured where I can see through some of the mesh to the other side unless I zoom out a bit I can't see the behind edges, xray mode isn't on, but ...
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How can I cut object in half in a straight cut so the two sides can be seperated for printing [duplicate]
After creating this vulcano and sculpting it, I have to cut it in half because the 3D printer isn't big enough for my design. In total I will have to do two cuts to get 4 pieces.
How can I cut this ...
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How do I non-destructively mirror cuts with the Knife Tool?
I'm looking for a way to make mirrored knife cuts in blender, be it via stock features or an addon. I want to preserve shape keys, UVs, bone weights, etc, so approaches such as the mirror modifier or ...
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Split model into cube over a perfectly aligned grid
I am interested in taking a model and splitting it into 1x1x1 cubes.
For the sake of a simple example, in my attempt, I have a simple model, the default cube in blender scaled up by 2. I have formed a ...
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How do you snap knife to vertices obstructed by faces?
I made this mesh by applying a boolean and now I want to cut parallel with the top of the hole.
The Loop Cut command won't snap to the point, so I'm trying to use the Knife tool and cut through the ...
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Delete edges with no faces
There are edges in my object that are connected to a vertex, but have no face connected to them. I've tried to select "loose parts", but it doesn't find these edges. I've also tried "...
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Bisect Tool Distorting Mesh
I'm trying to paint striping around this .stp locomotive model. I've previously done color separations using either the bisect or knife tools to define the boundary, but on this rounded surface it's ...
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Knife tool not working?
I'm new to Blender and I'm following a video on how to model a female anime body, all was going great, but when I tried to use the knife tool I started having problems.
First off the knife tool doesn'...
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Is it possible to have the Knife tool cut non-straight lines?
Beginner user of Blender here. Would it be possible to have the Knife Tool draw unstraight lines similar to the Annotation Tool..? Basically, what I want to do is to try and cut out a part of an ...
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Game asset n-gons management doubts
i am a relative beginner. I have a question that i am not able to answer, i know that in general n-gons are fine on flat surfaces if the model doesn't have to be deformed and quads are not necessary ...
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Smooth a mesh after knife/bisect tool
I am new to Blender. I got a model from Kaedim/MidJourney, it had a kink, and I wanted to remove it. I tried the knife and bisect tools and they both work. The knived face looks ugly and I want to ...
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Cut a face while snapping to vertices
I'm trying to cut a face along vertices. Basically, I've got one object (all one mesh) and I need to cut some parts out. I've already got the vertices in the right places. I've managed to create a ...
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VRM model in blender: Transparent overhang
I have been trying to work on a Quest version of an avatar recently in blender, and it's a VRM file, and because VRM textures can be cut in VRoid, vertices are left around the textures that extend out ...
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How can I align these vertices on a particular axis?
I need these vertices aligned on the X axis but I'm not sure how... I'm doing this to duplicate a cut I made on one side of a building to another with knife project... The screenshot is shown below:
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Can't cut certain faces with knife tool
I keep running into an issue where I try cutting on a face with a vertex and pressing the Z key or whatever corresponding key to cut with a straight line, but when I reach the bottom and click nothing ...
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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?
I.e.
remove all interior vertices inside the outlining shape
create new vertices/edges around border of outlining shape
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Here is Lake ...
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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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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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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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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.
Here is ...
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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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