Learn Blender 3 - Add Edges in Mesh

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Add Edges to Mesh

 Loop Cut Tool

• Go to edit mode
• The tools and icons on the right change
  • If you float over them, they tell you what they are
• You can drag the side of the icons to put them
  • side by side
  • or by seeing the name
• Icons with a triangle on the bottom right corner have sub-menus
• You can use the loop cut tool to add edges
  • Ctrl + r
    • You can see short cuts if you hover your mouse and leave it for a few seconds over the icon.
  • By default, it is in the middle of the two parallel edges
    • If you left click the mouse button and hold and drag, you can position where it goes
• When you let go of the left click and have the edge loop, there is a menu on the bottom left to configure things like the
  • number of cuts.
  • things to control the profile
• You can use the mouse scroll wheel to add more cuts before you left click to confirm
  • Then you can move the new edges on the surface
• You can alt + left mouse button click an edge to select the edge loop

 Offset Edge Loop Cut

• If you left mouse button click and hold on the loop cut tool, you can select the Offset Edge Loop Cut.
  • This allows you to drag edge loops from either side out

 Knife Tool

• You can click where you want to add edges
  • Press Enter key to confirm
• Delete vertex versus dissolve vertex
• Short cut Shift + Spacebar then choose it in the menu or press k
  • Or just k

 Bisect Tool

• Only cuts components that are selected

• Can press the a key to select all points

• Left mouse button click and hold and drag across the model

  • There is a manipulator to help afterwards

• Ctrl + v vertex menu floating window

• Ctrl + e edge menu floating window

• Ctrl + f face menu floatinng window

• Edge menu has the subdivide command.