[Bf-funboard] Blender - Alt M

[Kernon Dillon]

You might give Blender's "AutoMerge Editing" feature a try. You can turn it
on via the Mesh menu on the Header bar while in the Edit mode.

Combine that with Blender's snap feature and it should make things a lot
easier. The controls for the snap features are on the Header bar, to the
right of the Proportional Editing controls. The snapping occurs when you
hold the Ctrl-key while transforming.

Using these two features, you could perform the merge you described by
selecting one line of vertices, holding down the Ctrl-key, and translating
the vertices until they snap to the other vertices. The vertices will be
automatically merged after you release the mouse button. I know this works
for a line of vertices where they are already lined up with the other line
of vertices, but I'm not sure about merging multiple vertices that aren't
(like on a character's face).

BTW, you can use Blender's Mirror modifier to avoid the pain of manually
merging the two halves.

Hope that helps.


Kernon

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Roger <hovergo at net-tech.com.au> wrote:

> I meant merging a number of verts which are on the same edge line
> For instance.
> A plane extruded twice along the x. = 8 verts
> Select and scale the 2 centre lots of verts and scale them together along
> the x
> so they are closer together.
> To merge those verts you select the first, Shift select the second on the
> same
> edge line
> Alt M, merge at First, merge or Last or merge at Centre. and do this for
> each 2
> verts you wish to merge.
>
> What I am suggesting for walls is the ability to select all the verts in
> one
> vertical group, select all the verts in the next vertical group and Alt M,
> merge
> at first.
> Which cannot be done currently, they only merge at centre or merge at
> cursor,
> destroying the wall plane.
> Blender should then merge each selected vert on the same edge line.
>
> Take the instance of modeling a face, you model one half and mirror the
> other half.
> It is very time consuming selecting each of the hundreds of verts on each
> edge
> half to join the halves.
> Blender should permit selecting edge verts on one edge then select the
> second
> edge with the same number of verts and Alt M merge at first or merge at
> last
> (selected range of verts)
> TIA
> Roger
>
>
> Peter Haehnlein wrote:
> > Maybe I misunderstand the example, but Xkey  >> delete edgeloop is an
> > option to kill an edgeline. Sadly you can't control it thoroughly with
> > non-closed loops afaik.
> >
> > Roger wrote:
> >> It would be great if Alt M <Merge at First, or Merge at Last> would work
> on a
> >> group of say 8 verts simultaneously.
> >>
> >> When creating walls for buildings, a wall is knife cut to give a set of
> vertical
> >> edges for a wall extension or other extrusio.
> >> If that cut is no longer needed it would be great to select the verts at
> the end
> >> of the wall, select the cut verts, Alt M<merge at first> and each
> adjacent vert
> >> merges with its sister vert at the edge of the wall.
> >> Will save significant time.
> >> Roger
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