SplitEdge

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Edge Tools Surface Tools	Surface and Analyze Edge Tools > Split Edge

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Split Edge

The SplitEdge command splits surface edges at the designated locations.

Steps

Select a surface edge.
Pick a points on the edge.
Use the ShowEdges command to display the edge endpoints.

To split along an edge at a specified distance

At the Point to split edge prompt, click on the edge using an object snap, even though that does nothing.
Enter a distance.
The split will be constrained to that distance from the object snap location.
Click at the constrained point to complete the split.

Joining surfaces to each other may merge split edges, or introduce new splits along the joined edges.
The MergeEdge and MergeAllEdges commands attempt to remove the splits between tangent continuous edge segments.

MergeEdge

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Edge Tools Surface Tools	Surface Analyze Edge Tools > Merge Edge

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Merge Edge

The MergeEdge command combines adjacent edges of the same simple surface into one edge.

Steps

Select an edge on a surface or a polysurface.
If possible, the edge will merge to an adjacent edge of the same simple surface into one edge. Otherwise "Edge is already merged" appears at the command line, and the prompt repeats.
Select an adjacent edge.

The edges must belong to the same surface, must share an endpoint, and must meet smoothly at the shared endpoint.
Use the ShowEdges command to display edges and their ends.
Use the MergeAllEdges command when complex polysurfaces have been unjoined, and split edges are interfering with the Join command.
The SplitEdge command divides a surface edge into segments that can be merged.

MergeAllEdges

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Edge Tools	Surface Analyze Edge Tools > Merge All Edges

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Merge All Edges

The MergeAllEdges command merges all possible edges of a surface or polysurface.

Steps

Select a surface or polysurface.

Edges across kinks cannot be merged.
The Join command merges all split edges when surfaces are joined.

RemoveAllNakedMicroEdges

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Edge Tools Geometry Fix STL Tools	Not on menus.

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The RemoveAllNakedMicroEdges command removes very small single naked edges; that is, edges that fold or loop back on themselves and have no matching edge to which they can be joined.

SplitEdge

Steps

To split along an edge at a specified distance

MergeEdge

Steps

MergeAllEdges

Steps

RemoveAllNakedMicroEdges

See also