{"id":872,"date":"2018-11-20T03:06:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=872"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:54:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:54:02","slug":"merge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/merge\/","title":{"rendered":"Merge Vertex, Edge or Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f97f3e28ee6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f97f3e28ee6\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/merge\/#merge-vertexedgeface\" >Merge (Vertex\/Edge\/Face)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/merge\/#blender-29-merge\" >Blender 2.9+ &#038; Merge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>For Blender 2.83 LTS and newer versions, merging or collapsing elements together in <b>Edit Mode<\/b>, that is <i>vertexes<\/i>, <i>edges<\/i> or <i>faces<\/i>, is performed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/blender-basics\/\"><b>Mesh<\/b> menu<\/a>, upper-left side of the 3D View &#8211; Merge has been switched to being a global function rather than a sole attribute of vertex manipulation.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><b>Important<\/b>: for Blender 2.80 to Blender 2.82 the <b>Merge<\/b> option is available in the Vertex menu, i.e. <b>Vertex \u00bb Merge<\/b> and not as described below. The shortcut to access Merge also differs; for 2.80 &#8211; 2.82 this is <span class=\"shortcutkey\">Alt<\/span> + <span class=\"shortcutkey\">M<\/span>; for 2.83+ it&#8217;s <span class=\"shortcutkey\">M<\/span> (for 2.83+ <span class=\"shortcutkey\">Alt<\/span> + <span class=\"shortcutkey\">M<\/span> is the shortcut for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/split\/\">Split<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: for all versions of Blender 2.8 and above the <b>Vertices<\/b>, <b>Edges<\/b> and <b>Faces<\/b> sub or secondary tier menu options formerly accessible under <b>Mesh<\/b> (i.e. Mesh \u00bb Vertices) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/edit-mode-basics\/\">are primary menus when Edit Mode is active<\/a> &#8211; <b>Vertex<\/b>, <b>Edge<\/b> and <b>Face<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/merge\/merge-vertex.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/merge\/merge-vertex.jpg\" alt=\"Merging elements in Blender 2.82\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>In older versions of Blender 2.8 series merging elements together is accessible under Vertex \u00bb Merge Vertices not as discussed below.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"merge-vertexedgeface\"><\/span>Merge (Vertex\/Edge\/Face)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>To merge elements together, first make a vertex, edge or face based selection then from the <b>Mesh<\/b> menu click <b>Merge<\/b> (<b><i>Mesh \u00bb Merge<\/i><\/b>) &#8211; alternatively press the <span class=\"shortcutkey\">M<\/span> key. In the <b>Merge<\/b> pop-up menu that appears select <b>At First<\/b>, <b>At Last<\/b>, <b>At Center<\/b>, <b>At Cursor<\/b> or <b>Collapse<\/b> &#8211; <b><i>Mesh \u00bb Merge \u00bb [option]<\/i><\/b> depending on how the selection is to be merged together.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: when merging Blender also performs a &#8216;remove doubles&#8217; action to remove duplicate element. The options to merge selections together, <b>At First<\/b>, <b>At Last<\/b> etc., appear only when <b>Vertex select<\/b> is the active selection mode when in Edit Mode. In <b>Edge select<\/b> or <b>Face select<\/b> different (limited) options are available; <b>At Center<\/b>, <b>At Cursor<\/b> and <b>Collapse<\/b>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/merge\/mesh-merge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/merge\/mesh-merge.jpg\" alt=\"Merging elements in Blender 2.83+\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The options to merge elements together in Edit Mode have a dedicated Mesh menu &#8211; make a selection then click <b>Mesh \u00bb Merge<\/b>, choosing a target from the available options in the Merge pop-up menu that appears.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- <video poster=\"\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">\n<source src=\"\/images\/tutorials\/viewpoint-navigation.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>\n<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/merge\/merge-vertex.ogg\" type=\"video\/ogg\" \/><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/merge\/merge-vertex.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\" \/><\/video>\n<i>Merging vertices and other elements together in Edit Mode is to be found under the <b>Mesh<\/b> menu as <b>Merge<\/b> (main 3D View).<\/i> --><\/p>\n<p><center>&bull; &bull; &bull;<\/center><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"blender-29-merge\"><\/span>Blender 2.9+ &#038; Merge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For Blender 2.9+ and future versions, <b>Merge<\/b> is accessible from the <b>Mesh<\/b> menu as described above. To use, make a selection  and from the <b>Mesh<\/b> menu select <b>Merge \u00bb [option]<\/b> &#8211; <b><i>Mesh \u00bb Merge \u00bb [option]<\/i><\/b>, or alternatively press the <span class=\"shortcutkey\">M<\/span> key to access to quick menu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/merge\/mesh-merge-29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/merge\/mesh-merge-29.jpg\" alt=\"Merging elements in Blender 2.9+\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The options to merge elements together in Edit Mode have a dedicated Mesh menu &#8211; make a selection then click <b>Mesh \u00bb Merge<\/b>, choosing a target from the available options in the Merge pop-up menu that appears.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,230],"tags":[406,407,405,346,403,404,410,409,408],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-tutorials","tag-at-first","tag-at-last","tag-collapse","tag-edit-mode","tag-merge","tag-merge-vertex","tag-merge-vertices","tag-mesh-menu","tag-vertex-menu"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5190,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/5190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}