The powerful tool in Blender you didn't know about - Split Edges and Faces

[@juliaalder2007]

With most people, I feel like they've already said everything and are constantly repeating themselves. With you, I have the feeling that you will still find something new and exciting in Blender in three hundred years. Simply fantastic. 💥💥💥

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@juliaalder2007 haha. Thanks so much. I think that's down to just how much Blender has to offer but I'm glad the content keeps fresh 😁 I just wanted to say thanks again for always taking the time to comment on the videos you wantch Julia, it's really appreciated.

[@juliaalder2007]

​@@ArtisansofVaul That's so nice of you. I always can't wait for a new video to come out. It's very atypical for me, but I don't want to give you any suggestions at all, because the choice of topics is part of the whole joy. I know that you always hit the full. 😊😎

[@evilotis01]

omg! this is two videos in a row that you have casually revealed something i had no idea existed! this is suuuuuper helpful

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@evilotis01 😎😁 Pretty happy I could manage that 2 videos on the trot 😁👍🏻

[@richardconway6425]

I really appreciate that you magnify/enlarge the options boxes that you are using - please keep doing this! It's very helpful and makes following what you're doing so much easier, especially since I watch most of this stuff on my 8" tablet. Without the magnification of detail, it's just impossible to see exactly what people are clicking on. This is all good mesh modelling stuff. Thanks!! 🚀🚀

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Cheers. I didn't really consider it a lot before but I was thinking its likely people watch a lot on their phone so it seemed a wise idea. Glad it's helped out.

[@vrharh]

I've been using Blender for several years now. At first, I was fascinated by various addons and their possibilities. But as time goes on, I increasingly realize that the native Blender, or Vanilla Blender as some call it, has so many useful options that need to be explored. Lately, I’ve been realizing more and more that Blender already has a lot of functionality, and addons should be added to that arsenal only when they’re truly necessary or when you really understand the essentials and see that an addon can ease or speed up your workflow. Thanks for the helpful advice, and cheers.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@vrharh definetly agree. Sometimes things are a bit hidden but there is a LOT there in the program itself.

[@richardconway6425]

Agree. It's a user interface issue, I think. It's definitely very capable software, but with that comes the need for a very well thought out UI, otherwise it's not accessible and difficult to learn.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@richardconway6425 I think Blender suffers from having so much that it can do it's almost impossible to compact down to a UI that is going to be completely neat and obvious where everything is without using menu systems as it does. I think it does a really good job considering (though as always there is room.for improvement)

[@darrennew8211]

Very cool. Another tool I always spend five minutes looking for is face->Weld Edges Into Faces. Handy if you want to (say) put a circle of edges in the middle of a face.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Ohh.... Interesting. Thanks man, I'll check that out!

[@LutherTaylor]

reminding me to continue reading the manual xD mega helpful

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Haha. Totally get that feeling all the time when something like this gets pointed out 😅

[@Bluejohn]

Been using Blender for years but had no idea about this. Thankyou

[@ArtisansofVaul]

I was totally the same! Always great to have someone tell me something new so massive thanks to Met!

[@9b8ll]

Holy moly, this is a godsend! This should be enabled by default! I never knew about this feature in blender! This is amazing . 🎉

[@ArtisansofVaul]

My thoughts exactly. Thats why I was so keen to share.

[@P134-i3p]

!! This is VERY USEFULL! I've been painfully doing this manually for a while now... Great NEWs!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@P134-i3p I was the same previously. Totally a game changer!

[@mgkroth]

Woah! This is such a timesaver and better option than manually doing these things! You rock!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@mgkroth Thanks so much 😁😁😁

[@ДмитрийКалашников-р7ю]

Very useful, after 2 years of using the program I learned about such features Thank you!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@ДмитрийКалашников-р7ю No problem. If it helps I learned this after more than 2 years 😅

[@kurogiza]

This is really handy, especially wrt cleaning up meshes after having done booleans or extrudes, where you may be left with not-quite-connected geometry. Being able to move a vertex and having it auto merge with a target vertex is much better than moving + merge-vertices + by-distance each and every time.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@kurogiza definetly! It saves a load of time and tedium.

[@mind_of_a_darkhorse]

That is why I like your channel! You always share new approaches that others seem to miss or just fail to explain!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@mind_of_a_darkhorse 😁😁😁 Cheers Darkhorse. I do like to find new things, though this one was all thanks to a viewer tip, I just explored it a bit 👍🏻😁

[@Tokolist]

thank you for giving these practical tool usage examples, that's exactly why I love your channel

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@Tokolist Thanks so much Tokolist 😁😁😁

[@imonseii]

This is going to save me a lot of tedious work. Especially when you apply a complicated boolean, blender often does split edges in a wonky way that messes up the mesh. I'm pretty sure a G-enter with split edges turned on will fix many of those issues. A big thank you to you and Met

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@imonseii good call on the boolean issue. It will be interesting to see how this helps out. 👍🏻

[@mattphillips6515]

This is going to save me sooo much time! Thank you. Can't believe I've never noticed the option before!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@mattphillips6515 It's such a time saver!

[@AnthonyHortin]

This looks super useful, especially with those last couple of examples you showed. Thanks for this.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Always a pleasure to help out 😉

[@jeffdavies2824]

I had no idea! This will be something I use daily from now on.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@jeffdavies2824 😁👍🏻 Glad it's helped. And if it makes you feel better I had no idea either until Met mentioned it.

[@nickkovalenko3398]

Jeez.. That is absolutely great! I wish I knew this trick some time back! 😆 Thanks a lot!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@nickkovalenko3398 😁 Glad you'll have it for the future

[@nickkovalenko3398]

@@ArtisansofVaul Of course! Thanks again!

[@Clases3d]

this is amazing, this has a lot of potential!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@Clases3d Awesome 😁 Great to hear.

[@RenderRevolution]

@ArtisansofVaul Another great one man, thanks for all your hard work and effort. Appreciated

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@RenderRevolution Thanks so much Revolution! Really appreciated and thanks for taking the time to comment 😁

[@tripletconcept4985]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Glad to be able to help 😁

[@Vader666th]

Nice tip ! Thanks

[@ArtisansofVaul]

No worries. 😁

[@arielmarshall5501]

You make the most helpful Blender modeling videos dude. Cheers once again.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@arielmarshall5501 Cheers Ariel, that's very kind of you to say 😁😁😁

[@hauleroid]

Thanks a lot!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@hauleroid My pleasure 😁

[@wolfs_moba]

Wow, that is so helpful! Thanks a lot for that! 👍👍👍

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@wolfs_moba 😁😁😁 My pleasure. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@k_DEDb07]

great thanks AV

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@k_DEDb07 No problem 😁😁😁

[@6Demago9]

One little checkmark that saves hours of work, lol.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@6Demago9 Haha. Isn't that classic Blender 😂

[@wadeeliason969]

Very handy feature

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@wadeeliason969 totally agree 😁👍🏻

[@Starflight_Miniatures]

Fantastic!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Cheers Starlight

[@s0lci70]

this is so helpful

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Cheers 😁

[@blenderheadxyz2418]

Like your tuts, really good

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Cheers! Really appreciated 😁👍🏻

[@dueddel]

So good! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. This is really useful. Keep up! 😘👍

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks so much and thanks for taking the time to comment, really appreciated.

[@dueddel]

@@ArtisansofVaul That doesn't take much time at all. Being a little thankful can be so easy if you asked me. You're welcome. 😘

[@sobreaver]

WHOOOAAAA !! 00

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@sobreaver 😁😁😁

[@Will_Forge]

😮

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@Will_Forge 😁😉

[@s.patterson5698]

For some reason I cannot get it to snap to the surface as shown in your video. I extruded, tapped CNTRL, left-click near the other surface, and NADA. Not sure why.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@s.patterson5698 It may be something in your settings? I'm not sure as it should work.

[@s.patterson5698]

@ArtisansofVaul I think so. I just have to spend some time figuring it out because what you introduced was good.

[@rajendrameena150]

I feels like blender is fulfilling the gap of easyness of SketchUp working.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@rajendrameena150 yeah, that ability to just work in the way you want is so invaluable.

[@Dhieen]

Niiice

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@Dhieen 😁👍🏻

[@Dhieen]

@@ArtisansofVaul I needed that for some curve profile modeling, like merging multiple half circles, this is perfect, i hope i wont forget this option

[@rodolflum3444]

i got a free addon that create a verts in the middle of edges and create an edge on 2 verts that is not aligned. in a one click

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@rodolflum3444 would you mind sharing the name of the addon?

[@23lkjdfjsdlfj]

If Blender had this enabled as default it would end so much pain and suffering in the World.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@23lkjdfjsdlfj 😅😅😅 I think it could also cause issues. It would be nice to be able to set it as a default but I guess it can be set and then it will be on if you save the startup file. 👍🏻😁

[@paulthomann7911]

I think you just mined some gold.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁😁😁