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Grow/Shrink Selected Edges Tool Explained

Guide to the Grow/Shrink Selected Edges Tool in MeshInspector
Updated over 6 days ago

Clicking Grow/Shrink Selected Edges, available from the dropdown next to Grow/Shrink Selected, opens a panel with controls for expanding or contracting the current edge selection.

Grow/Shrink Selected Edges: Where to Find

Note that this tool becomes active and clickable only if some edges have already been selected, as shown in the screenshot below.

Grow/Shrink Selected Edges: Panel Before Operation

The panel includes the Distance Field setting, which defines how far the current edge selection grows or shrinks along connected edges. The value is specified in millimeters:

  • Positive values expand the selection.
  • Negative values shrink the selection.

 

Click Apply to commit the specified grow or shrink operation to the selected edges.

The screenshot below shows the result after applying the operation with a positive value.

Grow/Shrink Selected Edges: After

How to Work with the Grow/Shrink Selected Edges Tool

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