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5.2 Tweak & Commands

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This set of retopology tools allows you to tweak the current retopologized mesh in the viewport. Each tool will be covered. Please notice that the commands for each tool in the “tweak” section have very similar commands as listed for above in the “Create & Commands section. If there is a unique command, it will be listed with it’s respective tool.

Delete polygons. You can delete polygons with this tool simply by clicking them, by holding the CTRL key you can also delete all connected polygons.
Delete edges. With this tool you can quickly delete edges, edge loops and edge rings. This can be achieved by hovering your mouse over the desired selection and clicking the LMB.
Collapse. By hovering your mouse over a selected edge and clicking the LMB you will collapse all conected points of that edge to one location. By holding CTRL+LMB you can apply this to an entire edge ring.
Split rings. This tool is exclusively an edge loop tool. Simply hover your cursor over an edge where you would like to apply a new edge loop and click LMB.
Move vertices. Also known as a “tweak tool” in some packages, this tool allows you to quickly move a point, edge, polygon, edge loop or edge ring very quickly. Simply select the mode you would like to use in the top tool bar, size your brush accordingly and begin to move around your selection.
Slide edges. With this tool you can slide a selected edge between it’s to parallel edges by clicking the LMB and dragging.