ConnectVertices

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Description

Creates edges between selected vertices
Plugin Status:Stable
Categories:All Plugins, Stable Plugins, Polyhedron Plugins

Metadata

Name Value

Properties

Label Description Type Script Name
Input Mesh Input mesh k3d::mesh* input_mesh
Output Mesh Output mesh k3d::mesh* output_mesh
Mesh Selection Input Mesh Selection k3d::selection::set mesh_selection


Notes

ConnectVertices creates new edges and faces by connecting selected vertices. It is common to select an edge, apply SelectEdgeRings, apply SubdivideEdges, then apply ConnectVertices. This idea of connecting edges to create new edge loops is the foundation of the edge based subdivision modeling technique.

ConnectVertices works correctly with various configurations of selected and unselected vertices, ignoring use-cases where the output would be ambiguous. Newly-created edges will be selected in the output.

Using ConnectVertices to connect two selected points.
Using ConnectVertices to connect multiple points, creating edge loops.
Top row: use cases that produce new edges. Bottom row: ambiguous use cases that are ignored.