BLENDER BASICS 15 - Subdivide, Fill, and Merge

To subdivide an edge is to split it in half. When you subdivide a face, all sides of it are split in half and the vertices connected. It's a simple procedure, but one of the most common tools in computer graphics.

In this lesson, you'll also learn about the Fill, Grid Fill, Make Edge / Face, and Connect Vertex Path tools and when to use each of them.

We also talk about how it's possible to accidentally leave vertices directly on top of each other, which can cause all sorts of confusion. To remove duplicate vertices, use Merge by Distance.

Some important hotkeys to remember from this lesson are:

F: Make Edge / Face
J: Connect Vertex Path
M: Merge menu

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[patroni]

Vertex fill 4:08
"Smart" vertex fill 5:12
The Actual fill tool 6:00
Grid fill 6:20
The issue with vertex fill 6:30
The fix 7:14

[kaizu]

this series is simple and essential for beginners

[Topcatyo.]

This series really is great, so much vital knowledge with no filler. Seriously great job with these

[chillbro]

This is an amazing lesson. I've just been watching, but i have to go back and practice along. Blender is really quite cool! To think I almost passed it up without giving it a try.

[ImusNoxa]

Really genuinely excellent stuff here! I'm approaching this with some really rusty experience in 3DS Max and Cinema 4D, and this is really filling in the knowledge gaps. Blender is genuinely amazing.

[bloorulez]

Why am I unable to create a vertex if I start without the cube object? But only able to add the vertex after I remove all the vertices but a cube object remaining in the collection?

[petebateman]

I use subdivide so often that I have it mapped to my \ key.

[charleskelly]

I actually think this is a poor way to learn and retain any information for learning and sticking with Blender. All of the hot keys and tools should be explained with practical examples, a lot of beginners don't need a lot of what's being shown in these videos and instead picked up Blender to make things, not be shown a bunch of hot keys, those things should be shown as needed and actually applied.

[bobrob]

I can’t express how much you need to slow your speech down in this series. It’s billed as a a basics and a tutorial and you are flying through so many hotkeys, explanations, and menus. I understand it can be stopped, watched again, even slowed down, but that is a very difficult way to learn. Lots of great information, but it’s coming out like a rocket.

[jeffg]

We no longer want to learn subdivide, fill, and merge. When's AI coming to blender?