Shift+Drag

[Trevor Tizard]

Hi,

 

Can someone tell me the best way to shift+drag an editable poly "edge" a specific distance (eg 100mm).

 

Thanks

[BrianKitts]

if you right click on any of the movement tools.... move, rotate, scale.... it will pop up a dialog to key in the movements by distance..... just select whatever you want to move and then key it into either side of the dialog, depending on if you are in a perspective or orthaganal it gives you the option of moving position based on the whole scene or just the current viewport.

[Trevor Tizard]

Indeed.................but that only works if I want to "move" the edge. By using shif+drag I create a new face too and the original edge remains in it's location. I use this method to create reveals in window openings.

[Justin Hunt]

Keep an eye on the co-ordinates at the bottom of the screen, also lock the axis in the direction you want to extrude.

 

JHV