Delete Mesh Modifier

Command entry:

Modify panel

Make a sub-object selection.

Modifier List

Delete Mesh

Command entry:

Modify panel

Make a sub-object selection.

Modifiers menu

Mesh Editing

Delete Mesh

Delete Mesh provides parametric deletion based on the current sub-object selection level in the stack. The possible choices are faces, vertices, edges, and objects. Apply the Delete Mesh modifier to delete the geometry specified at that sub-object level.

Delete Mesh used to remove the faces where the handle joins the cup.

For example, you can apply a Mesh Select modifier, select a row of faces in a cylinder, and then apply a Delete Mesh modifier to delete those faces. To undo the deletion, you can simply remove the Delete Mesh modifier.

TipTry applying a Delete Mesh modifier following an animated Vol. Select modifier.

Procedures

Example: To delete a row of faces in a cylinder:

Create a cylinder.
Apply a Mesh Select modifier and select a row of faces in the cylinder.
Apply the Delete Mesh modifier to delete those faces.
To undo the deletion, remove the Delete Mesh modifier.

Interface

This modifier has no parameters.