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Move polygon vertices along their normals

Moving polygon components

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Slide polygon edges

The Slide Edge Tool lets you reposition a selection of edges or entire edge loops on a polygon mesh. You can slide an edge along its shared perpendicular edges or in the direction of the shared vertex normals.

To slide a selection of edges on a polygonal mesh

1. Select the edges you want to slide on the polygonal mesh.

   You can select the edges individually by shift-selecting the edges or by selecting an entire edge loop using the Select > Select Edge Loop Tool.

   NoteYou can convert an existing selection to an edge loop using Select > Convert Selection > To Edge Loop, or use the pickwalk feature (Left and right arrow hotkeys).
2. Select Edit Mesh > Slide Edge Tool > .

   For a description of the options for the Slide Edge Tool, see Edit Mesh > Slide Edge Tool.

3. Drag using the middle-mouse button to slide the selected edges.

   The vertices associated with the selected edges move along their shared perpendicular edges.

   TipYou can press the Shift key to move the edges/edge loop along each vertex normal.