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Author Topic: Problem extruding after merging faces in 1403  (Read 1395 times)

jwalt

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Problem extruding after merging faces in 1403
« on: January 18, 2026, 07:25:50 pm »

This seems pretty consistent, lately, with 1403 version. When you merge faces and extrude with inset, it seems to lose track of points. Some points don't move with the others. Also seems like it may throw points into, or out of, the expected place, but I'm not sure this is a consistent issue. May be worth looking into?
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Re: Problem extruding after merging faces in 1403
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2026, 12:25:51 pm »

Investigated this a bit:

Simple cube, 2 division x, merged faces on one side, inset extrusion:

Vers 0.989

    points {
      (-5 -5 -5) (-5 -5 5) (-5 5 -5) (-5 5 5) (0 -5 -5) (0 -5 5) (0 5 -5)
      (0 5 5) (5 -5 -5) (5 -5 5) (5 5 -5) (5 5 5) (-3.287 -3.287 5)
      (-3.287 3.287 5) (0 3.287 5) (3.287 3.287 5) (3.287 -3.287 5) (0 -3.287 5)

Similar sized cube, but inset extrusion was different

Vers 1403

    points {
      (-5 -5 -5) (-5 -5 5) (-5 5 -5) (-5 5 5) (0 -5 -5) (0 -5 5) (0 5 -5)
      (0 5 5) (5 -5 -5) (5 -5 5) (5 5 -5) (5 5 5) (-3.019 -3.019 5)
      (-3.019 3.019 5) (0 5 5) (3.019 3.019 5) (3.019 -3.019 5) (0 -5 5)

Looks like vers 1403 missed the midpoints? I've dinked around with the text file for 1403,
and can move the points to their proper place by copy/pasting in the text file for the (0 5 5)
in the third line for points. I assume something similar would work with the (0 -5 5) portion as well.

Hope this helps.
« Last Edit: January 19, 2026, 12:29:53 pm by jwalt »
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Re: Problem extruding after merging faces in 1403
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2026, 12:49:01 pm »

Playing with this a bit more, and it might be worthwhile including something like this as a, I don't know, non-uniform inset extrusion. Might be useful for turning a square surface into a sort of round surface?



Also, is 1403 still the latest? With the discord stuff, I may have missed something, since I don't do discord. I'd previously reported issues with an earlier version that 1403 addressed and fixed.
« Last Edit: January 19, 2026, 01:06:28 pm by jwalt »
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