howto delete a vertex in middle of edge and keep edge

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Hi there

Newbie question

I have an edge with three vertices, start middle and end.

How do I delete the middle vertex without Blender deleting the whole edge?

thanks in advance

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By moving the middle vertice to either start or end vertice, select all vertices then remove doubles.

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hich, long method, i prefer select one of the side vertex and the middle one: WKEY and merge the replace.

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thanks - but this method will destroy the uv mapping that is connected to the deleted vertices

I guess I’ll just have to redo the uv mapping?

thanks

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The magic word is… PYTHON!

I’ll try to do this, even for myself. It is very easy, but not just now…

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So I wrote a little script. It still needs to convert global cursor coordinates to local object coordinates, but it does exactly what you are asking for (useful for me too!)

https://blenderartists.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=315498#315498