hi.
is there a way to slide elements on the active surface?
i can slide a vertex along it’s connected edges, but can i slide it on the surrounding polygons to keep the shape?
as long as i don’t have backfaces it works with snapping and surface mode turned on but on a sphere for example it doesn’t work.
cheers christian
Try that :
In Object Mode make sure Snap (the magnet button) isn’t enabled (important as if it is enabled it would lead into problem for what’s next)
Select your object and press SHIFT+D then Enter or Left Click to duplicate it, both objects should be on top of each other.
Select your original object, set its display to XRay :
Go to Edit Mode, enable the Snap button, set to Surface and make sure to enable the 2 buttons next to it, so you end like that :
Now you can move you vertices, they will snap on the duplicated object that is bellow, allowing you to keep your mesh shape to be kept
i guessed this would be the only way although i was hoping for an easier solution to quickly tweak vertices.
but thanks santuary 