Tool for Click to divide?

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Hey folks:)
Iam looking for a tool where I can simply click to divide an edge. Without the need to use the knife or subdivide menu. Just one mousclick to do it.
Anyone some idea?

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Not exactly what your looking for, but may help.

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Yes thanks, might be a workaround but not really what iam after.
Lookin more for a f2 like behaviour.

Workflow would be:

  1. Enable “quick divide function”
  2. Leftclick and hold anywhere on an edge will add a vertex there and switches automaticallyto grab mode which exits when you release.

Just one click to divide and place new vertex after release.

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AFAIK such a tool does not exist natively in Blender. The closest you can get with built-in tools, in behavior, if not in UX, is using the Vertex -> Rip Vertices And Extend tool (hotkey in default keymap is Alt+D). With it, you can select a vertex, activate the tool while hovering over a connected edge, and switch to slide by hitting G. Quite a bit more steps than you require though.

Maybe there’s an add-on that provides such one-click functionality (I’m not aware of one), or if you really need it you could commission someone to code it in the Jobs section.

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Thanks for your Tip. The main disadvantage here is that the rip feature has no nGon support.
To divide quickly using the bevel vertex here seem to be a faster solution when using it on bounderies.

yes this might be a good idea

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What do you mean by it not having n-gon support?

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yess.
While trying to demonstrate my claim, i realized that it works and my mouse positioning while alt-d was the problem. When hovering the mouse more preciseley it works the way you recommend it.

I must say alt-d is almost that function what i was looking for!
VERY nice. Thanks!!!

It doesnt make a big different here using the keystroke instead of the mouseclick. Both fast.
Using vertex bevel and rip+extend is the perfect combination for 2d mesh cut outs.

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