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Level Editor: Edit Vertex and Edit Edge tools page

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{{Tool infobox
| name = Edit Vertex and Edit Edge
| location = Toolbar, mesh editing
| shortcut = {{Key|Alt}} drag: along Y; {{Key|Ctrl}}+{{Key|A}}: select all; {{Key|Alt}}+{{Key|Q}}: edit the brush under the mouse; {{Key|G}}: grab
| makes = Moves the corners and edges of a brush
| settings = Tool Properties
}}
'''Edit Vertex''' and '''Edit Edge''' reshape a brush by moving its corners (vertices) or its edges. Pull a corner down to make a wedge, move a top edge in to make a sloped roof, taper a column.

== Using Edit Vertex ==
# Select a brush, then pick '''Edit Vertex'''. Its vertices show as handles.
# Click a vertex to select it. {{Key|Shift}}+click adds, {{Key|Ctrl}}+click toggles, {{Key|Ctrl}}+{{Key|Shift}}+click removes. Drag on empty space to box-select. {{Key|Ctrl}}+{{Key|A}} selects them all.
# Drag a vertex to move it across the horizontal (XZ) plane. Hold {{Key|Alt}} to drag along Y. Dragging a selected vertex moves every selected vertex.
# Or press {{Key|G}} to grab the selection and move it with the mouse.

Hover another brush and press {{Key|Alt}}+{{Key|Q}} to switch to editing that one.

'''In a 2D view''' one handle stands for every vertex lying under it, so in the Front view the top right corner of a box is its front and back corners together. Click it to select them all; drag it to move them all in that view. Dragging a box's top corner down in the Front or Side view makes a slope or wedge in one move. A box drag in a 2D view selects every vertex inside it, front or back.

== Using Edit Edge ==
Works the same, with edges:
# Select a brush and pick '''Edit Edge'''.
# Click an edge to select it (same modifiers as above), drag it to move it, {{Key|Alt}} to drag along Y.
# '''Subdivide Selected Edges''' splits each selected edge into equal pieces.

== Settings ==
{{Property table start}}
{{Property row|name=Transform space|type=List|default=GLOBAL|desc=Which way the drag axes point: GLOBAL (world), LOCAL (the brush's own), NORMAL, VIEW or PARENT.}}
{{Property row|name=Correct UVs|type=Check box|default=On|desc=Re-lay the textures of the faces you change from their world position, so they do not stretch as you move vertices.}}
{{Property row|name=Subdivide cuts|type=1 to 16|default=1|desc=''Edit Edge only.'' How many new vertices '''Subdivide Selected Edges''' puts along each edge. 1 splits an edge in half.}}
{{Property table end}}

'''Subdivide Selected Edges''' (Edit Edge): ''Split each selected edge into equal segments. Both faces on the edge take the new vertices, so nothing cracks; UVs and vertex paint are kept.''

== Related pages ==
* [[Level Editor/Tools/Edit Face|Edit Face]]
* [[Level Editor/Tools/Loop Cut|Loop Cut]]
* [[Level Editor/Workflows/Brushes and CSG|Brushes and CSG]]

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