Rip Vertices and Extend

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Edit Mode

Vertex ‣ Rip Vertices and Extend

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This tool takes any number of selected vertices and duplicate-drags them along the closest edge to the mouse, When extending an edge loop, it extends the vertices at the endpoints of the loop. The behavior is similar to the Extrude tool, but it creates an n-gon.

It helps to easily add details to existing edges.