Bevel Edges — Blender Manual

Bevel¶

Reference

Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Vertex ‣ Bevel Vertices, Edge ‣ Bevel Edges

Shortcut:

Shift-Ctrl-B (Bevel Vertices), Ctrl-B (Bevel Edges)

The Bevel tool smooths out corners and edges. This helps make objects look more realistic – after all, nothing in real life is infinitely sharp.

See also

The Bevel Modifier does this non-destructively.

Usage¶

Select one or more vertices, edges, or faces, then press either Ctrl-B to smooth both edges and corners or Shift-Ctrl-B to smooth only corners. Move the mouse to increase the bevel radius and roll the Wheel to set the density of the new geometry. Finally, press LMB/Return to confirm or RMB/Esc to cancel.

Options¶

While the tool is active, the current settings are shown at the top of the 3D Viewport. Use the keyboard shortcuts (also shown in the status bar) to select a setting, then move the mouse or type a number to change it. When moving the mouse, hold Shift to change the value more slowly for better precision, or Ctrl to snap to coarse increments.

After confirming with LMB, the settings can still be changed in the Adjust Last Operation panel.

Affect V Vertices

Bevel the selected vertices, leaving the edges unchanged.

Edges

Bevel the selected edges, as well as the vertices where three or more edges meet.

Width Type M

The meaning of the Width setting. In the examples below, the Width is set to 50% for the “Percent” Width Type and to 1.0 for the other types.

Width A

The size/radius of the bevel. The precise meaning depends on the Width Type.

Note

When multiple edges are beveled at the same time, it is sometimes impossible to make the width match the above definition on all edges simultaneously. Bevel tries to compromise in such cases. Sometimes turning off Loop Slide (see below) can make it easier for Bevel to make the widths as specified.

Segments S

The density of the new geometry. Higher values will give a smoother result.

While the tool is active, this setting can be changed with Wheel even if it is not selected.

Profile Shape P

A number between 0 and 1 that controls the shape of the profile (side view of each beveled edge).

If Miter Outer or Miter Inner is set to Arc, this also controls the shape of the miters.

Material Index

The 0-based index of the material slot to assign to the newly created faces. If set to -1, the new faces inherit the materials of their neighbors.

Harden Normals H

When enabled, assigns custom split normals to the newly created faces to make them appear smoothly shaded without affecting the rest of the mesh.

Clamp Overlap C

Prevents beveled edges from overshooting past the end of their neighboring faces.

Loop Slide

Whether the new inner edges should be perpendicular to the beveled edge or match the direction of the existing inner edges.

Mark Seams U

When beveling three or more edges that share a vertex, and two of those edges are marked as UV Seams, the new edges between them will also be marked as Seams.

Sharp K

Same as Mark Seams, but for Sharp edges.

Miter Outer O

When beveling three or more edges connected to the same vertex, and two of those edges form a corner of more than 180° on the side where there are faces, the Outer Miter determines if any extra geometry is created in that corner to avoid pinching.

(Miter) Inner I

When beveling two or more edges connected to the same vertex, and there are edges that form a corner of less than 180° on the side where there are faces, the Inner Miter determines if any extra geometry is created in those corners.

Spread

The size of the Inner Miter when set to Arc. This also affects the Outer Miter.

Intersection Type N

The type of geometry to generate at points where three or more beveled edges meet.

Grid Fill:

Fill the space between the edges with geometry that smoothly connects them.

Cutoff:

Cap off each edge with a flat face.

Face Strength

Whether to apply a Face Strength to the faces involved in the bevel. This can be used in conjunction with a Weight Normals Modifier (with the Face Influence option checked).

None:

Do not set face strength.

New:

Set the face strength of new faces along edges to Medium, and the face strength of new faces at vertices to Weak.

Affected:

In addition to those set for the New case, also set the faces adjacent to new faces to have strength Strong.

All:

In addition to those set for the Affected option, also set all the rest of the faces of the model to have strength Strong.

Profile Type Z

Determines the flow of the edges that are generated along each beveled edge.

Superellipse

Use an autogenerated profile based on the Profile Shape setting.

Custom

Use a custom profile as defined in the Curve Widget in the Adjust Last Operation panel. The curve is a side view of a bevel between two faces that meet at a right angle; the darkened area represents the inside of the mesh.

Presets

The Support Loops and Steps presets are built dynamically depending on the number of bevel Segments. If the number of segments is changed, the preset will have to be re-applied.

Sample Straight Edges

Whether to sample the profile in the middle of perfectly straight curve segments (lines between two control points with the Vector handle type). This is disabled by default, as it’s normally enough to sample the profile at the control points themselves.

Sample Even Lengths

By default, each profile segment (piece between two control points) receives the same number of sample points. By enabling this option, the sample points are instead distributed evenly along the whole length of the profile.