The Edit Mesh modifier provides a variety of tools for editing all sub-object levels of the selected object: Vertex, Edge, and Face/Polygon/Element.
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Create or select an object >
Modify panel > Modifier List > Object Space Modifiers > Edit Mesh
Edit Mesh modifier matches all the capabilities of the base Editable Mesh object, except that you cannot animate sub-objects in Edit Mesh. See Editable Mesh for a complete parameter reference.
When possible, it’s far more efficient and reliable to perform explicit modeling at the Editable Mesh level rather than store those edits within the Edit Mesh modifier. The Edit Mesh modifier must copy the geometry passed to it, and this storage can lead to large file sizes. The Edit Mesh modifier also establishes a topological dependency that can be adversely affected if earlier operations change the topology being sent to it.
There are, however, situations where using the Edit Mesh modifier is the preferred method:
- You want to edit a parametric object as a mesh, but want to retain the ability to modify its creation parameters after the edit.
- You want to store your edits temporarily within Edit Mesh until you are satisfied with the results before collapsing them permanently to an editable mesh object.
- You need to make edits across several objects at once, but do not want to combine them into a single editable mesh object.
- You have a modifier in the stack that must remain parametric, and the mesh must be edited after the modifier is applied.