Shear (Smart)¶
Tilts a selected face (or edge) by a typed angle while its corners stay glued to the surrounding mesh — each vertex slides along its own connected edge instead of floating off. Great for "saw-off" cuts on chamfered blocks. Pick the pivot side on the on-screen widget, then extrude the sheared face along mirrored rails or hinge it around an edge without leaving the tool. Edit Mesh mode; faces take priority over edges.
Hotkey: Not bound by default — assign a key in Preferences › iOps › Keymaps, or run it from the iOps pie / operator search. Also available: iOps Pie › Shear.
Controls¶
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| 0–9, ., -, Backspace | Type the angle |
| LMB on a handle | Set the pivot side (face) or the fixed vertex (edge); the centre dot resets |
| F | Face: switch the tilt axis. Edge: flip the moving vertex |
| D | Flip direction / sign |
| R | Reset perpendicular to the rails |
| A | Align the axis to the face under the cursor |
| B | Align the axis to the long side of the face |
| E | Extrude the sheared face along mirrored rails (drag, then confirm) |
| Q | Hinge the selection around the pivot edge (see below) |
| MMB / Wheel | Navigate the viewport |
| H | Show / hide the help legend |
| Enter / Space | Confirm |
| Esc / RMB | Cancel |
Extrude (after E): move the mouse to set the distance, Shift for precision, LMB / Enter to confirm and return to shear, Esc / RMB to drop the extrusion.
Hinge (after Q): type the angle, Ctrl+Wheel for segments, D to flip, A to land flush on the face under the cursor, Enter / Space to bake and return to shear, Esc / RMB to go back.
Tips¶
- The typed angle is the real resulting tilt, also on slanted chamfer rails.
- The last selected edge or vertex seeds the axis / moving endpoint.