Remove Double and Overlapping Vertices in Blender (Merge by Distance) Micro Tip

In Blender, vertices that overlap are called "double vertices" or "double verts." Double vertices can cause shading issues and are an inefficient use of data. In this quick Blender tip tutorial I show how to remove double vertices and how to use the "Merge by Distance" feature in Blender.
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[@loganerhard1778]

Short, simple and effective

[@Brandon-3D]

Thanks Logan, that was exactly the goal!

[@shadowdemonaer]

You know a model you download has crappy topology when doing this removes 1.5k vertices... thanks man.

[@Omnivoid22]

bruh I be using models from spriters resources and i have to spend so much time merging verts and fixing topology . its wild. but worth it

[@JaloDB]

I had 20000 vertices removed 💀

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

1.5? Mine had 2.2k.

[@theworld8meee4]

You are literally awsome i have an assigment due and i was stressing out because the instructions On anouther video we're not wrong but had diffrent settings then mine.Yours was sweet simple and a huge motivational boost ❤

[@fchb1239]

Clear concise and straight to the point, love it!

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you!!

[@dixieechann]

short but so useful. thanks!

[@squirtle4519]

Short, simple and effective!!!

[@Brandon-3D]

That’s my goal. Thank you!!!!🙏

[@rawr2u190]

Thank you!

[@thecrackedhuevo5926]

Thank you very much, that solved the problem that I had with a border between two meshes that didn't look smooth.

[@alienguardian]

Saved me a lot of trouble, thanks!

[@furkanacer3277]

Huge thanks.!!!

[@with0utn4me]

thnks. simple and great explaining

[@juanmanuel7305]

thanks man

[@samy7342]

Tysm

[@jaredzaitz5184]

Lifesaver tip I didnt realize I needed

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad to help! Thank you!!

[@magicasper3666]

i love you man

[@chelovekparohod]

Thanks a lot!

[@Sans-Soucii]

Cheers mate, this was a big help. Thank you. :)

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad it helped! Take care!

[@alexmoscatelli149]

Freaking wonderful!

[@giacomolaurenti5760]

thanks, a fast response for a fast question 👍

[@Brandon-3D]

That's what I was going for! Thank you!

[@Razgriz911]

You save me hours of work I wish I had found your video sooner lol ty very much :D

[@Brandon-3D]

Happy to help!!

[@dogzer]

thank you mysterious traveller!

[@fionanimations]

thanks, nice tutorial 😊😊😊

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you!!

[@iceball3xd]

The time efficacy of this video is unmatched. Thanks!

[@trinity6880]

lifesaver

[@Brandon-3D]

Happy to help!

[@FelipeCastroGraphic2D]

You are the guy!

[@Brandon-3D]

I am a guy….idk if I’m “the” guy. lol. Thanks though!

[@rock2much]

thank you, i was following another tutorial and losing my mind

[@Brandon-3D]

I hate that. Glad you found it helpful!

[@lifipp]

splendit, thanks

[@radielN1715]

Life savior

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you!!!

[@Ahmad-1224]

good

[@faramarzebrahimi9350]

GREAT

[@allenm1024]

Ah, forgot to go into edit mode. Thank you!

[@emrahy.849]

thnxx

[@Brandon-3D]

You’re very welcome!!

[@not_hAck3r]

Thank you so much! For some reason my model had a lot of overlapping faces. Now it went from 10000 to 3000 faces.

[@realinus]

This was it. I was losing my fucking mind thank you brother

[@Brandon-3D]

Haha...I know how that feels. Glad I could help!

[@ignasdamijonaitis8629]

Wish I had the brain capacity to look up this problem a couple hours ago... :') Well, better late than never!

[@Brandon-3D]

Haha! Glad it helped.

[@itachi7976]

After doing half of my retopolgy suddenly my vertices because invisible whenever I'm creating more boxes but thx to u

[@misek2002]

love u

[@Brandon-3D]

Haha... thanks!

[@StarLabs3D]

Good information 🇦🇶

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you so much!!

[@deriokoo1257]

i joined to models to create a necklace and theres unneccesary verticeise that we cabnt see inside of it how do i fix that

[@nowaaaaaaayyy]

I Just learned the main reason I have this issue. It's because I back out of the extrude tool a lot. Apparently once you create the vertices with "E" they are there til you delete them even if you don't actually extrude.

[@lapuh8810]

idk why but move to collecltion option appears instead... What should i do?

[@wezarion80]

Thanks };]

[@coddy212thcommanderorang8]

hey I know you may not see this but for me when I import models and merge by distance it causes more shading issues

[@123q90uys]

❤❤❤

[@TylerThomas]

The operator panel should always open by default, or there should at least be an option to change it to that

[@Brandon-3D]

Agreed!

[@boushraadam]

You are an absolute legend, I had 3000 vertices removed😭

[@Brandon-3D]

Haha, don’t know about that but am glad it helped! Tips sent out monthly to my newsletter if interested… brandonsdrawings.com/subscribe

[@vouthin]

i had 7823 vertices removed LMAOOO

[@boushraadam]

@@vouthin 😭😭

[@IloveHolyTrinity]

God bless yall

[@WhatIsGoinOnPeople]

Pressing M doesn’t do anything for me and edit mode isn’t an option in the drop down… what do?

[@lenaterryy]

Hi, when i press m, I dont get this option, i just get move to collection etc.. im new btw

[@Omnivoid22]

make sure you are in edit mode select everything by pressing A. Key is make sure you are in edit mode

[@Omnivoid22]

yeah you are in object mode for that to come up. Tab into edi mode after select your mesh

[@skidfrog]

hmmmmm Learning 4.0 right now. edit mode / select all / M / by distance ; nothing happens ???

[@velocity.motion]

i love u for this short video . like and subscrb doe

[@radiantblog]

I almost cried so simple and yet im so dumb....

[@Brandon-3D]

No crying! 😂 And you’re not dumb. Blender is weird like that. Glad it helped!

[@alxdrksoul]

Thank you sir !!!! I'd kiss you if I could.

[@kingnomadxv3251]

Thank you!

[@mikeevans9897]

Thank you!