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How to connect faces between 2 edge loops?
In your particular situation, it looks like the bridge tool is what you want. Select two or more edge loops with Alt Shift RMB, and then connect them with W >Bridge Edge Loops: To do exactly what it looks like you are trying to do in your screenshot (connecting two vertices with an edge), select the two vertices and press F to create edge/face.
Do you have to select bridge between border edges?
Select two separate regions of border edges on the mesh. It’s not critical that you select only border edges when selecting edges because the Bridge feature automatically filters out non-border edges. However, the resulting number of border edges in both regions must match.
How are edge loops connected in bridge edge loops?
Bridge Edge Loops connects multiple edge loops with faces. Loops connected with open ends. Tries to connect to a circular loop (where the start and end are merged). Connects each even count of loops individually. Merges edge loops rather than creating a new face.
How to create a bridge edge loop in Blender?
Select a string of edges (edge loop). 2. Select another edge loop in a separate part of the model (for optimal results, both edge loops should have the same number of edges). 3. Press Ctrl + E to access the Edge menu and select the Bridge Edge Loops
What should I do with bridge edge loops?
Now what your asking Blender to do when using the Bridge Edge Loops tool is to make some new faces between two edge loops. Blender is perfectly happy doing that in almost all cases.
How to add a bridge face in Blender?
(As a last resort one could always select the edges manually and add the F key to insert a face one by one which is somewhat longer but I’d like to know where the original (apparently quicker) functionality is gone). Bridge is now builtin, See menu, Mesh -> Edges -> Bridge. Bridge is now on Looptools addon.
Why are there two edge loops in Blender?
The key here is that the objects are separate. Once you exit out of edit mode (from working on the two at the same time) they have to again be separate, and thus cannot be joined together in any way. Now what your asking Blender to do when using the Bridge Edge Loops tool is to make some new faces between two edge loops.