Extrude Manifold

Reference

Mode

Edit Mode

Tool

Toolbar ‣ Extrude Manifold

Menu

Mesh ‣ Extrude ‣ Extrude Manifold

Hotkey

Alt-E

This tool is very similar to Extrude Faces but enables Dissolve Orthogonal Edges by default. This causes the tool to automatically split and remove adjacent faces when extruding inwards.

Example

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Extrude Manifold Example.