Workflow: Separating geometry cleanly

Tachyon

Greetz,

can somebody recommend a better workflow here. I feel like this is a dumb way to do this. To split an object in 2, I create a cut, select 1/2 of the faces then mesh > separate. Then with those faces selected mesh > combine to make the faces a new object

The problem with this approach is you create unnecessary additional verts as highlighted in the attached pic and must clean up your geometry afterwards. Thoughts, suggestions?

choco

You can select faces then use "mesh" --> "extract".

Tachyon

@choco - thanks, I didn't think about changing to world space after extraction. However, as you can see, this is still one object which needs to be separated and then cleaned if you wish to optimise verts.

equil

make an edge selection where you want the split to occur
Edit Mesh>Detach Component
Mesh>Separate

Tachyon

@equil - Much appreciated! Elegantly simple.