unSubdivide controlnet

[James W Breaux]

Howdy from Texas!
I have started modeling a double ender and in the heat of my design I asked to subdivide the controlnet.
I would like to neatly “unsubdivide” the control net to get back to a more planar model.
Of course, I have a lot of work between the subdivision and the need to un-subdivide, so Undo is not an option.
Any tips on an easy way to do this?
Thanks

[Marven]

You can select edges, and use the “collapse” command to remove them from your model by merging the two connected faces into one.

[James W Breaux]

The collapse command was exactly what I needed.
Thanks very much for your help and quick response.
Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

[otaku]

I have been burning to ask this: Can i use this technique to “stretch” or to “shorten” a hull? It would be neat if there were a feature to ask for one or more areas where lengthening or shortening are desired and what areas of the body are not to be touched (algorithmically modified) in either a manual or automatic re-fairing.

Stated again, but shorter: Can/does D’ship facilitate model resizing without using the automatic or other feature (if i am not currently aiming for optimizing the hull with the tool already in Free, but desperately want to modify the length?

[alex]

What if you have 1 face where you want to unsubdivide the controlnet?

[Marven]

I don’t see how you can un-subdivide a single face….

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