Seperate faces from mesh without creating new parts?

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This has bothered me for so long... I like to seperate some faces from my mesh but without creating a new mesh or part, I could press P and Seperate by Selection but then I have to switch to Object Mode, join them and swtich back to Edit Mode. Too many steps for my lazy butt... I could duplicate those faces, hide the duplicate, delete the original faces and keep the duplicate but it seems unconvinient.

Is there no magic button I'm unaware off?

I guess you misformulated it, you want to separate a part of the mesh, not separate objects, so Gorgious is right, use Y — moonboots, Jul 10 '21 at 14:51

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 10 '21 at 15:45

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With the object selected, hit Tab for 'Edit Mode'.
Press 3 for 'Face mode'.
Select the face/s you want to separate.
Press Y to Split - or if you don't want to use the keyboard shortcut:
Look for the 'Mesh' tab at the top left.
Click for drop-down list, find 'Split'.
Hover over 'Split' for secondary drop-down list.
Select 'Selection'.

Done.

edited Jul 10 '21 at 15:45

brockmann

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answered Jul 10 '21 at 14:58

Theart Guy

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Seperate faces from mesh without creating new parts?

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