The magnet tool is a very powerful tool when it comes to modelling organic shapes with high polygon counts. There are various magnet types which can be used for many varying tasks.
The effect of four different magnet types (left back to right front: const, linear, sphere, bell)
Modes
The magnet tool can only be applied to raw polygon objects. It's behavior in the point, edge and polygon mode is the same.
  
To perform the magnet tool, just click on a polygon of a polygon object. All points which are within the radius will now be weighted by the magnet type function. If you now drag the mouse around the points will be moved corresponding to their weighting. To finalize the magnet operation release the mouse button.
Properties
- closest point: If turned on, the magnet center will be at the closest point of the mouse click.
- radius: The radius of influence of the magnet tool.
- type: The type of the magnet weighting function.
- direction: The direction in which the points are attracted.
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