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Right-click context menu.

Most of the things you'd open a tab for are one right-click away. Pop-up menu with region info up top, six or seven actions below.

// What it does

A context menu scoped to whatever face you right-clicked. Header shows the region number and face count. Region-scoped actions: Paint this region · Mark this region · Simplify this region · Pick this colour · Replace this colour → current · Select all with this colour.

Whole-mesh shortcuts: Fill borders (whole mesh) · Find gaps (whole mesh) · Preview simplify · Reset view.

Escape closes the menu without action.

// When to use it
  • Mid-paint shortcuts — no tab switch.
  • Bulk selection by colour — Select all + a follow-up cleanup is faster than re-painting.
  • One-off region simplify when you don't want to scope a marked area.
  • Whole-mesh ops without losing your current tool/colour.
// How to use it
  1. Right-click a face on the model. Menu pops with region # in header.
  2. Pick this colour updates the active palette slot.
  3. Right-click another face → Replace this colour → current bulk re-colours every face of that colour.
  4. Select all with this colour turns the marked area into every face of one colour — pair with Clean edges scoped to that selection.
// Tips
  • Read the header — region-scoped actions act on that region; lower group affects everything.
  • Simplify this region uses the current flatness threshold from the Export tab. Lower it before simplifying if you want to preserve detail.

Try right-click context menu on the demo robot.

Open the painter and have a play.

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