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title: "Collapse"
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description: "With the Collapse function, the selected points, edges or polygons are scaled down to a size of zero towards their center point. These points are then …"
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# Collapse

With the **Collapse** function, the selected points, edges or polygons are scaled down to a size of zero towards their center point. These points are then welded together. The function works in all three modes (point, edge and polygon).

![Image: 003761.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/003761.jpg)\
Before Collapse (left) and after Collapse (right).