Is it possible to add a loop cut and slide like this

Question

I am try to make a model of a knife, and i am using the loop cut and slide option. this is what i managed to do before i ran into a little problem

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now i want to make it so that the purple line that appears when i click on the loop cut and slide option is rotate by 90 so that i can place it like this

i am using a plane mesh to which i added some thickness

You probably have polygons with more than 4 sides. Loop cuts will only work with quads. — , Apr 06 '15 at 16:07
Exactly what Cegaton said, because that is a current feature, I use it all the time. If you have "N-Gons" or "Tris" (faces with more or less edges than a quad). You may need to re-model your mesh, or maybe you can repair the specific face by dissolving it and trying to re-connect (Delete > Faces then F to connect) — J Sargent, Apr 06 '15 at 16:17
i found this could this be the problem ? http://prntscr.com/6qc4bw — TheGreen627, Apr 06 '15 at 16:28
:/ idk how to fix this then, i dont even know what some of the thing you said are, like "face with more or less edges than a quad" not sure what a quad is — TheGreen627, Apr 06 '15 at 16:32
Maybe he is moussing over the wrong portion of the mesh, no? — ruckus, Apr 06 '15 at 16:39
@TheGreen627 have you tried moving your cursor to different positions? — ruckus, Apr 06 '15 at 16:40
see id either of these questions help why does loop-cut-and-slide ignore some faces but not others or Loop-cut won't go all the way around — David, Apr 06 '15 at 16:43

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '15 at 16:36

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I see that you have a triangular face there.
your situation

Just make it quadratic and the edge loop would work.
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answered Apr 06 '15 at 16:36

Paul Gonet

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Is it possible to add a loop cut and slide like this

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