Sliding an Edge or Vert w/o stretch/pinch texture image?

[micheus]

thanks. will give blue prints method a try.

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actually, the plane is a cube. a very thin cube. i tried a marquee to select a vert and ended up selecting 2 verts.

I think you didn't understand what the people were saying here.
What you are trying to do is not correct/possible. It's a waste of time. Go back to the right track.