5th July 2006, 11:25 AM | #1 |
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Cutting
I cant figure how to cut out a slit in an object. I have tried boolean but I cant get it to work. It is like this: Say you took a rectangle and wanted to take a chunk out of the side because something had to slide into it, how would you do it?
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5th July 2006, 01:08 PM | #2 |
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Re: Cutting
Maybe you could try to indent the side surface and then extrude (inside) the new created surface ?
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5th July 2006, 04:22 PM | #3 |
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Re: Cutting
One simple example ... cutting a rectangular shape out
1. Make a mesh 3 by 2 2. Hilite a surface (or vertices that make up a surface) ... the middle one of a row of 3. 3. Surface-->cut away object. Delete that new object. 4. Extrude the mesh. If you wanted to make an E shape make the mesh 5 by 2 and hilite and delete surfaces 2 and 4 in a row of 5 There are other ways ....that use the make hole function that will allow more complex chunks removed griff |
7th July 2006, 12:34 AM | #4 |
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Re: Cutting
does this look like it would resemble something you want?
i just subtracted a cube from a cyllinder in boolean
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10th July 2006, 08:37 AM | #5 |
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Re: Cutting
Maybe I shouldnt start a thread because every time I start it I figure what I need to out be my lonesome
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Re: Cutting
Well, the more you know, the better off you'll be.
"And now you know, and knowing is half the battle because knowledge is power!"
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