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Old 20th June 2006, 10:46 AM   #1
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How can I scoop a groove out of a cylinder?
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:03 AM   #2
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Default Re: How can i scoop a groove out of a cylinder

Make another cylinder. Go into Boolean Operation, make the first cylinder operand A and the second operand B. Perform a Subtract A-B operation.
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:05 AM   #3
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I mean a circular groove that goes 360 around the circle
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:06 AM   #4
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Make a toroid by rotating an ellipse around an axis 360 degrees and use that as operand B?
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:08 AM   #5
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ok thanks a bunch, i am going to go try it i will let you know if it works
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:17 AM   #6
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all it did was copy the vertices, any other ways?
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:20 AM   #7
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When you tried to create the toroid or when?
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:21 AM   #8
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when i did the boolean operation a-b it copied the vertices
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:23 AM   #9
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I'm not sure about this...I'll try it out when I have time because I'm slightly confused by all this...
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Old 20th June 2006, 11:28 AM   #10
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Ok thanks anyway
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