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Terry Capps · 2nd March 2011, 11:18 AM

Not if you simply remove the bolt. To get the effect that you want, you will have to subtract the bolt from the object that the bolt is going through using Boolean-Subtract. Note that Boolean operations sometimes produce unexpected results and sometimes you can't just do an "undo" to get back to where you started so always save the file before the Boolean operation. Sometimes you will need to enlarge both objects by selecting them and then clicking 200% several times, perform the Boolean operation, and then reduce the result by clicking on 50% as many times as you previously enlarged the original objects.

2nd March 2011, 11:18 AM	#7
Terry Capps Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Corsicana, Texas Posts: 133	Re: Make a hole in a surface Not if you simply remove the bolt. To get the effect that you want, you will have to subtract the bolt from the object that the bolt is going through using Boolean-Subtract. Note that Boolean operations sometimes produce unexpected results and sometimes you can't just do an "undo" to get back to where you started so always save the file before the Boolean operation. Sometimes you will need to enlarge both objects by selecting them and then clicking 200% several times, perform the Boolean operation, and then reduce the result by clicking on 50% as many times as you previously enlarged the original objects.